BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2012
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OTO President |
William A. Hamilton |
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OTO Vice President |
Brian A. McNulty |
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OTO Treasurer |
James Eck |
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OTO Secretary |
Eileen Lento |
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OTO Board Member |
Camille Jones |
William A. Hamilton Ed. D., OTO President
Retired Superintendent, Walled Lake Schools
Dr. Hamilton is currently on the Board of Directors for the One-to-One Institute, bringing first hand knowledge as an administrator who implemented a One-to-One program, Anytime Anywhere Learning, into Walled Lake Schools. Dr. Hamilton is recently retired and former Superintendent of Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, the largest school district in Oakland County, Michigan. Walled Lake Schools has gained between 400 and 700 students each year since the late '80s. All schools are NCA accredited and the district has seen dramatic upward changes in its MEAP scores as a result of major curriculum changes driven by the district's strategic plan.
Before becoming Superintendent, Dr. Hamilton was Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, K-12 at Walled Lake Schools. As Assistant Superintendent, Dr. Hamilton's primary responsibilities included the design and implementation of all K-12 curriculum, instruction, and assessment including the ongoing development of Professional Learning Communities in all K-12 buildings. He was also responsible for all district technology including infrastructure, curriculum integration, and K-12 staff development. Dr. Hamilton was directly involved in many innovative programs, including the creation of an alternative high school, a computer leasing program, Reading Recovery program, Anytime Anywhere Learning laptop program, teacher evaluation model, and a district wide instructional accountability assessment system.
Dr. Hamilton has over 34 years of experience with Michigan schools and education. He has held positions as an English and Social Studies Teacher, Career Education Consultant, Coordinator for Placement and Follow-up Services, Director of Project EARLY, Assistant Principal and Director of
Brian A. McNulty Ph. D., OTO Chair
V.P., Leadership and Learning Center
Brian A. McNulty is currently on the Board of Directors for the One-to-One Institute and has a Ph.D. in Special Education Administration and Public Administration. He is the Vice-President for Leadership Development at the Center for Performance Assessment. In this capacity his responsibilities range from presentations to long term involvement with educators in their school improvement efforts. This includes in depth professional development and research with schools, districts, and state departments of education.
Before going to the Center, Dr. McNulty was the Vice-President of Field Services at McREL (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning). In that position he was responsible for coordinating McREL's consulting, training, technical assistance and development of new programs and services based on McREL's applied research and development. Prior to joining McREL, Dr. McNulty served as the Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services, Adams County School District 14, Commerce City, Colorado. He is a former Assistant Commissioner of Education at the Colorado Department of Education.
Dr. McNulty has over 30 years experience in education. His areas of expertise include leadership development, school effectiveness and improvement, early childhood education, and special education. He has published numerous professional articles and chapters, and lectured extensively in these areas. He recently co-authored School Leadership That Works with Robert J. Marzano, and Timothy Waters (ASCD, 2005).
James Eck, OTO Treasurer
Senior Director, McREL
Mr. James Eck is currently on the Board of Directors for the One-to-One Institute. Mr. Eck is Senior Director for the Leadership Workgroup in Field Services at McREL. He supervises and coordinates the Balanced Leadership delivery of services to clients. Mr. Eck's primary consulting responsibilities for McREL are for the Balanced Leadership: School Leadership that Works program. He also provides additional consultation and presentations on standards and assessment and facilitating change efforts with state and local education agencies. His primary areas of expertise are in educational leadership, curriculum and assessment, and the organizational change process.
Prior to McREL, Mr. Eck was the assessment coordinator for Reading First with the Colorado Department of Education. Mr. Eck has been an interim superintendent, assistant superintendent, middle school principal and assistant principal, and teacher with more than 25 years of educational experience. He has also provided consulting services and presentations across the country on assessment and in the analysis of data to inform instruction.
Mr. Eck is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Innovation from the University of Colorado, Denver. His primary focus of study is in living systems theory applied to organizational change. Mr. Eck holds a dual M.A. in Educational Administration and Research/Evaluation from the University of Northern Colorado and a B.S. in Zoology from Colorado State University.
Eileen Lento, Ph.D., OTO Secretary
K12 Strategist, Intel
Currently at Intel, Dr. Lento is developing and implementing holistic models for guiding school systems along the technology adoption curve. These models recognize that such efforts demand more than simply providing students and educators with laptops. The work addresses the need for quantitative and qualitative results, visionary leadership, creative funding, rich digital content, ongoing professional development, all supported by a solid infrastructure. Additionally, she brings awareness to the need for advocacy around policies necessary for such systemic reform efforts to gain real traction (i.e., scale and sustainability). Previously, she was the Director of Learning Technologies for PASCO Scientific and an Assistant Professor of Research in the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University. Having worked on several large scale NSF and DOE projects, she is dedicated to transforming learning experiences via teaching and learning processes that take full advantage of technology so that all students can achieve the high standards essential for them to be successful. Dr. Lento has won a number of awards as well as published in several peer-reviewed journals.
Camille B. Jones, OTO Board Member
Chief Information Officer, Baltimore County Public Schools
Camille B. Jones is an information technology professional with over 15 years of extensive, diversified and progressive experience in all facets of information services. In her many roles in the field of technology both in business and education, she has worked with hardware and application support, project management and provided leadership in the implementation of information systems functions including financial, employee, business and student systems, network, web and client servers, storage systems, telecommunications, data center operations.
She is currently the Chief Information Officer with the Baltimore County Public Schools where she directs the instructional, business, and management technology programs. She previously was the Director of Technology in the Lansing Public School District and the Information Systems Director of J.F. Drake State Technical College. Before working in the educational field, she worked as a business analyst for BellSouth and Entergy Services, Inc.
She has managed technology programs including one-to-one laptop rollout, LAN wiring in district buildings, data center relocation, enterprise-wide wireless implementation, video conferencing and distance learning and many professional development programs in education and business.
