CPB taps Dr Susan Tave Zelman to head Education and Children's Content

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting named Dr. Susan Tave Zelman senior vice president for Education and Children's Content. Since 1999, Dr. Zelman has served as Ohio's Superintendent of Public Instruction. As SVP for Education and Children's Content, Zelman will develop and oversee the vision, focus and related strategy for CPB's education and children's content initiatives and manage CPB's administration of the Department of Education's Ready To Learn grant. Dr. Zelman's career in educational leadership and service spans more than 20 years. Prior to becoming Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction, Zelman served as deputy commissioner in Missouri's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education where she was instrumental in creating innovative programs that improved learning and teaching in Missouri's classrooms. She serves as an advisory board member of the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching and is a founding member of the Ohio Council of Professors of Educational Administration. She earned a Ph. D and a Masters in Education from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in Arts, History and Political Science from Hunter College.