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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