Miller Elected
Chair of State Board
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The State Board of Education elected new officers at
its September 15, 2009 meeting. Fayneese Miller of South Burlington was elected Board chair, Ruth Stokes
of Williston will continue serving as co-vice-chair, along with Kathy Larsen of
Wilmington as second vice-chair.
The election was necessitated by the retirement of
Chair Tom James. The governor recently appointed Stephan Morse of Newfane to
complete the term vacated by James.
Miller of
South Burlington is the Dean of the College of Education and Social Services at
University of Vermont. She came to Vermont after a 20-year career at Brown
University where she was associate professor of education and human development
and an internationally recognized expert on the social, academic and political
development of adolescents. She led Brown’s Center for the Study of Race and
Ethnicity and was the university’s first coordinator and chair of ethnic
studies. Her State Board term will expire in 2012.