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Diversity Committee

The Diversity Committee is charged with providing leadership and guidance on ways to promote and support inclusivity, equity, and justice. This includes developing, reviewing, and recommending programs and resources that are supportive to the CEC membership; especially, those from marginalized, historically underserved, and underrepresented populations. CEC views diversity to include identity markers such as race, ethnicity, culture, language, dialect, age, ability, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion/spirituality, geographic location, national origin, education, and professional role.

NameProfessional RoleState/ProvinceTerm Expiration
Tameka Burroughs, Ed.D., Co-ChairSpecial Education Department Chair, Fairfax County Public Schools / VCU VA2025
Carlos Lavin, Ph.D., Co-Chair Assistant Professor, College of Charleston SC2025
Nicole Green, M.Ed.Special Education Teacher, Scarsdale Middle SchoolNY    2026
Nikita McCree, Ph.D.Post Doctoral Fellow, University of MissouriMO2026
LaSheba W. Hilliard, Ed.D. Assistant Professor of Teaching, University of MemphisTN2027
Maling Marino, Ed.D. Special Education TeacherGA2027

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Last Updated:  15 January, 2026

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