INTRODUCTION

Currently, Mr. Norwood serves as an at-large member of New York State’s Board of Regents, which presides over both the New York State Education Department and the University of the State of New York, the nation's most comprehensive and unified educational system. The Regents are responsible for all elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educational institutions, libraries, museums, public broadcasting, records and archives, the licensed professions, and vocational and educational services for individuals with disabilities. Mr. Norwood co-chairs the Board’s Standing Committee on the Professions and its Common Core Learning Standards Work Group.

While serving as a regent, Mr. Norwood carries the title of Chief Executive Officer of Common Ground Health (formerly the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency). Common Ground Health is a not-for-profit community health planning agency that promotes public health in the Finger Lakes region through research, advocacy and community engagement.

While serving at Common Ground Health, Mr. Norwood has continued his thirty year record of community service that includes past membership on the Rochester City Council, the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority (commonly known as the City of Buffalo’s Control Board) and the state’s Committee on Open Government.