Bob Wise Biography

Former West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise is president of the Alliance for Excellent Education (the Alliance) a nonprofit organization that has become a national leader for reforming the nations high schools so that all students graduate from high school prepared to succeed in college and a career. Led by Gov. Wise since 2005 the Alliance has become a respected advocate for the Common Core State Standards deeper learning digital learning adolescent literacy and other key education policy issues.
After serving a combined twenty-four years as governor member of the U.S. House of Representatives and state legislator Gov. Wise has become a sought-after speaker and advisor on education issues as well as an advisor to the U.S. Department of Education White House and key policymakers in the U.S. Congress. In 2011 Gov. Wise was named to the NonProfit Timess Power & Influence Top 50 an annual listing of the fifty most influential executives in the nonprofit sector.
Gov. Wise has appeared on national television and radio programs including World News with Diane Sawyer (ABC) American Morning (CNN) Your Bottom Line (CNN) Morning Joe (MSNBC) Fox and Friends (Fox News) Huckabee (Fox News) Lou Dobbs Tonight (CNN) the Charlie Rose Show (PBS) PBS NewsHour the Diane Rehm Show (NPR) and Washington Journal (C-SPAN). He has also been featured in many prominent publications including Wall Street Journal New York Times Washington Post Los Angeles Times Chicago Tribune Atlanta JournalConstitution and Philadelphia Inquirer.

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