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Governor Hunt is a nationally recognized leader who has dedicated years to improving education in his home state of North Carolina as well as across the country. Governor Hunt has long been at the forefront of education reform in the United States, promoting excellence in teaching and learning. As North Carolina Governor for a historic four terms, he put into place one of the nation s most rigorous approaches to measuring student performance and providing assistance to turn around failing schools. In 1985, he co-chaired with David Hamburg the Committee of 50, which led to the Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy and eventually, to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. He served in that capacity for ten years, developing standards for what accomplished teachers in America need to know, and be able to do, as well as assessments to Board certify them. He has served as chairman of the National Education Goals Panel and vice chairman of the board of Achieve, Inc. Now a partner in the law firm of Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice, Governor Hunt has maintained his commitment to education. He chairs the board of the James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy, established in 2001 to work with current and emerging political, business, and education leaders on a national level to improve public education. In addition, he serves as the chairman of the National Commission on Teaching and America s Future, and chairman of the National Center on Public Policy and Higher Education in San Jose, California. Governor Hunt has been the recipient of numerous awards for his contributions to education in the U.S. These include the Education Commission of the States James B. Conant Award; The Horace Mann League s Friend of Education Award; The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education; The Children s Defense Fund Award; The National State Board of Education s Policy Leader of the Year Award; and the National Education Association s Friend of Education Award. | 