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Marlene Canter Marlene Canter
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Los Angeles, CA

Marlene Canter has served as an elected board member of the Los Angeles City Board of Education since 2001 and as president of the Board from 2005-2007. The L.A. Business Journal named her Woman Executive of the Year in May 2006 for her leadership of the Board. In 2008, the League of Women Voters presented her with their Government Leadership Award. Ms. Canter chairs the Board’s Charters and Innovation Committee, a new committee she conceived to help drive school and District transformation. The Committee supports the District’s efforts to create innovative partnerships, provide oversight for charter schools, and facilitate reforms in the District. Ms. Canter began her career as a special education teacher and went on to co-found and serve as the co-CEO of Canter & Associates, which became the world's leading teacher training organization and trained more than 1 million K-12 teachers worldwide. The company was successfully sold to Sylvan Learning in 1998.

 
 

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