Exec. Dir. History

State Association Executive Director History

 

State Association and Current                                 Past Executive Directors

Executive Director                                                     *= Deceased

Alabama Association of School Boards                   
Founded 1949
 
Sally Howell -  2007 - present                                     Sandra Sims-deGraffenried 1988-2007
                                                                                     Randy Quinn - 1969 - 1988
                                                                                    *George Howard - 1951 - 1969
 
Association of Alaska School Boards
Founded 1954
 
Carl Rose - 1987 - present                                           Robert C. Greene - 1977 - 1987
                                                                                     Bill Overstreet - 1972 - 1977
                                                                                     Frank Darnell - 1969 - 1971
                                                                                     Don DaFoe - 1966 - 1969               
                                                                                     C.W. Martin - 1964 -1966
 
Arizona School Boards Association
Founded 1948
 
Panfilo Contreras - 1998 - present                             Jack Peterson - 1991 - 1998
                                                                                   Lou Ella Kleinz - 1971 -1991
                                                                                  Arvid Gandrud - 1958 - 1971
 
Arkansas School Boards Association
Founded 1955
 
Dan Farley - 1999 - Present                                      Tommy Venters - 1992 -1999
                                                                                  J.K. Williams - 1978 - 1992
                                                                                  Daniel L. Pilkinton
                                                                                  Robert C. Miles
                                                                                  Glen Cochran
                                                                                  Haskin Pounds
                                                                                  Eugene H. Lee
                                                                                  Jim Timmons
                                                                                 A.G. Shannon
 
California School Boards Association
Founded 1931
 
Scott Plotkin - 2001 - present                                    Davis Campbell - 1988 -2001
                                                                                  Herbert E. Salinger - 1977 - 1988
                                                                                  Fred Keisel - 1977 (Interim)
                                                                                  Joseph M. Brooks - 1968 - 1977
                                                                                  Robert W. Formhais - 1961 - 1968
                                                                                  Lawrence B. White - 1953 - 1961
                                                                                  Florence C. Porter - 1931 - 1953
 
Colorado Association of School Boards
Founded 1940
 
Ken DeLay - 1999 - present                                     Randy Quinn - 1988 - 1999
                                                                                 Frank Miles - 1961-1988
                                                                                 William Conklin - 1959 - 1961
                                                                                  John Swenson - 1951 - 1959
 
Connecticut Association of Boards of Education
Founded 1906
 
Robert Rader - 1996 - present                                 Terry Cassidy - 1982 - 1995
                                                                                 Ronald S. Gister - 1973 - 1979
                                                                                 Laura Means Pope - 1969 - 1973
                                                                                 Harvey Olson - 1966 - 1969
                                                                                 Victor MacDonald - 1955 - 1966
 
Delaware School Boards Association
Founded 1946
 
Susan Francis - 1998 - present                                 Ann Case - 1979 - 1998
                                                                                 Dee Lafferty - 1973 - 1978
                                                                                 Gary Patterson - 1971 - 1973
                                                                                 Robert W. Lawrence - 1970 - 1971
                                                                                 George W. Wright - 1956 - 1969
 
Florida School Boards Association
Founded 1930
 
Wayne Blanton - 1985 - present                              Don Magruder - 1970 - 1985
 
 
Georgia School Boards Association
Founded 1951
 
Jeannie "Sis" Henry - 2001 - present                      Gary Ashley - 1978 - 2001
                                                                               *J.K. "Jack" Acree - 1961 - 1978
                                                                               *W. J. "Dub" Andrews - 1952 - 1961
 
Hawaii State Board of Education
Founded 1959
 
Idaho School Boards Association
Founded 1942
 
Karen Echeverria - 2007 - present                       Clifford Green - 2002 - 2007
                                                                             Alan Smith - 1969 - 2001
                                                                             John Sneider
                                                                             Ida Holden
                                                                            J.C. Eddy
                                                                            Don Findley
 
Illinois Association of School Boards
Founded 1913
 
Michael D. Johnson - 2000 - present               * Wayne L. Sampson - 1989 - 2000
                                                                            Harold P. Seamon - 1973 - 1989
                                                                          *B.B. Burgess - 1969 - 1973
                                                                          * Robert Cole - 1943 - 1969
 
Indiana School Boards Association
Founded 1949
 
Frank A. Bush - 1988 - present                          W. Jack Peterson - 1975 - 1988
                                                                           Harmon Baldwin - 1971 - 1975
                                                                           Lowell Rose - 1967 - 1971
                                                                           Lorin A. Burt - 1960 - 1967
                                                                          *Marion A. McGhehey - 1954 - 1960
                                                                         * Maurice E. Stepley - 1949 - 1954
 
Iowa Association of School Boards
Founded 1946
 
Veronica Stalker (Interim) 2010                         Maxine Kilcrease - 2009 - 2010
                                                                            Ronald M. Rice - 1996 - 2009
                                                                            T.E. "Ted" Davidson - 1973 - 1996
                                                                           *Blythe C. Conn - 1963 - 1973
                                                                            Don Foster - 1946 - 1962
  
 
Kansas Association of School Boards
Founded 1919
 
John Heim - 2010 - present                                John Koepke - 1983 - 2010
                                                                           K.D. Moran - 1982 - 1983
                                                                          *Marion A. McGhehey - 1961 - 1982
                                                                           O.K. O'Fallong - 1958 - 1961
                                                                           Carl B. Althaus - 1946 - 1958
 
 
 
Kentucky School Boards Association
Founded 1936
 
William Scott - 2005 - present                          David L. Keller - 1981 - 2005
                                                                          James P. Melton - 1977 - 1981
                                                                         *Maurice D. Bement - 1962 - 1977
                                                                          Barton Fiser - 1958 - 1962
                                                                          Leonard E. Meece - 1937 - 1958
 
Louisiana School Boards Association
Founded 1938
 
Nolton Senegal, Sr. - 2006 - present                 W.F. Whitford - 1999 - 2006
                                                                          James Soileau - 1994 -1999
                                                                          Victor Hodgkins - 1987 - 1994
                                                                         *James Prescott - 1961 - 1986
                                                                         *Fred Thatcher - 1938 - 1961
 
Maine School Boards Association
Founded 1958
 
Dale Douglas - 1997 - Present                          Paul Brunelle - 1977 - 1996
                                                                          Don Taverner - 1976 - 1977
                                                                          James Vickerson (Interim) - 1976 - 1977
                                                                          H. Sawin Millett, Jr. - 1971 - 1975
                                                                          Carl H. Porter-Shirley - 1963 - 1971
                                                                          Clifford Manchester - 1962 - 1963
                                                                          Joseph Alberti - 1958 - 1962
 
 
 
Maryland Association of Boards of Education
Founded 1957
 
Carl W. Smith - 1998 - present                          Susan R. Bushwell - 1989 - 1998
                                                                           Maureen K. Steinecke - 1978 - 1989
                                                                           Charles W. Willis - 1971 - 1977
 
Massachusetts Association of School Committees
Founded 1947
 
Glenn Koocher - 2000 - present                         Mark O'Connell - 1996 - 2000
                                                                           Paul Gordon - 1977 - 1995
                                                                           Alfred Maffeo - 1975 - 1977
                                                                          *Alton Cavicchi -      - 1975
 
Michigan Association of School Boards
Founded 1949
 
Kathy Hayes - 2008 -present                              Justin P. King - 1987 - present
                                                                          *Norman Weinheimer - 1970 - 1987
                                                                           Donald O. Tatroe - 1970
                                                                           Julius Barbour - 1949 - 1969
 
Minnesota School Boards Association
Founded 1920
 
Robert Meeks - 2003 - present                          Richard Anderson - 1989 - 2002
                                                                          Willard Baker - 1983 - 1988
                                                                         *William Wettergren - 1950 - 1983
 
Mississippi School Boards Association
Founded 1971
 
Mike Waldrop - 2004 - present                        *John Hartman - 1971 - 2004
 
 
Missouri School Boards Association
Founded 1954
 
Carter Ward - 1983 - present                           Joe Sarthory - 1979 - 1983
                                                                         James Hart - 1954 - 1979
                                                                         B.A. Rogers - 1954 - 1958
 
Montana School Boards Association
Founded 1926
 
Lance Melton - 2000 - present                        Robert Anderson - 1986 - 2000
                                                                        Wayne Buchanan - 1979 - 1986
                                                                         Leonard Sargent - 1975 - 1979
                                                                         James J. Kenney - 1966 - 1975
                                                                         
Nebraska Association of School Boards
Founded 1918
 
John Bonaiuto - 1995 - present                       Dale Siefkes - 1988 - 1994
                                                                       Justin King - 1980 - 1987
                                                                       Ross Rasmussen - 1968 - 1980
                                                                       Richard Brown - 1956 - 1968
 
Nevada Association of School Boards
 
 
 
 
New Hampshire School Boards Associations
Founded 1946
 
Theodore Comstock - 2003 - present            Michael Eader - 2000 - 2003
                                                                      Paul Krohne - 1993 - 2000
                                                                      Richard Goodman - 1975 - 1993
                                                                      Jayson Boynton - 1966 - 1975
                                                                       
 
New Jersey School Boards Association
Founded 1913
 
Marie S. Bilik                                                Edwina Lee - 1999 -
                                                                       Robert E. Boose - 1990 - 1999
                                                                       Octavius T. Reid, Jr. - 1985 - 1990
                                                                       Lloyd J. Newbaker - 1978 - 1985
                                                                       Mark W. Hurwitz - 1971 - 1978
                                                                      *Ruth H. Page - 1957 - 1971
 
 
New Mexico School Boards Association
Founded 1958
 
Joe Guillen - 2007- present                            J. Mack Mitchell - 1997 - 2007
                                                                       Peter Eissele - 1995 - 1997
                                                                       Wesley Lane - 1988 - 1994
                                                                       Don Wood - 1885 - 1887
                                                                       Al Clemmons - 1982 - 1985
                                                                       Mel Cordova - 1978 - 1981
                                                                       Frank Ready - 1974 - 1978
                                                                       Joe Menapace - 1970 - 1973
                                                                       William Phillips - 1968 - 1970
                                                                        John Aragon - 1962 - 1968
                                                                        Frank Angel - 1960 - 1962
                                                                        Tom Wiley - 1958 - 1960
 
 
 
New York State School Boards Association
Founded 1896
 
Timothy G. Kremer - 1998 - present              Louis Grumet - 1984 - 1998
                                                                       Stanley L. Raub - 1977 - 1983
                                                                       Donald G. Brossman - 1973 - 1976
                                                                      *Everett R. Dyer - 1948 - 1972
                                                                      *Wallace A. Clifford - 1929 - 1947
 
North Carolina School Boards Association
Founded 1967
 
Ed Dunlap - 1994 - present                            Gene Causby - 1980 - 1994
                                                                      *Raleigh Dingman - 1966 - 1980
                                                                       Guy Phillips - 1937 - 1968
 
North Dakota School Boards Association
Founded 1967
 
Jon Martinson - 2000 - present                       Richard Ott - 1980 - 2000
                                                                        Dean F. Bard - 1973 - 1980
                                                                        Warner R. Quale - 1967 - 1973
 
Ohio School Boards Association
Founded 1955
 
Richard C. Lewis - 2006- present                    John M. Brandt - 1994 -2006    
                                                                      * Craig Gifford - 1984 - 1994
                                                                        David B. Martin - 1973 - 1984
                                                                       *Willard Fox - 1970 - 1972
                                                                       *Lewis Harris - 1955 - 1969
 
Oklahoma State School Boards Association
Founded 1944
 
Jeff Mills - 2007 - present                              Keith Ballard - 2000 - 2007
                                                                        Bob Mooneyham - 1975 - 2000
                                                                        J.O. Bumpus - 1955 - 1975
 
Oregon School Boards Association
Founded 1946
 
Kevin McCann - 2004 - present                     Christopher L. Dudley - 1987 - 2004
                                                                       Tom Rigby - 1961 - 1987
 
Pennsylvania School Boards Association
Founded 1895
 
Thomas J. Gentzel - 2001 - present               Joseph V. Oravitz - 1982 - 2001
                                                                     *Fred M. Heddinger - 1970 - 1982
                                                                      John J. Hertz - 1960 - 1970
                                                                     *Preseton O. Van Ness - 1937 - 1959
 
Rhode Island Association of School Committees
 
Tim Duffy - 1992 - present                          Henry C. Lemire (Interim) 1992
                                                                     M. Richard Scherza - 1990 - 1992
                                                                     Mary A. Cole - 1973 - 1990
 
South Carolina School Boards Association
Founded 1950
 
Paul Krohne - 2000 - present                      Evelyn Berry - 1992 - 2000
                                                                    John Cone - 1978 - 1991
                                                                    Lucille Haile - 1977
                                                                    W. Ed Ellis - 1976
                                                                    Jim Luce - 1975
                                                                    Gary Ashley - 1971 - 1974
                                                                    J. Carlisle Holler - 1970
                                                                    T. Jackson Lowe - 1957 - 1969
                                                                    L.P. Hollis - 1953 - 1956
                                                                    E.R. Crow - 1950 - 1952
 
 
Associated School Boards of South Dakota
Founded 1949
 
Wayne Lueders - 2004 - present                Dorsey Eugene Enck - 1991 - 2004
                                                                   Sam Tidball - 1976 - 1991
                                                                   Gordon Nelson - 1957 - 1976
                                                                   William Elliot - 1956 - 1957
 
 
Tennessee School Boards Association
Founded 1939
 
Tammy Grissom - 2004 - present                Dan Tollett - 1978 - 2003
                                                                    Jack Owenby - 1974 - 1978
                                                                    Charles Tollett - 1969 - 1974
                                                                    Julian Brewer - 1965 - 1969
                                                                    Ernest W. Cotton - 1963 - 1965
                                                                    Charles Barham - 1960 - 1963
                                                                    Joseph Goss - 1957 - 1960
                                                                    W. B. Rich - 1953 - 1957
                                                                    W. A. Shannon - 1949 - 1963
 
Texas Association of School Boards
Founded 1949
 
James B. Crow - 1995 - present                 *Billy D. Walker - 1991 - 1995
                                                                    Orbry Holden - 1977 - 1991
                                                                    Cecil Rusk - 1968 - 1977
                                                                    Donald Nugent - 1955 - 1968
                                                                   *Roy Hall - 1952 - 1955
                                                                   *Bascom Hayes - 1951 - 1952
                                                                   *A.L. Chapman - 1949 - 1951
 
Utah School Boards Association
Founded 1931
 
Richard Stowell - 2003 - present                Winston Gleave - 1978 - 2004
                                                                    *Darld J. Long - 1962 - 1978
 
 
Vermont School Boards Association
Founded 1936
 
John Nelson - 2004 - present                      Edith Miller - 1997 - 2003
                                                                    John Nelson - 1995 - 1997
                                                                    Donald Jamieson - 1985 - 1989
                                                                    Kathleen Scheele - 1984
                                                                    Ronald Stephens - 1983
                                                                    Kathleen Scheele - 1981 - 1983
                                                                  *Charles Nichols, Jr. - 1936 - 1981
 
Virgin Islands Board of Education
 
Carol O'Bryan Henneman -     - present       Tregenza A. Roach - 2004 -
                                                                   Evadney V.T. Hodge - 1994 - 2003
                                                                   Edith M. Leerdam - 1984 - 1994
                                                                   Esonia M. Hassell - 1965 - 1984
 
Virginia School Boards Association
Founded 1906
 
Barbara Coyle - 2010 - present                  Frank Barham - 1983 - 2010
                                                                   George W. Holmes - 1958 - 1983
                                                                   James L. Jones - 1956 - 1958
                                                                  B.J. Chandler - 1955 - 1956
 
Washington State School Directors Association
Founded 1922
 
                                                                   Martharose Laffey - 2001 -2007
                                                                   Steve Nielsen - 1998 - 2000
                                                                   Larry Swift - 1983 - 1998
                                                                   Bob Marshall - 1974 - 1983
                                                                  *Elmer Stanley - 1950 - 1974
                                                                 * Walter Seaman - 1948 - 1950
                                                                  *Nelle Telfer - 1947 - 1948
                                                                  *Alden Clarke - 1946
                                                                  *Georgia Scott - 1943 - 1945
                                                                  *Mrs. Walter J. Rue - 1937 - 1942
                                                                  *Leonard Burres - 1929 - 1937
                                                                  *Blanche Nagel - 1925 - 1929
                                                                  *C.B. Rucker - 1924
                                                                  *Blanche Nagel - 1922 - 1923
 
West Virginia School Boards Association
Founded 1952
 
Howard M. O'Cull - 1985 - present           Fred A. Hoke - 1981 - 1985
                                                                   Gordon L. Palmer - 1972 - 1981
                                                                   William K. Hamilton - 1968 - 1972
 
Wisconsin Association of School Boards
Founded 1921
 
John Ashley - 2005 - present                      Ken Cole - 1988 - 2004
                                                                   George Tipler - 1954 - 1988
                                                                   Joseph Hamelink - 1951 - 1954
                                                                   Letha Bannerman - 1933 - 1951
                                                                   Sadie Strouse - 1924 - 1933
                                                                   Gertrude Sherman - 1923 - 1924
                                                                   N.T. Gill - 1921 - 1923
 
Wyoming School Boards Association
Founded 1945
 
Mark Higdon - 2004 - present                  Jerry Maurer - 1993 - 2004
                                                                 Jim Anderson - 1967 - 1993
                                                                 Myron Basom - 1965 - 1967
                                                                 Alvin Bloom - 1962 - 1967
                                                                *Harold Webb - 1958 - 1962
                                                                
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                       
 

 

 

 
 

 

                                       
 

 

 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                       
 

 

 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                       
 

 

 

 
 

 



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