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Legislative Advisory Council
The Legislative Advisory Council of legislators and delegates from each state advises the Board. The Council meets several times each year to examine key issues. SREB’s Legislative Work Conference is the nation’s oldest annual legislative forum on education issues.
Arkansas
Senator Joyce Elliott of Little Rock serves
on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the
Board.
Senators Eddie L. Cheatham of Crossett,
Alan Clark of Lonsdale, and Jane
English of North Little Rock,
and Representatives Sonia Barker of
Smackover, Bruce Cozart of Hot Springs and
Mark Lowery of Maumelle are gubernatorial
appointees to the Council.
Delaware
Senator David Sokola of Newark serves on
the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the
Board.
Representatives Stephanie Bolden of Wilmington,
Debra Heffernan of Wilmington and
Michael Ramone of Newark,
and Senator Brian Pettyjohn of
Georgetown are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.
Georgia
Representative Terry England of Auburn
and Senator Blake Tillery of Vidalia
serve on the Council by virtue of being legislative members
of the Board.
Representatives Robert Dickey of Musella and
Mack Jackson of Sandersville, and
Senator Freddie Powell Sims of Dawson
are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.
Louisiana
Representative Francis C. Thompson of
Delhi serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative
member of the Board.
State Senators Cleo Fields of Baton Rouge
and Beth Mizell of Franklinton, and
Representatives Raymond E. Garofalo of
Chalmette and Albert C. “Buddy” Mincey of
Denham Springs are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.
Mississippi
All previous Mississippi members of the Council have left office; we will update this listing when the governor makes new appointments to the Council.
North Carolina
Representative Graig R. Meyer of Chapel
Hill serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative
member of the Board.
Representative Rosa U. Gill of Raleigh and
Senators Jay J. Chaudhuri of Raleigh and
Erica D. Smith of Henrico are gubernatorial
appointees to the Council.
South Carolina
Representative Rita Allison of Lyman and Senator Nikki G. Setzler of West Columbia serve on the Council by virtue of being legislative members of the Board.
Virginia
Senator Janet D. Howell of
Reston serves on the Council by virtue of being a
legislative member of the Board. Senator Mamie E.
Locke of Hampton is a gubernatorial appointee to the
Council and the Council’s current chair.
Senator Jennifer L. McClellan of Richmond
and Delegate David L. Bulova of Fairfax are
gubernatorial appointees to the Council.
West Virginia
Senator Robert H. Plymale of Huntington
serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative
member of the Board.
Delegate Paul Espinosa of Charles Town is a
gubernatorial appointee to the Council.