​Board of Directors

The Board of Directors, which oversees the Center's budget and operations, includes representatives from colleges and universities, teachers and district administrators, state education agencies, professional education associations, the General Assembly and private businesses and industry. Each member of the board is appointed to serve a three-year term. 

CERRA Board Members

Jennifer Ainsworth

Socastee High
​School

Dr. Rechel Anderson

​FLORENCE FOUR School District

Dr. Rebecca Battle-Bryant

​United Infrastructure Group, Inc.

Ms. Sheryn Billue

​Lexington High School

Dr. Chris Burkett

Columbia
​College

The Honorable
Rep. Neal Collins

SC House

Ms. Amanda Darden

Coastal Carolina
​University

Dr. Amy Edwards

Education
​Consultant

Amanda Finley

​Newberry
High School

Mr. Tony Folk

​Dorchester County School District Four

Dr. Randall Gary

​​​Lexington County School District Three

Ms. Vanessa Harkless

​Theodore Lester Elementary School

Dr. Lee Hurren

​​USC-Upstate

Dr. Zona Jefferson

SC Alliance of Black School Educators

Mr. Louis Jones

​
​COlonial ​Life

Dr. John Lane

​SC Commission on
Higher Education

Dr. Elizabeth Lilly

Presbyterian College

The Honorable 
Sen. Gerald Malloy

​SC Senate

Dr. Scott Mercer

​Spartanburg
​District Two

Mr. Bill Millar

Clemson
University

Dr. Sheila Quinn

SC Department of Education

Dr. Jennie Rakestraw

Winthrop
​University

Dr. Cleo Richardson

Cleo Richardson & Daughters, LLC

Ms. Amy Simmons

Whale Branch
MiddlE School

Denise Sowell

​Fairfield County School District

Ms. Darleen Sutton

Clover School District
2014 SC Teacher
of the YeaR

Ms. Stephanie Wallace

Berkeley Elementary
School

Dr. Ray Wilson, Jr.

​

​Retired

Dr. Chuck Wooten

Anderson
University