Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Bonnie Walker
President
President ElectJerry Cummins
First Vice PresidentBettye Forte
Second Vice PresidentDiane Briars

Regional Directors

Central 1Rich Wyllie
Central 2Reta Smith
Eastern 1Grace Kelemanik
Eastern 2Jim Bohan
Southern 1Deborah Donovan
Southern 2Kathy Ross
Western 1Larry Kaber
Western 2Kay Gilliland
CanadaRita Janes

Annual Conference

April 19-21, 1999
San Francisco, CA
Total Membership: 2,989 Attendance: 1,454

Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: F. Joe Crosswhite

Keynote Speaker: Susan Loucks-Horsley – “Professional Development Comes into Its Own” and Leo Edwards – “Mathematics LeaderSHIP Sailing Toward the Next Millennium”

Theme and Year of Leadership

Theme: Mathematics Leaders for the Next Millennium: A Bridge to the Future

The Year of Leadership:

  • Second printing of NCSM’s monograph, “Future Basics: Developing Numerical Power”
  • Held the second NCSM Leadership Academy (July 16-19, 1998 at Boston University Corporate Education Center, Tyngsboro, Massachusetts)
  • Wrote and distributed the leadership position paper, “Focusing the Dialogue: Suggestions for Engaging in Productive Discourse on the Future of School Mathematics”
  • Published the fourth NCSM Source Book: “Mathematics for All: A Source Book of Essential Information for Leaders in Mathematics Equity”
Conference Focus
  • Algebra for All
  • Assessment
  • Equity and Access
  • Leadership Skills
  • Staff Development
  • Technology

Summer Leadership Academy

July 16-19, 1998
Tyngsboro, MA
Theme: Second NCSM Leadership Academy

Academy Directors: Jim Bohan & Jerry Cummins

Presenters: Jim Bohan, Jerry Cummins, Tim Kanold, Grace Kelemanik, Barbara Miller, Yvonne Mojica, Eric Schluter