District 1: Terryl Warner<\/h2>\n
Warner has a broad and varied community service background, having served on or chaired a number of boards \u2014 some with an education focus and others with a community focus.\u00a0\u00a0She has been a PTA President, PTO President and on a local charter school\u2019s Governing Board.\u00a0Terryl\u2019s children have attended both traditional and charter schools and have used electronic\/online programs as well as homeschooling.<\/p>\n Warner received her Bachelor\u2019s of Arts in Communications with a public relations emphasis from the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California.\u00a0She is a diehard Trojan and loves USC football! She and her husband Alan live in Hyrum and are the parents of four children; her family is actively involved in the Utah Festival Opera, traveling, biking and participating in mud runs.<\/p>\n Contact information: ________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He and his wife, Mary, are the parents of three daughters and reside in Ogden.<\/p>\n Contact information: ________________________________________________________<\/p>\n She has served on many boards, including the Utah PTA Board of Directors, Utah Developmental Disabilities Council, Instructional Materials Commission, and the Community Education Partnership of West Valley. She spent 4 years as a PTA Region Director overseeing Granite School District\u2019s 90 PTAs.<\/p>\n She also loves gardening, reading and is an avid family historian<\/p>\n Contact information: <\/p>\n Mr. Thomas previously served as a Utah senator, and was chairman of the Senate Education Standing Committee at the time. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University and the law school at the College of William and Mary.<\/p>\n He and his wife, Lynn, are the parents of three sons and one daughter and reside in South Weber City, where he serves on the city council.<\/p>\n Contact information: Laura helped establish online education in Davis district in 2002, working as the director of Utah Online Academies for three different school districts. \u00a0She is currently the director of Utah Online Schools, which serves over 1600 students with 50 teachers and staff.<\/p>\n She has served on several different nonprofit boards including athletic, technology, and the Utah State Charter Board. She received the Soccer Mom of the Nation Award in 2002. She received the \u201cInnovation in Education Award\u201d in 2012 at an international conference. She also received Utah Champions of School Choice Award for leadership and support for public schools in 2013.<\/p>\n Laura is active in legislative, community and religious causes. She graduated from Bountiful High school and married her high school sweetheart Dr. Eric D. Belnap. Laura is the proud mother of six children who were raised in Davis County and also has 3 beautiful grandchildren.<\/p>\n She was appointed to the State Charter School Board by Governor Herbert in 2010 and served as an appointed member of the state Board of Education in 2012-2013.<\/p>\n She was elected in 2014 to serve on the State Board of Education.<\/p>\n Contact information: Brittney and her husband Gregg reside in West Valley City with their five children.\u00a0 They love to get outside and play.<\/p>\n Contact information: Ms. Castle is a lifelong resident of Salt Lake City. She graduated with a degree in nursing from Brigham Young University and a degree in anthropology from the University of Utah. She has worked for the past 35 years as nurse in clinical settings as well as a clinical faculty advisor for the University of Utah College of Nursing.<\/p>\n She and her husband, Cy, are the parents of three daughters.<\/p>\n Contact information: She has served on committees and boards of The Road Home, Utah\u2019s largest homeless shelter, and the CFA Society of Salt Lake, a local professional society. During her service with The CFA Society of Salt Lake, Ms. Johnson initiated the Utah Investment Research Challenge, which involves a competition between university students, faculty, and financial professionals in creating investment research on local public companies. The competition has enabled Utah students to compete on a global basis with the best finance students in the world, and the experience has deepened her belief in the benefits of student-led initiatives, real-life experiences for students, and industry mentors.<\/p>\n Ms. Johnson loves hiking, running, learning, and reading, and finds great joy in spending time with her family and friends.<\/p>\n Contact information: Mr. Wright enjoys being active in his community, and previously served on his local City Council, the State Charter School Board and the Board of Regents.\u00a0 He especially enjoyed serving on the Alpine School District Community Council, where he learned how federal and state requirements affect local education.<\/p>\n Mr. Wright enjoys the outdoors, and likes to take his family or scouts on adventures in the wilderness.<\/p>\n Contact information: Since 2005 he has served on the governing board of Summit Academy charter school, where he currently serves as board chair. He is active in his local community as a youth baseball and football coach.<\/p>\n He lives in Draper with his wife, Tracy, and their three children.<\/p>\n Contact information: He received both a B.A. in political science and an MBA from Brigham Young University. He has served on the City Council and the Planning Commission for Saratoga Springs. Mr. Moss currently serves as the Chair of the Investment Committee for the Utah Valley University Foundation and is on the Board of the Hale Centre Theater.<\/p>\n Mr. Moss lives in Saratoga Springs with his wife and four children.<\/p>\n Contact information: She has served for eleven years on the State Board of Education, where she is currently the chair of the Curriculum, Standards and Student Success Committee. She has also served on the Grading Schools Committee, Teacher\/Administrative Evaluations committee, been a presenter at the Dropout Prevention conference and sat on the Governor\u2019s Blue Ribbon Committee for Assessment in 2006.<\/p>\n She has also served on the Utah College of Applied Technology Board, the Utah School Boards Association, and on three national study groups and two governor\u2019s commissions.<\/p>\n As a State Board member, she has served on the Law and Policy and Curriculum committees.<\/p>\n She received her B.S. in elementary education from Utah State University and her master\u2019s in educational administration from the University of Utah.<\/p>\n Dixie is married to Dr. James F. Allen, is the mother of four children (two of whom are currently teachers), and is a grandmother of 10.<\/p>\n Contact information: Stan Lockhart has worked in the technology field for over 25 years in both computer security and semiconductor manufacturing. He is involved in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education, serving on the STEM Action Center Board and spearheading a $2.5 million STEM media campaign.<\/p>\n Stan sits on the Leonardo Museum Board of Directors and Thanksgiving Point Board of Advisors. He is also involved with Boy Scouts of America and the Utah Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs. Stan served on the Utah Manufacturers Association Board of Directors, the Utah Technology Council Board of Trustees, the Utah Taxpayer Association Board of Directors, and the Utah State Council on Workforce Services. He is past President of the Utah Energy Users Association.<\/p>\n Stan received the \u201cRonald Reagan Award\u201d for his service in the Republican Party, where he has served in many positions, including chairman of the Utah Republican Party. He recently concluded 16 years on the Utah Republican Party State Central Committee. He has served on the Provo City Council, including as its chairman, in addition to the Provo Planning Commission, Board of Adjustment and Provo Library Board.<\/p>\n Stan obtained degrees in business management and Spanish from BYU, where he met his wife, Becky Lockhart. Becky, now deceased, served as Utah\u2019s first female Speaker of the House of Representatives. They have three children: Hannah, Emily and Stephen.<\/p>\n Contact information: ________________________________________________________<\/p>\n Mark Huntsman has lived for the past 34 years in Fillmore. He is employed as the senior vice president of operations at Sunrise Engineering, Inc., where he has also worked as regional manager and vice president. Mark currently serves as chairman of the Sunrise Engineering Board. In his 23 years there, the company has grown from 14 employees to being a regional multi-disciplinary firm with 180 employees and 13 offices in Wyoming, Arizona, and Utah.<\/p>\n Mark served from 2004-2012 on the Millard School District Board, including four years as vice president and eight on the Employee Negotiations Committee. He is also the team lead of eight Sunrise Reading Coaches for Fillmore Elementary School. Additionally, Mark volunteers as the State of Utah Ombudsman Director with the Director of Defense\/ESGR and is the 1st Lieutenant and Special Deputy with the Millard County Sheriff\u2019s Office Search and Rescue team.<\/p>\n Mark attended Southern Utah University between 1976 and 1979 and has been trained in U.S. DOT Regulation Compliance for Gas Pipeline Operations Course. He is involved with the Utah League of Cities and Towns, Midwest Energy Association, Intermountain Municipal Gas Association, and the Board of Directors for National Association of Gas Consumers.<\/p>\n Mark enjoys Scouting, ranching, teaching youths to ride horses and work cows, outdoor recreation (including boating, camping, fishing and hunting), and spending time with friends and family. He and his wife, Brenda Imlay Huntsman, have three children and seven grandchildren.<\/p>\n Contact information: Ms. Corry was elected to the Utah High School Activities Association Board of Directors representing Region 9. She was then elected to the Utah School Boards Association Board of Directors and served as president of that organization in 2010-11.<\/p>\n Ms. Corry has served in numerous leadership positions in the local and state PTA, including Iron County Council President and Utah State PTA Region Director. She has dedicated her life to the belief that every child deserves educational experiences that help, enrich, and transform his\/her life.<\/p>\n Ms. Corry is the founder and former director (1990-95) of Cedar READ \u2014 the first adult literacy and ESL program in Iron County. Ms. Corry currently resides in Cedar City. She has been married for 44 years to Dr. Robert Corry, and has six children and 21 grandchildren.<\/p>\n Contact information: <\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As a former Chair of the Coalition of Minorities Advisory Committee (CMAC) – I am angered to learn that the USOE Board is poised to dissolve CMAC \u00a0at\u00a0their\u00a0at\u00a0their December 4,\u00a02015 meeting. ACTION ALERT! Contact your State Board of Education member and tell them to VOTE NO to dissolve CMAC. 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\n<\/a>Terryl Warner is the director of victim services for the Cache County Attorney\u2019s Office, a position she has held since 2004.\u00a0Additionally, from 1996 to 2004, Warner served as the bilingual victim advocate for Cache County, where she assisted Spanish-speaking victims of crime.<\/p>\n
\n623 Anderson Avenue
\nHyrum UT 84319
\n435.512.5241
\nTerryl.Warner6@gmail.com<\/p>\nDistrict 2: Spencer F. Stokes<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Spencer F. Stokes graduated from Weber State University, majoring in Political Science and minoring in Communications.\u00a0 Stokes served as a Weber County Commissioner from 1992\u201396. In 1996 he was appointed Executive Director of the Utah Republican Party.\u00a0 Stokes is the President of Stokes Strategies, a political consulting and government relations firm. From January 2011 to January 2013 Stokes served as Senator Mike Lee\u2019s first Chief of Staff in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n
\n4259 Skyline Drive
\n>Ogden, UT 84403
\n801.923.4908
\nutahboard2@gmail.com<\/p>\nDistrict 3: Linda B. Hansen<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>Linda Hansen has spent more than 25 years as an advocate for children in education. She and her husband, Ben, are the parents of six children and grandparents of three. Because their two youngest sons have autism, she has a special love for children with disabilities.<\/p>\n
\n5149 Village Wood Drive
\nWest Valley City, UT 84120
\n801.966.5492
\nlinda.hansen@schools.utah.gov<\/p>\nDistrict 4: David L. Thomas<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>David L. Thomas is the Chief Civil Deputy Summit County Attorney. Mr. Thomas previously worked as a judge advocate for the U.S. Army and as an assistant commonwealth attorney in Virginia.<\/p>\n
\n7875 South 2250 East
\nSouth Weber, UT 84405
\n801-479-7479
\ndthomas@summitcounty.org<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDistrict 5: Laura Belnap<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>Laura Collier Belnap received her degrees from Utah State University and Western Governor\u2019s University.\u00a0 She taught school in Logan, Utah and Loveland, Colorado where she was part of the state\u2019s math advisory committee and also established a school wide program for grouping students by ability, not age.<\/p>\n
\n845 East 1500 South
\nBountiful, UT 84010
\n801.699.7588
\nlbelnap@utahonline.org<\/p>\nDistrict 6: Brittney Cummins<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>Brittney Cummins graduated from Brigham Young University with a BS in Secondary Education: Biology. For the past several years she has been involved in education through her children and many volunteer opportunities. She is a member of the board of directors for a public charter school in West Valley City.<\/p>\n
\n4601 Poseidon Drive
\nWest Valley City, UT 84120
\n801.969.5712
\nb4cummins@gmail.com<\/p>\nDistrict 7: Leslie B. Castle<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>Leslie Brooks Castle was elected to the State Board of Education in 2008 and is now serving in her second term. She presently serves on the Law and\u00a0Legislation standing committee and the Utah Professional Practices Advisory Council ad hoc committee. She also serves as a State Board representative to the Board of Regents.<\/p>\n
\n2465 St. Mary\u2019s Drive
\nSalt Lake City, UT 84108
\n801.581.9752
\nlesliebrookscastle@gmail.com<\/p>\nDistrict 8: Jennifer A. Johnson<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>Jennifer A. Johnson is a Utah native, attending schools in Murray School District for her K\u201312 education. She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science from Brigham Young University, and returned there for her MBA degree. She also studied Spanish during two summers at Middlebury College. She has worked as a computer programmer and an investment portfolio manager. In 2008, she founded her own investment management company and private investment fund, which she continues to manage.<\/p>\n
\n802 Winchester Street, #100
\nMurray, UT 84107
\n801.742.1616
\njj@jenniferajohnson.com<\/p>\nDistrict 9: Joel Wright<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>Joel Wright grew up in Logan and Provo attending Utah\u2019s public schools.\u00a0 He subsequently graduated from Brigham Young University and New York University, and is as an attorney at the law firm Kirton McConkie.\u00a0 He and his wife, Marisa, are the parents of five young children, who attend district, charter and private schools.<\/p>\n
\n9102 Silver Lake Drive
\nCedar Hills, UT 84062
\n801.426.2120
\njoel.wright.uted@gmail.com<\/p>\nDistrict 10: David L. Crandall<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>Dave Crandall is a software engineer with a consulting firm in Sandy, and has worked in the software industry in Utah since 1993. He attended the University of Utah, where he earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering.<\/p>\n
\n13464 Saddle Ridge Drive
\nDraper, UT 84020
\n801.232.0795
\ncrandall@xmission.com<\/p>\nDistrict 11:\u00a0Jefferson Moss<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>Jefferson Moss is an investment specialist at Key Private Bank and has been involved in the investment industry since 2008. Prior to his work with Key Bank, he built several companies, including a web-based software company and a manufacturing company.<\/p>\n
\n1668 Aspen Circle
\nSaratoga Springs, UT 84045
\n801.916.7386
\njeffersonRmoss@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n
District 12: Dixie Allen<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>Dixie Allen spent 26 years working in public education as an elementary teacher, elementary principal, fifth-grade center principal, high school principal, student service director, and elementary director. She was selected as teacher of the year and principal of the year at both the elementary and secondary levels for her district.<\/p>\n
\n218 West 5250 North
\nVernal, UT 84078
\n435.789.0534
\ndixieleeallen@gmail.com<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDistrict 13: Stan Lockhart<\/h2>\n
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\n1413 South 1710 East
\nProvo, UT\u00a0 84606
\n801.368.2166
\nstanlockhartutah@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n
District 14: Mark Huntsman<\/h2>\n
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\n435 South 700 East
\nFillmore, UT 84631
\n435.979.4301
\nmhuntsman@sunrise-eng.com<\/p>\nDistrict 15: Barbara W. Corry<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>Barbara Corry was born and raised in Salt Lake City, graduating from West High School. She received a BA in English and psychology from Southern Utah University. Ms. Corry has been involved in education from the time her oldest child began kindergarten. She served on the Iron County School Board from 1991-2011.<\/p>\n
\n1022 Cedar Knolls
\nCedar City, UT 84720
\n435.586.3050
\nBarbara.corry@schools.utah.gov<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n