Jennifer Ingold serves as President of the Middle States Council for the Social Studies, where she advances the visibility, equity, and essential role of social studies education. A nationally recognized educator and leader, her advocacy, scholarship, and service have been honored at the state, regional, and national levels, including Outstanding Middle School Social Studies Teacher of the Year awards from the Long Island, New York State, and National Councils for the Social Studies, as well as the national Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau Teacher of the Year Award from the Organization of American Historians. In 2021, the New York State Board of Regents recognized Ingold and her fully virtual students for exceptional advocacy and achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic, with that work preserved in the New York State Museum’s COVID-19 Archives. She also serves as curator of the Middle States Council for the Social Studies President’s Panel Series, fostering dialogue and bringing collective reflection during a period of rapid change in education, and reinforcing a shared commitment to ensuring that every student feels seen, supported, and empowered to thrive.

Kelly McFarland Stratman is the Executive Director of National Council for the Social Studies. With more than 25 years of nonprofit experience, Kelly is an ASAE-certified association executive with a track record of fostering innovation and transformative change for mission impact. 

Previously, Kelly worked at the League of Women Voters of the United States (LWV), a national, nonpartisan organization committed to voter engagement and civic participation. Kelly held successive leadership roles at LWV, where she managed executive teams, board relations, organizational strategy and governance. For more than 10 years, Kelly worked in the organization's field department collaborating with the organization's grassroots membership and 750 chapters across the US. Prior to joining the national entity, Kelly was executive director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio, a state affiliate. 

Kelly’s career began in education, first teaching English to middle and high school students in Japan through the JET Program, and later as a classroom teacher for kindergarten and 4th grade in Ohio and Massachusetts. Currently, Kelly serves as vice chair of AFS-USA, a nonprofit that promotes global citizenship and intercultural learning through international exchange. 

She resides in the Washington, DC area with her husband and has two college-aged daughters.

Dr. Michael Feldman is the Social Studies Education Associate for the Delaware Department of Education in the Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development workgroup. In that role, Dr. Feldman works with Delaware’s public schools to align their locally developed curriculum to standards, ensuring that all students have access to high-quality, social studies instructional materials.

Before joining the Department, Dr. Feldman worked with the University of Delaware’s Professional Development Center for Educators to support social studies instruction through cognitive coaching, co-teaching, co-planning, and modeling. He continues to contribute to UD’s teacher preparation programs by serving as an adjunct instructor for undergraduate courses for pre-service social studies teachers.

Dr. Feldman's professional background includes experience as a high school social studies teacher, district-level instructional coach, and co-chair of the Social Studies Coalition of Delaware. His primary interests and expertise include historical thinking, disciplinary literacy in social studies, culturally responsive pedagogy, and civics education in the digital age.

Scott Abbott is a Policy Scientist and Assistant Director of the Delaware Center for Civics Education at the Institute for Public Administration (IPA) in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration. Scott supports civics and social studies education throughout the state of Delaware and beyond by designing curriculum, providing professional development to educators, consulting on statewide assessments, and managing partnerships and initiatives in support of civics education. He also teaches pre-service educators as an adjunct instructor at the University of Delaware. Scott serves as the higher education representative on the Delaware Professional Standards Board, as Executive Secretary of the Council of State Social Studies Specialists (CS4), and as a Delaware representative on the Board of Directors for the Middle States Council for the Social Studies.

Previously, Scott worked for over 10 years as Director of K-12 Social Studies at the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). He began his career as a high school social studies teacher at Myers Park High School in Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (NC), spent time as a Program Director for Teach For America, and instructional coach for Friendship Public Charter Schools, and taught as an adjunct instructor at Wingate University (NC) and American University (DC)

Lisa Prueter is the K-12 Social Studies Coordinator for Brandywine School District and co-chair of the Social Studies Coalition of Delaware. Over the past 20 years, Lisa has taught high school social studies in public, private, and charter schools in Delaware. She has an M.A. in History and doctorate in Educational Leadership.