Ami Margolin Rome serves as the Executive Director of the North Clackamas Education Foundation (NCEF). She has worked in the education field her entire career.

Prior to joining NCEF, Mrs. Rome was as a Policy Analyst for an education policy consulting firm, Education First Consulting, specializing in strategic planning, research, policy analysis, and advocacy for large foundations, state education agencies, school districts and non-profit organizations. In this position she served as a member of the team planning, designing, and writing the Race to the Top Federal Grant Applications for five states; securing over a billion dollars to improve education in four winning states. From October 2007 to August 2009, Mrs. Rome served as the Replication and Expansion Director of Chess for Success, a small, Oregon-based non-profit that runs chess programs in Title I schools. In this role Mrs. Rome was responsible for expanding the program, including selecting new schools, collecting and evaluating participation data, and writing grants to fund the program.

Prior to joining Chess for Success, Mrs. Rome completed a Presidential Management Fellowship at the U.S. Department of Education, working directly under the Director of Academic and Technical Education for two years. In this position Mrs. Rome served as the co-project officer for the State Scholars Initiative, managing a $7 million federal grant to improve high school students’ preparation for college and the workforce. From 2001- 2003, Mrs. Rome served as a Peace Corps Volunteer working with teachers in three school districts in the Dominican Republic. In her spare time, Mrs. Rome enjoys writing, and her first novel, Vanishing Acts, a middle grade mystery co-written with her father, Phillip Margolin, will be published in October 2011. Mrs. Rome holds a bachelor's degree with high honors in psychology from Emory University and a master's degree in international politics from the American University's School of International Service.

Kathy L. Harrison, Board Executive Assistant
Kathy is the Executive Assistant to the North Clackamas Education Foundation and Executive Secretary for the North Clackamas School District. She brings 15 years of administrative experience and 13 years of experience with nonprofit organizations.