Governance and Leadership
The National Coalition for Literacy is a 501(c)3 charitable organization based in the District of Columbia. Its members are organizations that are active in adult education (including literacy and numeracy), family literacy, and related fields. There are two classes of membership:
- Voting member: Voting members are nonprofit organizations whose work is national in scope and has a major focus on adult education and/or family literacy.
- Associate member: Associate members are of two types: organizations whose work is regional or local in scope and focuses on adult education and/or family literacy, and organizations of any size whose work connects with adult education and family literacy activities and concerns.
NCL members meet twice each year, in the spring and the fall. When possible, the meetings take place in Washington, DC; currently meetings take place virtually.
Current NCL Bylaws
The NCL Board of Directors
NCL is directed by a volunteer Board of Directors that sets direction and strategy for the organization. Board members are representatives of NCL member organizations and professionals active in adult education and related fields.
Members are elected to the Board by the voting membership at the fall NCL members’ meeting. Board members serve three-year terms; no Board member may serve more than two terms sequentially. Board terms begin on October 1 of the year elected.
Current Board Members
Term ending September 2025
- Rachel De Vaughan, Mississippi Community College Board (second term)
- Tom Nash, Maine Adult Education Association (appointed to complete Cathy Giuffre-Renaud’s first term)
- Chrissie Klinger, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy and the Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy, Penn State (appointed to complete KayLynn Hamilton’s first term)
- Meghan McBride, WestEd (appointed to complete Randy Tillery’s first term)
Term ending September 2026
- Todd Evans, ProLiteracy (second term)
- Christy Rhodes, AAACE (second term)
- Jody Angelone, COABE (appointed to complete Regina Suitt’s first term)
- Gwenn Weaver, independent (second term)
Term ending September 2027
- Cynthia Bell, Literacy Assistance Center (second term)
- Kevin Maher, American Library Association (second term)
- Jamie Harris, Individual Member (first term)
- Eric Nesheim, Literacy Minnesota (second term)
Ex Officio:
- Jeff Fantine, executive director
Board Leadership, 2024-2025
- President: Eric Nesheim, Literacy Minnesota
- Vice President: Jamie Harris, World Education
- Treasurer: Todd Evans, ProLiteracy
- Secretary: Kevin Maher, American Library Association