NSBA Board of Directors

Comprised of dedicated leaders from across the nation, NSBA's Board of Directors provides the strategic vision and advocacy essential to ensuring excellence in local school board governance and success for every student.

OFFICERS


Leonard Lockhart
President
Windsor Board of Education
Connecticut

Becky Fles
President-Elect
MSAD #11 School District
Maine

Dr. Sami Al-Abdrabbuh
Secretary-Treasurer
Corvallis Board of Education
Oregon

Devin Sheehan
Immediate Past President
Holyoke School Committee
Massachusetts

DIRECTORS


Dr. Melissa Beard
Tumwater School District
Washington

Flor Diaz Smith
Washington Central Unified Union School District
Vermont

Marvyn Jaramillo
Mesa Vista Consolidated School District
New Mexico

Mildred Rodriguez
Holyoke Public Schools
Massachusetts

William L. Miller
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES
New York

Matthew Showalter
Gratiot-Isabella Regional Education Service District
Michigan

Eric Stroeder
Mobridge-Pollock School District
South Dakota

Michael Swain
Bristol Bay Borough School District
Alaska

Kathryn Whitaker
Churchill County School District
Nevada

EX OFFICIO VOTING DIRECTORS


Joel Rodriguez
Chair, Council of Urban Boards of Education
School City of East Chicago
Indiana

Dana Mock
Chair, National American Indian and Alaska Native Council of School Board Members
Association of Alaska School Boards
Alaska

Yonelle Moore Lee
Chair, National Black Council of School Board Members
The Board of Education of Charles County
Maryland

Dr. Jubal Yennie
Chair, Organization of State Association Executive Directors
Colorado Association of School Boards
Colorado

EX OFFICIO NON-VOTING DIRECTORS


Brad Banasik
Chair, Council of School Attorneys Steering Committee
Legal Counsel and Director of Labor Relations/Policy, Michigan Association of School Boards
Michigan

Verjeana McCotter-Jacobs
Executive Director/CEO
National School Boards Association
Virginia