Submitted by Andrea McArdle, Mar 14, 2007 15:21

To the Editor: Andrew Wolfe failed to mention highly relevant information about Natalie Gomez-Velez, the newly elected member of the New York State Board of Regents representing the Bronx [Editorial: On Day 72 Betraying Children, March 12]. Natalie Gomez-Velez, an Associate Professor at City University of New York School of Law, has spent her career in public service. Professor Gomez-Velez is an effective and devoted teacher, mentor, and scholar, as well as an experienced attorney. She has taught in the Lawyering Program at New York University School of Law, and served as Assistant Deputy Attorney General for Public Advocacy with Eliot Spitzer and as Special Counsel to New York's Chief Administrative Judge. She also served with distinction on the New York City Panel for Educational Policy, championing the cause of the city's most vulnerable students while working to improve the public schools for all children in the Bronx and across the city. Professor Gomez-Velez has committed her substantial talents to improving access to and opportunities for excellent education from pre-kindergarten through post-graduate work. The Board of Regents and the people of the Bronx and of New York State are fortunate to have a person of her experience, caliber, and character willing to volunteer to serve in this important position. Andrea McArdle Professor of Law CIty University of New York School of Law

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