McREL Board Directory

• Colorado

• Beverly G. Ausfahl
  Education/Systemic Change Consultant
  

• Dwight Jones
  Commissioner
  Colorado Department of Education

• Henry Gonzales
  Executive Director of Human Resources
  Fountain-Ft. Carson Public Schools

• Kansas

• Alexa Posny
  Commissioner
  Kansas Department of Education

• Mickey Bogart [Chair Elect]
  Instructor
  Kansas State University

• Sylvia  Robinson
  President
  Swope Community Enterprises

• Tracy Taylor Callard
  Teacher
  Wichita Collegiate School

• Missouri

• D. Kent King
  Commissioner
  Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education

• Michael Middleton
  Deputy Chancellor
  University of Missouri

• Yvonne S. Wilson
  State Senator
  Missouri State Legislature

• Nebraska

• Kenneth Anderson
  Superintendent of Schools
  Kearney Public Schools

• Polly Feis
  Deputy Commissioner
  Nebraska Department of Education

• Terry Loschen
  Owner/Manager
  Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home - Grand Island

• North Dakota

• C.B. "Buck" Haas
  State Representative
  North Dakota State Legislature

• Cheryl Kulas
  Executive Director
  North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission

• Wayne Sanstead
  Superintendent
  Department of Public Instruction

• South Dakota

• Clint Waara
  Member
  South Dakota Board of Education

• Rick Melmer
  Secretary
  Department of Education and Cultural Affairs

• Tom Hawley
  Dean, School of Education
  Northern State University

• Wyoming

• Donna Mathern
  Principal
  Evansville Elementary School

• Jim McBride
  Superintendent of Public Instruction
  Wyoming Department of Education

• Judith Richards
  Board of Trustees
  University of Wyoming

• At Large

• F. Tim Witsman
  President
  Wichita Independent Business Association

• Judy Catchpole
  President
  Catchpole Enterprises, Inc.

• Officers

• At-Large Representative to Executive Committee: Beverly G. Ausfahl
  Education/Systemic Change Consultant
  

• Chair Elect: Mickey Bogart
  Instructor
  Kansas State University

• Chair: Jim Edwards
  Governmental Relations Specialist
  Kansas Association of School Boards

• Chief State School Officers Representative to the Executive Committee: Polly Feis
  Deputy Commissioner
  Nebraska Department of Education

• Immediate Past Chair: Phil Schoo
  Superintendent Emeritus
  Lincoln (Nebraska) Public Schools

• President: Tim Waters
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  McREL

• Secretary: John Wetherington
  Chief Financial Officer
  McREL

• Treasurer: Judy Richards
  Board of Trustees
  University of Wyoming