U.S. Department of State

 

 

 

 

 

SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT

 

 

Building a Board that Works

 

 

 

 

 

Overseas Schools Advisory Council

Department of State

Washington, DC 20520

1998

 

 

 

 Table of Contents

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

OVERSEAS SCHOOLS ADVISORY COUNCIL

PUBLIC MEMBERS

 

CHAIRMAN Robert W. Norton Senior Vice President Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group	John R. Gibbs Manager, Global Human Resources Mobil Corporation
VICE CHAIRMEN John P. Doherty Director, Global Compensation Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company	Mark N. Grigsby Manager, International Services Bank of America
Richard A. Johnson Finance Director, Europe Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company	Marie C. Howard Senior Manager Expatriate Policy and Relocation Proctor and Gamble Company
MEMBERS M. Asif Beg Vice President, Human Resources Exxon Company, International	James A. Huber Manager, Training Institute Caterpillar, Inc.
Dolores E. Cross President, GE Fund General Electric Company	Hoyle C. Jones Vice President Citibank, N.A.
Patricia Drozdowski Vice President Corporate Human Resources The Chase Manhattan Bank	Christopher Last Director of International Service Ford Motor Company
Paul M. Elmer Corporate Director International Human Resources Motorola, Inc.	Stanley S. Litow Vice President, Corporate Community Relations President, IBM International Foundation IBM Corporation
Vincent L. Ferrandino Executive Director and CEO New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.	Joseph F. Pembroke Director, International Policy Development General Motors Corporation
Flavio Sa Carvalho Vice President, Human Resources Aetna International, Inc.	Janet C. Taylor Director, Corporate Community Relations Raytheon Company
Anthony Straquadine, Jr. Director, Human Resources Development Halliburton Company	William M. Yadlosky Director, Employee and Industrial Relations The Coca-Cola Company
	HONORARY MEMBERS Eugene R. Lopez George McCullough

 

 

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

 

Patrick F. Kennedy

Assistant Secretary for Administration

Department of State

 

Richard W. Riley

Secretary of Education

Department of Education

 

Linda N. Lion

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Human Resources

Agency for International Development

 

John P. Loiello

Associate Director for Education and Cultural Affairs

U.S. Information Agency

 

Rudy de Leon

Under Secretary of Defense

Personnel and Readiness

Department of Defense
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

This project, School Board Development:  Building a Board that Works, was developed and produced with funding from the Overseas Schools Advisory Council (OSC).  All grant activities were conducted by the Mediterranean Association of International Schools (MAIS) under the guidance and direction of the U.S. Department of State, Office of Overseas Schools.  We wish to thank the contributors and members of OSAC listed below.

 

*Aetna International                                                                                             Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Booz Allen & Hamilton                                                                                       *Halliburton Company

*BankAmerica Foundation                                                                              Harza Engineering Company

*Caterpillar                                                                                                                 *IBM Corporation

*The Chase Manhattan Bank                                                                         Johnson & Johnson

Chevron                                                                                                                        Kellogg

*Citibank                                                                                                                      McCann-Erickson Worldwide

*The Coca-Cola Company                                                           *Mobil Oil Corporation                                                          
Colgate-Palmolive                                                                                                 Phelps Dodge

Department of State                                                                      Price Waterhouse  

*DuPont Company                                                                                                 *Pfizer International

*Exxon Inc.                                                                                                                   *Raytheon Company

*Ford Motor Company                                                                                        Texas Iron Works                                                                                   
*General Electric Company

*General Motors Corporation

*OSAC member

 

We are indebted to the following people for their assistance, advice, and wisdom in compiling these materials. Their generous contribution of time and experience was invaluable, and we thank them.

 

Robert Sills, Project Director

Gilbert C. Brown

 

Linda Dawson

The Aspen Group International, Inc.

 

Lewis A. Grell

Executive Director, AAIE

 

Mary Anne Haas

International Schools Services

 

Les Landers

International Schools Services

 

John M. Nicklas

International Schools Services

 

Randy Quinn

The Aspen Group International, Inc.

 

Daryle Russell

President, AAIE

 

Judy Seltz

International Schools Services