Advisory Board

The History WORKS II: Building Connections Advisory Board provides overall management and evaluation for the project. It ensures that History WORKS II continues to meet its goals and improve the teaching and learning of American history in Columbus Public Schools.

Meeting Minutes will be posted upon approval.

Jim Strider
Director
Collections, Historic Preservation and Statewide Outreach Division
Ohio Historical Society

Judy Wu
Associate Professor of History & Coordinator of Asian American Studies
Department of History
Ohio State University

Nancy Nestor Baker
Director
P12 Program
Ohio State University

Edna Thomas Ph.D.
Director
Urban Academies
Columbus Public Schools

David Bible
Principal
Koebel Elementary School
Columbus Public Schools

Mark Hatch
Former Columbus Public Schools Board Member

Chair
Kathy Mast Kane
Parent/Preservationist
Columbus, Ohio

Ex-Officio
Cynthia Ghering
Assistant Director
Curatorial Services
Ohio Historical Society

Ex-Officio
David Staley
Director
Goldberg Program for Excellence in Teaching
Ohio State University

Ex-Officio
Ernest Perry, Jr.
Director
History Teaching Institute
Ohio State University

Ex-Officio
Dwight Groce
Social Studies Curriculum Coordinator
Columbus Public Schools