Five new board members join Learning Forward’s board of trustees this year: Linda Chen, chief academic officer at the New York City Department of Education; Mark Elgart, president and CEO of Cognia (formerly AdvancED); Segun Eubanks, professor of practice and director of the Center for Education Innovation and Improvement at the University of Maryland College Park; Sue Sarber, supervisor of professional learning for Arlington (Virginia) Public Schools; and Ash Vasudeva, vice president of strategic initiatives at Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. As of the close of the 2019 Annual Conference, Steve Cardwell became the board president. Cardwell is vice president, students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Wendy Robinson, superintendent of Fort Wayne Community Schools in Indiana, is president-elect. Leigh