In late August, the NCAN board of directors voted to appoint Dr. Bernard McCune and Dr. Doug Shapiro to its ranks. NCAN members then voted to approve the appointments during the 2022 annual membership meeting.
Bernard McCune
Dr. Bernard McCune is the current Senior Executive Director for Career and College Success for Denver Public Schools (DPS). In this role, he oversees all college and career readiness initiatives, including dual enrollment, counseling, career technical
education (CTE), Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), AVID, and student engagement. He also provides oversight for the Emily Griffith Technical College in downtown Denver, which serves 10,000 students.
Before coming into his current role at DPS, McCune was a founding partner for RootED, a philanthropic organization in Denver committed to building an “equitable, accountable, responsive Denver Public School system.” He also served as RootED’s chief portfolio
and talent officer. Prior to making these strides at RootED, he served as the deputy chief of post-secondary readiness at the Oakland Unified School District.
Dr. McCune has also served almost 10 years at Chicago Public Schools, where he collaborated with then-Superintendent Arne Duncan and Greg Darnieder to create a successful national model for increasing college access and success among low-income students.
He has also worked with then-Senator Barack Obama to increase federal funding for district initiatives that would increase post-secondary readiness and success.
Dr. McCune holds a bachelor’s degree in economic and business administration from Knox College, a master’s in educational administration from Concordia University Chicago, and an Ed.D in educational leadership and administration from the National Louis
University – Chicago.
Doug Shapiro
Dr. Doug Shapiro is the Executive Research Director at the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC), a nonprofit and nongovernmental organization that provides educational reporting, data exchange, verification, and research services. In his role at the Research
Center, he has established over a dozen new reports with metrics on student access, persistence, transfer, and completion. His over 10 years of research contributions to higher education at the institution, state, and national levels with the NSC
have advanced student success.
Prior to joining NSC, Dr. Shapiro served as the director of institutional research at The New School, and as the vice president for research and policy development at the Minnesota Private College Council. He has also held a role on the board of directors
of the National Association for College Admission Counseling.
Dr. Shapiro holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Chicago, a master’s in mathematics from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in education from the University of Michigan’s Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education.
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