Jane Berglund
Anchorage School District
Jane Berglund is the Chief Information Officer for Anchorage School District. She joined the district as a programmer in May 1983, and later served as a programmer analyst, systems analyst and IT supervisor before becoming Chief Information Officer in 2008. As CIO, she is responsible for application development and maintenance, network and communications, help desk, enterprise systems, records management, server and client technical support, and district wide applications training as well as researching and acquiring technology in support of the district’s 6,500 employees and 50,000 students in 105 facilities.
Jane serves on the Council of Great City Schools committees tasked with developing key performance indicators for Help Desks and Applications.
Sharon Blanton
OETC Board Presdient-Elect
Portland State University
Sharon Blanton is Assistant Vice President of Information Technology for Portland State University. Sharon has extensive experience directing and managing all aspects of IT service delivery and operations support within highly complex environments.
Sharon is active in EDUCAUSE and is a 2005 graduate of the EDUCAUSE Frye Leadership Institute. She has served on several EDUCAUSE conference committees and project teams and held leadership positions for the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WCET), the Arizona Educational Media Association, the Center for Technology Leadership at Excelsior College, and the Organization for Educational Technology and Curriculum (OETC).
Mark Finstrom
OETC Board President
Highline Public Schools
Mark’s first year of teaching was with a class of fourth graders. Mark taught in a departmentalized setting, where math and science were his specializations. At the same time he taught a computer course for post-secondary educators at a local college. Budget cuts, however, caused him to search for a new career. Mark landed at a local Area Education Association where computer training was his role; however, he soon began to take on more responsibility. Mark became Help Desk Manager, Operations Manager and then the Director of Internal Systems. During this period, he also earned a MA in Education and taught courses at two more colleges.
Later Mark and his family moved to Colorado. There he worked for a division of Sylvan Learning, and then for the Boulder Valley School District. He also taught briefly at the University of Colorado. Mark became Director of Technology Services for Highline School District in 2006. He is responsible for Enterprise Network and Telecommunications Services, Applications Services, and Service and Support as well as Instructional Technologies related to STEM deployment in the school district.
Tricia George
North Clackamas School District
Tricia has worked as an educator in the North Clackamas School District for 15 years, first as an elementary teacher, then as a Teacher on Special Assignment in the Instructional Technology Department, providing professional development and coaching to teachers as they integrate technology in the classroom. She spent four years as an Elementary School Principal at Sojourner School. While there, she partnered in writing a grant for Intel that resulted in Sojourner School being recognized as the 2008 Intel School of Distinction. After four years, she returned to the instructional/technology departments, and now serves the NCSD as the Instructional Technology Coordinator.
Kelly Kuntz
Beaverton School District
During thirty-nine years as an educator, Kelly Kuntz has been a high school librarian, elementary library media specialist, fifth grade teacher and teacher-on-special assignment. As an administrator in the Beaverton School District Information & Technology, she wears a variety of hats, including overseeing the Help Desk, the field technicians, instructional technology and library specialists, and desktop system administrators.
Blair Loudat
OETC Board Treasurer
North Clackamas, emeritus
Before retiring in the 2008/09 school year, Blair had nearly 30 years of experience in information technology, most of them spent in Oregon school districts with her last thirteen in North Clackamas. Much of her focus as Director of Technology was about helping end-users from teachers to clerks to administrators to make the best and most economical use of the technology available for the tasks at hand. In addition to her work in schools, for the last ten years, Blair has served as the Oregon school district representative to the National Forum for Educational Statistics, the user arm of the National Center for Education Statistics. Her work has included service on several task forces including chairing the task force that produced the handbook on Creating a Culture of Data Quality. She was also Chair of the Forum in 2004-05. She believes strongly in issues of data quality, comparability, and understanding and improving the relationship between local, state, and federal educational agencies. For seven years, Blair served as a member of the Board of Directors of ACPE strongly supporting the excellent opportunity the annual conference provides for members to network and further their understanding the many technical and instructional issues that impact our students today.
Les Moore
Eugene 4J
I graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University (1968) and an MS in Computer Science from the University of Oregon (1972). Les worked for five years (1972 – 1977) at the UO teaching computer classes and as the facilities manager of the UO Computing Center and then went into private business (1977 – 1995) founding the first retail computer store in Oregon, a software development company, and a dental/medical software and services company. Les then became the Director of Computing and Information Services for the Eugene School District from 1995 to present.
Sherawn Reberry
Boise University
Dr. Sherawn Reberry is currently the Federal Program Director in the Caldwell School District #132. She has worked as an elementary principal, classroom teacher, university instructor, technology integrator, professional development director and the Title I Director for the State of Idaho. Sherawn enjoys her family of two daughters and husband—she has recently perfected her Wii tennis game.
Jerry Reininger
Joint School District No. 2 (Meridian)
Jerry Reininger, Ed.D. is the Director of Information Systems at Joint School District No. 2 (Meridian). The Meridian School District is the largest and fastest growing district in the State of Idaho with 36,000 students. He is a life-long educator and has worked 31 years for the district with the last 24 as the technology director. He oversees all the district technology from networks, hardware, servers, communication, instructional software, email, web servers, and student information systems. He serves on both the Idaho Education Network Program Advisory Council (IPRAC) and the Idaho Education Network Technical Committee (ITEC) increasing Internet access and video conference abilities to all the high schools in the State. He has been an active member of the Idaho Education Technology Association (IETA) since it’s origination and was awarded the Outstanding Support for Technology by a Technology Director for 2011. Jerry’s educational background includes a BS from the University of Idaho, MS from the University of Oregon, Specialist in Educational Administration from the University of Idaho, and a Doctor of Education from the University of Idaho.
Shelby Reynolds
OETC Board Treasuer-Elect
Northshore School District
Shelby is the Manager for Instructional Technology and Library Services for the Northshore School District in Bothell, WA. She joined Northshore in 1999 as a junior high math teacher and later moved into district-level work as an Instructional Technology Coordinator, supporting teachers in their professional growth in technology integration. As the current Manager for Instructional Technology, Shelby is responsible for oversight of the technology professional development program and the planning and implementation of instructional presentation systems and computing resources. She has also managed the technical support and hardware teams for Northshore. Shelby has served on several statewide committees, including a task force to implement Online Learning initiatives for the state of Washington. Shelby also oversees the Library, Information, and Technology program for Northshore supporting Teacher-Librarians in their work to empower learners of all ages to be 21st century citizens.
Chad Stiteler
Anchorage School District
Chad Stiteler is currently serving as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Anchorage School District (ASD), an urban public school district with about 50,000 students. He has worked for ASD as CFO for approximately a year, while serving as the Controller for the four preceding years. Previously, Chad also worked as the Controller for Yukon Koyukuk School District for one year and as Business Manager for Annette Island School District for 4 years. Chad earned his B.A. in Business Administration from University of Washington and is a certified administrator of School Finance and Operations through the Association of School Business Officials. He is also active with the Council of Great City Schools, and the Alaska Association of School Business Officials of which he serves as a board member and audit committee chair.
Rachel Wente-Chaney
High Desert ESD
Rachel manages information projects in Central Oregon. She really enjoys helping people choose the best information products/systems for their needs and then seeing those choices through implementation. "The best part of my job is when I get to work with teachers and students directly."
Don Wolff
Willamette ESD
Don has served as a classroom teacher in grades 2, 4 and 5. He has also held the positions of district Technology Coordinator, Director of Technology for the Oregon Education Enterprise Steering Committee and currently holds the position of Director of Technology and Information Services at the Willamette Education Service District. He holds a Masters in Educational Technology from Pepperdine University and a Bachelors of Science degree in Elementary Education from Southern Oregon University.
His current passion for technology is working towards changing the pervasive culture in Oregon that there are technological solutions that solve people oriented problems. That there should be more focus on the instruction and less on the tools. And that all children deserve an opportunity to have equal access to the myriad of resources available in today’s advancing world!
