ALLISON BROWN SCHAFER WORK EXPERIENCE February 1998 - NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION present Raleigh, N.C. Position: Director of Policy/Legal Counsel

Duties: Oversees administration of superintendent searches for North Carolina school districts. In-house legal counsel for the North Carolina School Boards Association. Serves as a resource on legal issues for all members, including all 115 North Carolina school boards and the Cherokee Nation Board of Education. Provides in-service training for school board members and school administrators. Participates in legislative and policy initiatives. Oversees filing of amicus briefs in appellate courts. Oversees policy services to North Carolina school systems. Participates as representative to the National Affiliate of Superintendent Searches, a National School Boards Association affiliated organization with 36 state association members. Current Chairman of the National Council of School Attorneys, another NSBA affiliated organization.

October 1985 - THARRINGTON SMITH December 1997 Raleigh, N.C.

Positions: Partner, Jan. 1993-Dec. 1997; Associate, Oct. 1985- Dec. 1992 Duties: Engaged in the practice of education law for numerous education clients, including the North Carolina School Boards Association, the Wake County Board of Education and many other boards of education in North Carolina. Responsibilities included the daily advising of local school system administrators on school law matters, attending school board meetings and advising clients, drafting school board policies and representing school boards in various types of litigation.

September 1983 - FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN August 1985 DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, N.C. Position: Law Clerk for the Honorable W. Earl Britt

Duties: Researched and drafted legal memoranda, orders, jury instructions and other legal documents. Scheduled hearings and other court matters.

EDUCATION August 1980 - WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

May 1983 Winston-Salem, N.C.

Juris Doctor, May 1983 September 1975 - KNOX COLLEGE

June 1979 Galesburg, Ill. Bachelor of Arts, 1979, cum laude, Sociology/Anthropology with

emphasis in English Writing, French and Geology PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS National Council of School Attorneys Chair, April 2013 to April 2014

Chair-Elect, April 2012 to April 2013 Vice Chair, Executive Council, April 2011 to April 2012 Secretary, Executive Council, April 2010 to April 2011

Executive Council, 2004 to 2008 and 2010 to present Member 1985-present

North Carolina Council of School Attorneys Chairman, 1998-99

Vice President, 1997-98 Secretary/Treasurer, 1996-97

Member, 1985 to present American Bar Association

North Carolina Bar Association Education Law Section, Executive Council 1988 to 1994 Member, 1985 to present OTHER 2008 Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award of the

Education Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association. PERSONAL Husband: John C. Schafer Children: Jennifer Schafer, 25 years old; Eric Schafer, 22 years old