Executive Staff

Verjeana McCotter-Jacobs

Verjeana McCotter-Jacobs, Esq., serves as NSBA's Chief Transformation Officer. McCotter-Jacobs has a lead role in executing the organization’s transformation around member engagement, as well as in building upon the progress in member services and equity. She also engages state association members in ongoing partnerships to create programs and resources for state associations and their member school districts. She can be reached at vjacobs@nsba.org.

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Francisco Negrón

As Chief Legal Officer of NSBA, Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., directs NSBA’s nationally recognized Legal Advocacy Program, which files more amicus briefs in the United States Supreme Court and in federal and state appellate courts across the country each year than all national education associations combined. Negrón also leads the 3,200-member Council of School Attorneys, the national network of lawyers representing K-12 public schools. He can be reached at fnegron@nsba.org.

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