McREL Board Directory

• Colorado

• Robert Hammond
  Commissioner
  Colorado Department of Education

• Debbie Backus
  
  

• Beverly G. Ausfahl
  Education/Systemic Change Consultant
  

• Kansas

• Diane DeBacker
  Commissioner
  Kansas Department of Education

• Mickey Bogart [Past Chair]
  Instructor
  Kansas State University

• Tracy Taylor Callard
  Gifted Facilitator
  Hadley Middle School

• C. Patrick Woods [Treasurer]
  Director of Advancement
  College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas

• Missouri

• Chris Nicastro
  Commissioner
  Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

• Michael Middleton [Chair Elect]
  Deputy Chancellor
  University of Missouri

• Jeff Williams
  Vice President, Higher Education
  Kauffman Foundation

• Nebraska

• Roger Breed [CSSO Representative to the Executive Committee]
  Commissioner
  Department of Education

• Kenneth Anderson [At Large Representative to the Executive Committee]
  Instructor
  University of Nebraska, Kearney

• Polly Feis
  
  

• North Dakota

• Wayne Sanstead
  Superintendent
  Department of Public Instruction

• C.B. ’Buck’ Haas
  
  

• Frances Rodenburg
  Elementary Assistant Superintendent
  Bismarck Public Schools

• South Dakota

• Melody Schopp
  Secretary
  Department of Education and Cultural Affairs

• Wyoming

• Cindy Hill
  Superintendent
  Wyoming Department of Education

• Judy Richards [Chair]
  Chairman
  Big Horn County School District #2

• Mike Ceballos
  
  

• Kay Persichitte
  Dean
  University of Wyoming College of Education

• At Large

• Jim Edwards
  Assistant Executive Director-Leadership Development
  Kansas Association of School Boards

• Officers

• Chair: Judy Richards
  Chairman
  Big Horn County School District #2

• Past Chair: Mickey Bogart
  Instructor
  Kansas State University

• Chair Elect: Michael Middleton
  Deputy Chancellor
  University of Missouri

• Treasurer: C. Patrick Woods
  Director of Advancement
  College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas

• Chief State School Officers Representative to the Executive Committee: Roger Breed
  Commissioner
  Nebraska Department of Education

• At-Large Representative to Executive Committee: Ken Anderson
  Instructor
  University of Nebraska, Kearney

• President: Tim Waters
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  McREL

• Secretary: Sue Desch
  Chief Financial Officer
  McREL