Press Release April 15, 2007

HEADLINE: New DC Voice Executive Director

Jeff Smith, former member of the District of Columbia Board of Education, has become the executive director of DC VOICE. Smith’s appointment was effective on April 23. “As executive director for DC VOICE, I will look to work with other community advocates and educational scholars to take this city to another level of educational organizing and provide the community with the information and tools it needs to continually hold the city accountable for educating its children,” said Smith. Smith replaces Erika Landberg, who had been serving as the organization’s interim executive director.