| Allen Miedema | Director of Technology | Northshore School District | Allen has been involved in public education since 1992. He served as a classroom teacher, then as a systems analyst and project manager, and now as the Technology Director for Northshore School District. |
| Ayla Abbott | Director of Technology | Centralia School District | Ayla is entering her second year as a Director of Tech in a district that's never had one, and as such she's had to undergo a ground-up learning of how the nuts-and-bolts (her specialty) impacts curriculum. Prior to this, eight years as a generalist tech. |
| Bill DeWitz | Director of Technology Services | Gresham-Barlow School District | Bill DeWitz is a Director of Technology Services who works with today’s K-12 educators to ensure technology is a powerful resource to help inspire and empower today’s students. Bill enjoys spending time with his family plus all forms of BBQ and grilling. |
| Brad Christ | Associate Vice President for Information Technology | Eastern Washington University | Brad Christ is the CIO for Eastern Washington University. Prior to his appointment at EWU in 2018, he served as the Chief Information Officer for Southern Oregon University. He has worked in higher education information technology for over 20 years. |
| Brad Somers | IT Director | Bozeman School District | Brad has management and director experience, with 12 years in private higher ed and 12 years in K-12. |
| Brian Cox | Director, Customer Experience and Engagement | University of Idaho | Brian has more than 30 years experience in IT and administrative leadership within private and public organizations. He has a BA in marketing, an MBA and participated in the NWACC Leadership Development Program. He has also worked in finance, retail/catalog, telecommunications and management consulting industries. |
| Brian Currin | Information Technology Operations Manager | Boise School District | Brian Currin is the Information Technology Operations Manager at Boise School District. |
| Brooke Trisler | Chief Technology Officer | Mukilteo School District | From CTE teacher to CTO. Read more: www.linkedin.com/in/brooketrisler/ Brooke currently resides in Seattle with his wife Andrea, sons Griffin and Cohen, and an anxiety-filled German Shorthaired Pointer, Townsend. |
| Camille Wood | Technology Director | Idaho Falls School District 91 | Camille has 18 years experience as the CIO for IFSD91. She has also worked as a high school computer science and math teacher, and worked in database programming and system admin. |
| Carl Gerisch | CIO | Southwestern Oregon Community College | Carl is starting his 23rd year working in technology at Southwestern Oregon Community College. Three years ago, he stepped into the role of Chief Information Officer for Southwestern. |
| Cheri Rhinhart | Director Information Technology | InterMountain ESD | Cheri's leadership provides service for 18 component school districts serving 24,000 students in beautiful Eastern Oregon. She is responsible for oversight of multiple technology services, provided by an amazing staff covering five counties. |
| Christine Blouke | Director of Technology | Parkrose School District | Christine has been at Parkrose School District for 10 years and was IT director at RSD for 8 years before that. |
| Curtis Nelson | Chief Information Officer | West Linn-Wilsonville School District | Curtis started at West Linn High in 1988 as a math and computer science teacher. He led a large tech project in 1991 at WLHS, then left to work for a SIS software company for four years, returning to WLWV in 1998 and has led tech-related initiatives in WLWV ever since. |
| Dan Bentson | Director of Technology and Student Services Administrator | La Center School District | Dan has been acting as Technology Director for the La Center Schools for more than 20 years. Initially a band director, he transitioned into a part-time and ultimately full-time position as the district began to invest in technology long ago. |
| Daniele McCallum | Technology Director | Lane Education Service District | Daniele McCallum is the Technology Director at Lane Education Service District. Here she helps 14 districts serving 45,000 students as they navigate a changing technical world behind the mission of "Removing Obstacles from Education". |
| David Bousquet | IT Director | McMinnville School District | David is the IT Director for McMinnville School District and have had that position for four years. He previously worked as the Network Administrator for Yamhill County for 15 years and was a high school teacher in Portland for nine years. |
| David Klusmann | District Technology Supervisor | Oregon City School District 62 | David is the District Technology Supervisor at Oregon City School District. |
| David Roberts | Administrator of Technology | Boise School District | Since 2013, David has served as the Administrator of Technology in the Boise School District. In his 30-plus years in K-12 education, he’s previously worked as a math teacher, varsity boys basketball coach, and building administrator. |
| Dion Baird | CIO | Clackamas Community College | After serving 12 years in the Army, Dion went to work for the State of Oregon in 2000. He moved to the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) in 2003 where he became the CISO in 2007. He accepted the CIO position for Clackamas Community College in 2014. |
| Ellen Dorr | Chief Technology Officer | Renton School District | Ellen Dorr serves as the Chief Technology Officer for the Renton School District, providing the resources and support educators to create inclusive, equitable instruction in classrooms while increasing efficiency and effectiveness in the district. |
| Eran Gourarie | Executive Director Technology | Snohomish School District | After 25 years in private industry, Eran made the transition to public education. He taught at Snohomish High School for a number of years, then accepted his current position in 2004 to manage the technology for a large bond initiative. |
| Frank Decker | Technology Director | Centennial School District | Frank has 19 years in public education, 12 years as a classroom teacher at the middle and high school levels plus seven years as technology director for Centennial School District. He has a master of science from BSU and Principal/Program Administrator certification from CU. |
| Gil Anspacher | MR | Corvallis School District | Gil is an experienced and skilled leader in technology and education, skilled in strategic program development, and technology systems administration. He’s an experienced educator from the classroom to the mountains. |
| Glenn Whitcomb | IT Operations Manager | Pasco School District | Glenn has 30 years of experience within the IT profession, supporting educators since 1997. He is currently responsible for all IT Operations within the Pasco School District. |
| Gordon Howard | Technology and Safe Schools Director | Bonneville Joint School District 93 | Gordon is currently the Technology and Safe Schools Director for Bonneville School District 93, the fourth-largest school district in Idaho. He started his career in education as a high school teacher and coach, moving to administration after 12 years. He was then a principal for 10 years before moving into his current ride four years ago. |
| Hasaan Herrington | IT Director | Anchorage School District | Hasaan Herrington has over 15 years of IT experience, 12 of those with the Anchorage School District. He has an extensive background in client management and systems administration. |
| Jeff Gibbs | Director of Technology Services | Reynolds School District #7 | Jeff currently serves as the Director of Technology Services for Reynolds School District. He is also a school board member for Gresham-Barlow School District. |
| Jennifer Clouser | Executive Director, Technology | Auburn School District | Jennifer is professional with more than 25 years of experience in educational technology. |
| Joe Morelock | Superintendent | Newberg School District | Dr. Joe Morelock is the Superintendent for Newberg Public Schools, serving approximately 5,000 K-12 students. In his 26 years in public ed, his experiences have ranged from teacher, librarian, and coach to technology management and executive leadership. |
| Jordan Beveridge | Chief Information & Technology Officer | Hillsboro School District | Jordan has 25 years' experience in education and technology, working as a science teacher, curriculum coordinator, instructional tech coordinator, various technology administrator roles, and now is CI&TO of Hillsboro School District. |
| Ken Loftus | Director of Technology | Emmett Independent School District | USAF MSgt (retired), 24 years, nine as Communications Computer Systems Controller. Five years as Tech Coordinator at Glenns Ferry, and eight years at Emmett Independent District. Four years as a representative on the state board Idaho Education Technology Association. |
| Kirk Kelly | CIO | Portland State University | As CIO of PSU, Kirk oversees a comprehensive IT department with campus-wide responsibilities covering data systems, networking, security, classroom AV, event support, the technology help desk, academic and research computing, and enterprise systems. |
| Marc Elliott | Chief Information Officer | Olympia School District | Marc’s career began in the Bethel School District as an elementary teacher (4 years), Technology TOSA (6 years), and Technology Director (7 years). He is currently the CIO for the Olympia School District, having served for 5 years. |
| Mark Ehrhardt | Director of Technology | Arlington School District | Mark taught special education for 16 years before starting the tech department at Arlington. He’s seen the network go from Appletalk to Gig fiber and wifi everywhere. One of his passions that keeps him connected with kids is mentoring the FIRST Robots Team. |
| Mark Finstrom | Chief Technology Officer | Highline Public Schools | A 20-year technology veteran, Mark has in-depth expertise in strategic planning and operations. A member of the superintendent’s cabinet, he designs and orchestrates technical and academic aspects of Highline’s strategic roadmap. |
| Matt Jordan | Director of Technology | Archdiocese of Seattle / St. Charles Borromeo School | A seasoned IT director, Matt helps schools and nonprofits implement large-scale initiatives to equip administrators, faculty, and students with tools to change the world. He believes technology should be safe, stable, affordable, fun, engaging and meaningful. |
| Michael Allen | Director of Technology | Crook County School District | Michael is an IT manager with 20-plus years in technology. |
| Michael Quiner | CIO | Linn-Benton Community College | Michael Quiner has been serving in technology support in higher education for over 25 years. In that time, he has worked in community colleges, private liberal arts colleges and state university systems in Washington, Oregon and California. |
| Mike Fleckenstein | CIO | Anchorage School District | Mike Fleckenstein is the current Chief Information Officer for the Anchorage School District. Anchorage, which serves 47,000 students and is the 88th largest District in the United States. |
| Mike Leseberg | Executive Director of Information Technology | Richland School District | Mike Leseberg is Executive Director of Information Technology for Richmond School District. |
| Nick Lapp | Deputy Director of Technology | InterMountain Education Service District | Nick holds a BS in Accountancy and Business Information Systems and is certified as a Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) professional. His focus areas are the strategic alignment of IT with business goals, information security, and data management. |
| Peter Jurhs | CIO | Nampa School District | Peter has a more than 20-year career in technology support and operations, ranging from a call center analyst to CIO for a school district. He has worked for MPC, MCI Worldcom, Boise State University and Nampa School District. He enjoys new challenges. |
| Rick Wahlstrom | Chief Information Officer | Northwest Regional Educational SD | Rick is Executive Co-Director for the Cascade Technology Alliance (CTA). In this role, he acts as the Chief Information Officer for Multnomah and Northwest Regional Education Service Districts. |
| Rob Singleton | Instructional Technology Director | Philomath School District | Rob has been a tech director for 12 years, first in a medium-sized district and now in a smaller district. His passion and dedication is working with teaching and learning experts to determine the best classroom technologies to deliver curricular goals. |
| Robert Silva | Director of Technology and Information Services | Salem-Keizer Public Schools | Robert Silva joined Salem-Keizer as the Director of Technology and Information Services in January 2015. Robert has served in IT Leadership positions in K-12 education for over 20 years, most recently as the Director of Technology for Hermiston School District. |
| Ron Cone | Director of Information Technology | Kennewick School District | Ronal Cone has been Executive Director of Information Technology for the Kennewick School District in Kennewick, Wash. for the last 17 years. Ron has held his Certified Public Accountants license in Washington for 30 years. |
| Russ Fagan | Technology Supervisor | Redmond School District | Russ has 15 Years in IT with the Redmond School District, serving 14 buildings, 1000 employees, and 7,000 students with close to 10,000 devices including Chrome devices, iPads, and Windows laptops. |
| Ryan Gravette | Director of Technology | Idaho Digital Learning Academy | For 20 years, Ryan has focused on using educational technology to tear down the barriers to great teaching and learning. He serves as Technology Director for Idaho Digital Learning and is president of the Idaho Education Technology Association. |
| Scott Coleman | Director of Technology | Oregon Trail School District | Our team believes that Society needs individuals who can think using 21 century tools. Our task is to create and support a learning environment that students utilize to learn core content, foster creativity and develop critical thinking skills. |
| Seth Deniston | Director of Technology | Coeur d'Alene School District | Seth is the Director of Technology for the Coeur d'Alene School District. Previously he was a teacher, instructional technology specialist, and technology consultant in the Seattle area. |
| Shelby Reynolds | Manager for Instructional Technology and Library Services | Northshore School District | Shelby manages Instructional Tech and Libraries for Northshore School District, northeast of Seattle. NSD is a district of over 22,000 students with increasingly diverse demographics and learning challenges, and Shelby delights in meeting their needs. |
| Sherman Davis | Technology Director | Camas School District | This is Sherman‘s 21st year in the Camas Technology Department. |
| Steve Langford | CIO | Beaverton School District | Steve Langford is the Chief Information Officer for the Beaverton School District, serving 40,000 students. Steve has served in technology leadership roles for the past 29 years in K-12 and higher education. He is on the Board of CoSN and ACPE. |
| Steve Menachemson | Director of Technology Services | Eugene School District 4J | Steve works as the Director of Technology Services for the Eugene School District 4J. He’s served in technology leadership roles for the past 20-plus years in the education sector and other corporate sectors. |
| Steve Mitzel | Director of Operations | Ashland School District | Steve manages a team of 10 individuals, two programmers, two network engineers, and six technicians, overseeing all facets of information technology district wide. |
| Stuart Long | Chief Information Officer | Clackamas Education Service District | Stuart has served as the Chief Information Officer at Clackamas Education Service District since 2014. He oversees the regional district’s overall technology strategy, infrastructure operations, and customer support. |
| Susan Barnard | IT Director | Tigard-Tualatin School District | Susan has been with Tigard-Tualatin for 23 years, 16 of these at the IT Director; she obtained her CETL certificate in 2016. She’s passionate about ensuring that technology in the classroom supports academic outcomes (and doesn't distract from it) and LOVES coffee. |
| Travis Paakki | Senior Director, Office of Technology and Information Services | Portland Public Schools | Travis Paakki is senior director in the Office of Technology and Information Services at Portland Public Schools. |
| Tricia George | Executive Director — Technology and Information Services; OETC Board Past-President | North Clackamas School District | Tricia has more than 25 years in education, and is currently serving as the Executive Director of Technology and Information Services at North Clackamas School District. |
| Vicki Bates | Assistant Superintendent | Auburn School District | As Asst. Superintendent for Technology in Auburn School District, Vicki draws from her service as a math teacher, instructional coach, elementary and high school principal, and central office leader for learning and teaching, to include instructional technology. |
