• Kelly Laas

• Allison Cohen

• Roberta Israeloff

• Jana Mohr Lone

• Stephen Miller

• Thomas Wartenberg 

• Composed of board officers

• Exercise board responsibilities, if necessary, between board meetings, including working with the Development and Communications Coordinators to manage PLATO’s day-to-day work (for fuller description of officer and Executive Committee responsibilities, see bylaws)

• Jana Mohr Lone

• Michael Burroughs

• Oversee preparation of annual budget

• Create and monitor organization’s Finance Plan

• Recommend to the board any necessary financial guidelines

• Assist Treasurer in setting up accounting procedures and monitoring financial transactions

• Roberta Israeloff

• Janice Moskalik

• Create and oversee organization’s fund development initiatives and involve board members in development efforts

• Develop strategies to advance PLATO’s visibility

• Administer and expand PLATO’s sponsorship program

• Oversee PLATO’s membership program, including developing strategies for increasing PLATO’s membership, enhanced member benefits, and stewardship of existing members

• Manage the development and administration of the PLATO Philosophy Fund

• Kelly Laas
• Suzy Russinoff
• Cheri Carr
• Sara Goeing
• Alex Marmor

• Oversee PLATO’s membership program, including developing strategies for increasing PLATO’s membership, enhanced member benefits, and stewardship of existing members

Toolkit Subcommittee:

• William Mottolese
• Joseph Murphy
• Chris Ng - Chair
• Hamad Al Rayes
• Ariel Sykes
• Thomas Wartenberg

Teacher Training Subcommittee:

• Ben Faulkner
• Erik Kenyon
• Benjamin Lukey
• Stephen Miller - Chair
• Wendy Turgeon

• Developing an online pre-college philosophy workshop

• Working with regional centers to support their teacher-education and other education programs, including college pre-college philosophy courses and dual high school/college enrollment philosophy courses

• Responsible for developing online resources and virtual networks

• Coordinate the biennial AAPT Teaching and Learning Seminar

• Allison Cohen
• Kate Goldyn
• Roberta Israeloff
• Jana Mohr Lone
• Ariel Sykes
• John Torrey

• Responsible for organizing the biennial conference, including logistics, choice of theme, creating a call for presentation proposals and evaluating the proposals, etc.

• If the committee chair does not live at the location of the conference, the chair will work with the onsite coordinator to manage all of the conference details.

• Alex Chang
• Allison Cohen
• Gary Colletti
• Steve Esquith
• Sara Goering
• Roberta Israeloff
• Pedro Monque
• Ariel Sykes

• Responsible for leading PLATO’s efforts to to increase public reach, understanding, and impact of philosophy in schools, including the cultivation of research projects, conference presentations, publications, and promotional/informational materials.

• Responsible for furthering PLATO’s efforts to influence educational policy, including the development of relevant collaborations with other education and humanities organizations.

• Develop strategies for advocating for philosophy in schools.

• Collaborate with other PLATO committees to achieve the aims listed above.

• Wendy Turgeon, Editor

• Steven Goldberg

• David Heise

• Rory E. Kraft (Editor Emeritus)

• Stephen Miller

• Jana Mohr Lone (Founder and Editor Emeritus)

• Janice Moskalik

• Responsible for managing the journal, including recruiting people to serve on the editorial board of Questions, soliciting submissions from K-12 students and teachers and other philosophy educators, and maintaining a regular publication schedule.

• Work with editorial board to review submissions and edit accepted submissions

• Develop the journal into a resource-rich publication

• Michael Burroughs, Founding Editor

• Roberta Israeloff, Editorial Advisor

• Wendy Turgeon, Associate Editor

• Kelly Laas, Managing Editor

• Responsible for managing Precollege Philosophy and Public Practice, including recruiting people to serve on the editorial board, soliciting submissions from scholars, and maintaining an annual publication schedule.

• Work with editorial board to review submissions and edit accepted submissions