Judy Codding

President and CEO, America's Choice

Phone: 202-783-3668

Email: amaeda@americaschoice.org

Area of Expertise: School Reform

Judy B. Codding is President and Chief Executive Officer of America's Choice (ACI) and previously the Vice President for the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE). Before assuming these positions, Dr. Codding was the award-winning principal of Pasadena High School in Los Angeles, a large urban comprehensive high school serving predominately low-income African American and Latino students. Previously, Dr. Codding had been a teacher and principal of Bronxville High School and Scarsdale High School in New York, suburban public high schools serving mainly high-income Anglo students. Dr. Codding was a charter principal of the Coalition of Essential Schools, a national high school reform effort. She was an Associate in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She served as an education consultant to the Ministry of Education in the People's Republic of China and the U.S. Department of Defense schools. She served as a commissioner on the California Commission for the Establishment of Academic Content and Performance Standards.