Tom Carroll was named president of the National Council on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) in November 2001 and since then, he has led the organization in its mission to empower educators who are transforming their schools from teaching organizations into learning organizations. Dr. Carroll founded the Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) program and created the Technology Innovation Challenge Grants Program at the U.S. Department of Education (ED). He was the first director of technology planning and evaluation for ED’s E-rate program.

Dr. Carroll also served as the U.S. Secretary of Education’s liaison to the Corporation for National Service during the launch of AmeriCorps. He was also deputy director of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, prior to which he was director of national research centers and regional laboratories at the National Institute of Education (NIE).

Dr. Carroll taught and did research in the School of Education at Clark University, and holds a PhD in cultural anthropology from SUNY Buffalo. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho from 1967 to 1969. NCTAF publications can be accessed at www.nctaf.org.