Board of Directors
Education Northwest is governed by a 29-member Board of Directors from the Northwest region comprised of the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The Board of Directors includes chief school officers or representatives of the five Northwest states affiliated with our organization; five representatives of Education Northwest institutions elected to three-year terms; and others who are appointed to three-year terms to represent constituent groups—both educators and noneducators.
Board Officers
- Jerry Colonna - Chairperson
- Superintendent
- Beaverton School District (Oregon)
- Jann Hill – Vice Chairperson
- Chair, Division of Education
- Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)
- Joanne Erickson - Secretary-Treasurer
- Associate Professor
- Montana State University – Bozeman (Montana)
- Steve Bradshaw - Executive Committee Member
- Superintendent
- Sitka Borough School District (Alaska)
- Nancy Coopersmith – Executive Committee Member
- Assistant Superintendent
- Montana Office of Public Instruction – Helena (Montana)
- (CSSO Denise Juneau’s representative)
- Alan Burke – Executive Committee Member
- Deputy Superintendent for K-12 Education
- Washington OSPI – Olympia (Washington)
- (CSSO Randy Dorn’s representative)
Board Members
- Barbara Adams
- Professor
- University of Alaska - Fairbanks (Alaska)
- Susan Castillo
- Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Salem (Oregon)
- (representative TBA)
- Karanja Crews
- Teacher
- Beaverton School District (Oregon)
- Juan Cuadros
- Regional Principal
- Eugene School District (Oregon)
- Randy Dorn
- Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Olympia (Washington)
- (Randy Dorn's representative - Alan Burke)
- Patrick Haggarty
- Private School Representative
- Superintendent, Chief Diocesan Administrator
- Diocese of Helena (Montana)
- Jeri Harris
- Teacher
- Seattle School District (Washington)
- Mary Alice Heuschel
- Superintendent
- Renton School District (Washington)
- Wendy Horman
- School Board Member
- Bonneville Joint School District (Idaho)
- Denise Juneau
- Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Helena (Montana)
- (Denise Juneau’s representative – Nancy Coopersmith)
- Jerry Keane
- Superintendent
- Post Falls School District (Idaho)
- Larry LeDoux
- Alaska Commissioner of Education & Early Development
- Juneau (Alaska)
- (Larry LeDoux’s representative – Les Morse)
- Tom Luna
- Idaho Superintendent of Education
- Idaho Department of Education
- (Tom Luna’s representative – Luci Willits)
- Les Morse
- Deputy Commissioner
- Alaska Department of Education and Early Development Juneau (Alaska)
- (Larry LeDoux’s representative)
- Bruce Messinger
- Superintendent
- Helena Public Schools (Montana)
- Geoffrey Mills
- Dean and Professor, School of Education
- Southern Oregon University
- Sean Murray
- Regional Business/Community Representative
- RealTime Performance Inc.
- Seattle (Washington)
- Perla Rodríguez
- Regional Parent Representative
- Elementary Principal
- Forest Grove School District (Oregon)
- Mo Sanders
- Principal
- Soldotna Montessori Charter School (Alaska)
- Corri Smith
- Teacher
- Great Falls School District (Montana)
- Frederick Striker
- Regional School Board Member
- Vice President, School Director
- Battle Ground School District #119 (Washington)
- Tom Stritikus
- Associate Dean, College of Education
- University of Washington
- Colleen Thompson
- Teacher
- Blackfoot School District (Idaho)
- Carol VanDerWege
- Teacher
- Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (Alaska)
- Jeff Weldon
- Regional Business Representative
- Attorney at Law, Partner
- Felt, Martin, Frazier & Jacobs PC (Montana)
- Luci Willits
- Chief of Staff
- Idaho Department of Education
- Boise (Idaho)
- (CSSO Tom Luna’s representative)
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