Muriel Berkeley, Ph.D. - PRESIDENT

Dr. Berkeley founded the Baltimore Curriculum Project in conjunction with the Abell Foundation in 1996, and continues to work with principals on issues of human resources, curriculum, and professional development. Prior to founding BCP, she had extensive experience in Baltimore City schools as a teacher and program director.

She has served as Education Director of the Greater Baltimore Committee, Interim Dean of Continuing Education at the Community College of Baltimore, and a Senior Research Scientist at George Washington University. In addition to her experience as an elementary and middle school teacher, Dr. Berkeley has taught at George Washington University, Towson University, and Goucher College.

Alison Perkins-Cohen - EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Ms. Perkins-Cohen has extensive experience in policy development and budgeting as well as program and performance management. Most recently, Ms. Perkins-Cohen was a Program Examiner at the White House’s Office of Management and Budget.

Donald B. Crawford, Ph.D - DIRECTOR OF ACADEMICS

Dr. Crawford has been an educator for 30 years, teaching all grade levels from K-12 in both regular and special education. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon, Division of Learning and Instructional Leadership. Dr. Crawford trained Special Education teachers at University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire and at Western Washington University.

He is a curriculum author of Mastering Math Facts, Mastering Math Facts Families, Word Problems Made Easy, Mastering Alphabetic Spelling, Mastering Dictated Sentences and a co-author of Understanding U.S. History and Rocket Math. He has published scholarly articles in Education and Treatment of Children, Intervention in School and Clinic, and Learning Disability Quarterly.

As the Educational Specialist for Otter Creek Institute, Dr. Crawford wrote and gave teacher training workshops around the country on classroom management, reading, spelling, math and curriculum based evaluation. He served for as the Director of W. C. Cupe Community Schools and the Director of Training for the National Institute for Direct Instruction. He is currently the co-editor of Direct Instruction News.

• George Hess - Board Chairman
  Chairman, Rockport Retail Shoe Stores
• Muriel Berkeley, Ph.D.
  BCP President
• Stuart O. Simms - Secretary
  Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy
• David Holder - Treasurer
  President, Access Capital Mortgage, LLC
• Alison Perkins-Cohen
  BCP Executive Vice President
• Larry Schugam- Assistant Secretary
  BCP Director of Development
• LaJerne Cornish
  Assistant Professor of Education, Goucher College
• Tina Hike-Hubbard
  Senior Program Director, Enterprise Community Partners
• Larry Matlack
  Former Deputy Associate Director, Education and Human Resources Division of Federal Office of Management and Budget
• Heather Mitchell
  Attorney, Venable LLP
• Anne Perkins
  Fund for Education Excellence and Baltimore City Public Schools; Former Maryland State Delegate
• H. Canfield Pitts
  Community Volunteer
• Jeanette Stewart
  Social Security Administration; Community Volunteer
• Milton B. Thompson
  Director, Title 1/P-5/ESL/Summer School, Kenosha Unified School District