Select a state to read the bio of the State Association Member president and executive director. Information is updated as it becomes available.
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Association of Alaska School Boards
Lon Garrison, president and Carl F.N. Rose, executive director
Alabama Association of School Boards
Steve Foster, president and Sally Howell, J.D., executive director
Arizona School Boards Association
Michael Hughes, president and Dr. Timothy Ogle, executive director-elect (starts February 6)
Arkansas School Boards Association
Dr. Paul Hance, president and Dan Farley, executive director
California School Boards Association
Jill Wynns, president and Vernon Billy, executive director
Colorado Association of School Boards
Tom Sifers, president and Kenneth DeLay, J.D., executive director
Connecticut Association of Boards of Education
Lydia Tedone, president and Robert Rader, executive director
Delaware School Boards Association
David Sechler, president and Susan Francis, executive director
Florida School Boards Association
Lee Swift, president and Dr. Wayne Blanton, executive director
Georgia School Boards Association
David Johnson, president and Jeannie "Sis" Henry, executive director
Idaho School Boards Association
Dallas Clinger, president and Karen Echeverria, executive director
Illinois Association of School Boards
Carolyne Brooks, president and Dr. Michael D. Johnson, executive director emeritus
Indiana School Boards Association
Lawrence "Jack" Montgomery, president and Dr. Frank A. Bush, executive director
Iowa Association of School Boards
Patti Fields, president and Dr. Thomas Downs, executive director
Kansas Association of School Boards
Fred Patton, president and Dr. John Heim, executive director
Kentucky School Boards Association
Tom Blankenship, president and William G. Scott, executive director
Louisiana School Boards Association
Darrin Manuel, president and Nolton J. Senegal, Sr., Esq., executive director
Maine School Boards Association
Susan Campbell, president and Dale A. Douglass, executive director
Maryland Association of Boards of Education
Gary Bauer, president and Dr. Carl W. Smith, executive director
Massachusetts Association of School Committees
Penny Blackwell, president and Glenn Koocher, executive director
Michigan Association of School Boards
Burl Ghastin, president and Kathy Hayes, executive director
Minnesota School Boards Association
Kent Thiesse, president and Robert Meeks, executive director
Mississippi School Boards Association
Miranda Beard, president and Dr. Michael W. Waldrop, executive director
Missouri School Boards' Association
Dr. Vic Lenz, president and Dr. Carter D. Ward, executive director
Montana School Boards Association
Lance Voegele, president and Lance Melton, executive director
Nebraska Association of School Boards
Brian Holcomb, president and John Spatz, executive director
Nevada Association of School Boards
Carolyn Edwards, president and Dotty Merrill, executive director
New Hampshire School Boards Association
Ross Deachman, president and Theodore E. Comstock, Esq., executive director
New Jersey School Boards Association
Raymond Wiss, president and Marie Bilik, executive director
New Mexico School Boards Association
Dion Sandoval, president and Joe Guillen, executive director
New York State School Boards Association
Thomas J. Nespeca, president and Timothy G. Kremer, executive director
North Carolina School Boards Association
Chuck Francis, president and Dr. Edwin Dunlap, Jr., executive director
North Dakota School Boards Association
Angela Korsmo, president and Dr. Jon Martinson, executive director
Ohio School Boards Association
Sharon Manson, president and Richard C. Lewis, executive director
Oklahoma State School Boards Association
Dr. Dan Snell, president and Dr. Jeff Mills, executive director
Oregon School Boards Association
Kris Howatt, president and Betsy Miller-Jones, interim executive director
Pennsylvania School Boards Association
Robert Lumley-Sapanski, president and Thomas J. Gentzel*, executive director
Rhode Island Association of School Committees
Virginia Harnois, president and Timothy C. Duffy, executive director
South Carolina School Boards Association
Richard Cook, president and Dr. Paul Krohne, executive director
Associated School Boards of South Dakota
Neil Putnam, president and Dr. Wade Pogany, executive director
Tennessee School Boards Association
Robert Alvey, Jr., president and Dr. Tammy Grissom, executive director
Texas Association of School Boards
Gary W. Inmon, Esq., president and James B. Crow, executive director
Utah School Boards Association
Mark Marsh, president and Richard Stowell, executive director
Vermont School Boards Association
Ken Fredette, president and Dr. Stephen Dale, executive director
Virgin Islands Board of Education
Winona Hendricks, president and Carol Henneman, executive director
Virginia School Boards Association
Joan Wodiska, president, and Barbara Coyle, executive director
Washington State School Directors' Association
Mary Fertakis, president and Dr. Jonelle Adams, executive director
West Virginia School Boards Association
Howard O'Cull
Wisconsin Association of School Boards
Patrick Sherman, president and John Ashley, executive director
Wyoming School Boards Association
Loren Heth, president and Dr. Mark Higdon, executive director