National Leadership Council to Advance Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement for All

The National Leadership Council (NLC) to Advance Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement for All, is a new partnership that brings together influential national organizations to work together to strengthen civic learning across higher education and expand the reach of the college civic learning movement. Working across sectors, the NLC will align institutions, state systems, and national networks to make civic learning and democracy engagement an integral and measurable part of the higher education experience nationwide.  

NLC membership includes:  

  • Jonathan Alger, America 250 Fellow, American Council on Education and American Association of Colleges & Universities

  • Robert Anderson, President, State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) 

  • John Bridgeland, Executive Chairman and CEO, More Perfect 

  • The Honorable Roy Blunt, Chairman, Leadership Strategies, HB Strategies (Special Advisor) 

  • Amy Dacey, Executive Director of the Sine Institute of Policy & Politics, American University 

  • Andrew Delbanco, President, Teagle Foundation and Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies, Columbia University 

  • The Honorable Richard Gephardt, President & CEO, Gephardt Government Affairs (Special Advisor)  

  • Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, Executive Director, ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge at Civic Nation 

  • Martha Kanter, Board President and CEO Emerita, College Promise 

  • Bobbie Laur, President, Campus Compact 

  • Jamie Merisotis, President and CEO, Lumina Foundation 

  • Thomas W. Merrill, Chair, The Civic Life Steering Committee, American University 

  • Lynn Pasquerella, President, American Association of Colleges and Universitites (AAC&U)  

  • Eboo Patel, Founder and President, Interfaith America 

  • Mac Powell, President, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) 

  • Carol Schneider, Director, Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement 

  • Amit Sevak, CEO, ETS 

  • Aaron Thompson, President, Council on Postsecondary Education (Kentucky) 

  • Raj Vinnakota, President, Institute for Citizens & Scholars 

  • Yolanda Watson Spiva, President, Complete College America 

  • Vicky Wilkins, Provost and Chief Academic Officer, American University 

  • Hans Zeiger, President, Jack Miller Center