Executive Staff

Verjeana McCotter-Jacobs

Verjeana McCotter-Jacobs, Esq serves as NSBA's Chief Transformation Officer. McCotter-Jacobs has a lead role in executing the organization’s transformation around member engagement, as well as in building upon the progress in member services and equity. She also engages state association members in ongoing partnerships to create programs and resources for state associations and their member school districts. She can be reached at v jacobs@nsba.org.

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Francisco Negrón

As Chief Legal Officer of NSBA, Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., directs NSBA’s nationally recognized Legal Advocacy Program, which files more amicus briefs in the United States Supreme Court and in federal and state appellate courts across the country each year than all national education associations combined. Negrón also leads the 3,200-member Council of School Attorneys, the national network of lawyers representing K-12 public schools. He can be reached at fnegron@nsba.org.

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Jane Mellow

Jane Mellow is the Interim Chief Advocacy Officer for NSBA, where she leads the Federal Advocacy & Public Policy group, which represents state school board associations and their members before the U.S. Congress and the Administration. She also heads the efforts of the National School Boards Action Center, NSBA’s national grassroots organization, and the Center for Public Education, NSBA’s research tank. Mellow can be reached at jmellow@nsba.org.

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