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Stellar Roster of Rising Education Leaders, Veteran Education Advocates and Twitterati Lined up for 2nd Annual Bammy Awards | Fort Mill Times - Fort Mill, SC

Stellar Roster of Rising Education Leaders, Veteran Education Advocates and Twitterati Lined up for 2nd Annual Bammy Awards | Fort Mill Times - Fort Mill, SC:

Stellar Roster of Rising Education Leaders, Veteran Education Advocates and Twitterati Lined up for 2nd Annual Bammy Awards

Dennis Van Roekel, Eric Sheninger, John Merrow, Angela Maiers, Dan Domenech, John Musso, Adam Bellows, Donna Mazyck, Caroline Hendrie, Chris Lehmann, Gail Connelly, Regina Rei Lamourelle, Tom Whitby, Diane Ravitch, Holly Elissa Bruno, Steven Anderson, Nan




LOS ANGELES -- 
Today the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences announced the hosts and presenters for the second annual Bammy Awards honoring the contributions of educators in 28 categories across the field. Presenters announced today include Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association; Marybeth Hertz, executive board member of the Edcamp Foundation; Dan Domenech, executive director of the American Association of School Administrators; Chris Lehmann, founder and co-chair of Educon; Gail Connelly, executive director of the National Association of Elementary School Principals; Angela Maiers, founder of Choose2Matter; Yasmina Vinci, executive director for the National Head Start Association; John Merrow, veteran education reporter at PBS; Donna Mazyck, executive director of the National Association of School Nurses; Tom Whitby and Steven Anderson, co-founders of #Edchat; Caroline Hendrie, executive director of the Education Writers Association. William J. Bushaw, executive director, PDK International Family; Rob Lippincott, senior vice president, PBS Learning Media; and The Northeast Foundation for Children.
The 2013 Bammy Awards will be held at the Arena Stage at the Mead Center in Washington, D.C., on September 21st. The awards will be co-hosted by Dr. Mark Ginsberg, dean of the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, and Errol St. Clair Smith, Emmy-winning