NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco was re-elected chair the
Southern Regional Education Board at the organization's annual meeting here
recently.
Blanco became governor in 2004; as governor, she is a member of the Southern
Regional Education Board. A former high school teacher, she served two terms as
Louisiana's lieutenant governor. She has also served Louisiana as a legislator
and as an elected member and chair of the Public Service Commission. She was
first elected chair of SREB at the 2004 Annual Meeting, making her the first
Louisiana governor to chair the Board.
Paul Stanton Jr., president of East Tennessee State University, was
re-elected vice chairman of SREB. Dr. Stanton was dean of medicine/vice
president for health affairs at East Tennessee State University before being
named president in 1997. He was appointed by the governor of Tennessee to the
Southern Regional Education Board the same year.
South Carolina Rep. Ronald Townsend, who has been on the SREB Board since
1996, was re-elected treasurer of the board. He also serves as a member of the
SREB Legislative Advisory Council.
The Southern Regional Education Board, America's first interstate compact for
education, is headquartered in Atlanta. It has 16 member states: Alabama,
Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia and West Virginia.
