Chair and Vice Chairs

The Honorable Melvin L. "Kip" Holden, Mayor, Baton Rouge, La. – Chair
The Honorable Lou Ogden, Mayor, Tualatin, Ore. – Vice Chair
The Honorable Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mayor, Charleston, S.C. – Vice Chair

Board Representative

The Honorable Daun S. Hester, Councilmember, Norfolk, Va.

Advisory Council Representative

The Honorable Margaret Barrett-Simon, Councilmember, Jackson, Miss.

Members

The Honorable Odis Clinton Abbott, Vice Mayor, Alcoa, Tenn.
The Honorable Shawn Babine, Town Council, Scarborough, Maine
The Honorable Rick Baker, Mayor, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Dr. Peter Benson, President and CEO, Search Institute, Minneapolis, Minn.
The Honorable Lizbeth Benacquisto, Vice Mayor, Wellington, Fla.
The Honorable William Bradham, Jr., Councilmember, Florence, S.C.
The Honorable Scott J. Brook, Mayor, Coral Springs, Fla.
The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown, Councilwoman-At-Large, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Honorable Renee Cariveau, Councilmember, Spartanburg, S.C.
The Honorable Melody Cooper, Councilmember, Corpus Christi, Texas
The Honorable Bennie Ruth Crenshaw, Councilmember, Selma, Ala.
The Honorable David N. Cicilline, Mayor, Providence, R.I.
The Honorable Trinity Donovan, Councilmember, Chandler, Ariz.
The Honorable Johnny L. DuPree, Mayor, Hattiesburg, Miss.
The Honorable Bette Erickson, Councilmember, Broomfield, Colo.
The Honorable Jared Fuhriman, Mayor, Idaho Falls, Idaho
The Honorable Thomas J. George, Mayor, Lakewood, Ohio
The Honorable Paul Gresham, Councilmember, Centerville, Ohio
The Honorable Verna Griffin, Councilmember, Tukwila, Wash.
The Honorable Les Heitke, Mayor, Willmar, Minn.
The Honorable Charles Hughes, Councilman-at-Large, Gary, Ind.
Mr. William Isler, President, Family Communications, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Honorable Dock Jackson, Councilmember, Bastrop, Texas
The Honorable Joycelyn V. Johnson, Councilmember, Winston-Salem, N.C.
The Honorable Otis Johnson, Mayor, Savannah, Ga.
The Honorable Alisa King, Councilmember, Union City, Ga.
Mr. Bradford Knight, youth representative, Hampton, Va.
The Honorable Ernest H. Lampkins, Mayor, Greenwood, La.
The Honorable Shawn Larsen, Mayor, Rexburg, Idaho
The Honorable Doug Linkhart, Councilman-at-Large, Denver, Colo.
The Honorable Kathy Maness, Town Council, Lexington, S.C.
Ms. Sonya L. Margerum, former Mayor, West Lafayette, Ind.
The Honorable Robin McDurham, Councilmember, Waco, Texas
The Honorable Thomas M. Menino, Mayor, Boston, Mass.
The Honorable James E. Mitchell, Jr., Councilmember, District 2, Charlotte, N.C.
Mr. Richard Murphy, CEO, Youthline America, New York, N.Y.
The Honorable Garret Nancolas, Mayor, Caldwell, Idaho
The Honorable Patrick O'Connor, Alderman, Chicago, Ill.
Ms. Katie Ogden, youth representative, Tualatin, Ore.
The Honorable, Tzeitel Paras-Caracci, Councilmember, Duarte, Calif.
The Honorable Kathy Peterson, Councilmember, Hastings, Neb.
The Honorable Margaret K. Peterson, Councilmember, West Valley City, Utah
The Honorable Steve Powell, Commissioner, Oxford, N.C.
The Honorable Bill Purcell, Mayor, Nashville, Tenn.
Ms. Audrey Rowe, Director of Strategic Planning, Illinois Department of Human Services, Chicago, Ill.
The Honorable E. Denise Simmons, Councilmember, Cambridge, Mass.
Dr. Warren Simmons, Executive Director, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Providence, R.I.
The Honorable Francis G. Slay, Mayor, St. Louis, Mo.
The Honorable Diane Smock, Councilmember, Greenville, S.C.
Mr. Devin Smith, youth representative, Olathe, Kan.
The Honorable Sharyn Tallman, Councilmember, Parkersburg, W.Va.
The Honorable Kevin A. Walker, Councilmember, Wetumpka, Ala.
Mr. James Weill, President, Food Research and Action Center, Washington, D.C.

As of August 24, 2007