MEET THE BVSD SCHOOL BOARD
In 2021, three of the seven BVSD board members will complete their terms in office. PCCS will keep you updated about future candidates and their positions on charter schools. School Board members are local policy makers. The policies they set have the force of law at the local level. The School Board also sets educational goals for the schools based upon state laws and community values.
Board meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month beginning at 6:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted, and are open to the public. Meetings are held in the Aspen and Black Diamond meeting rooms at the BVSD Ed Center.
Board meetings are streamed live at https://bv22.viebit.com/?folder=ALL
Archived videos and meeting minutes can be found at https://go.boarddocs.com/co/bvsd/Board.nsf/Public
Tina Marquis
Board of Education President
Term Expires: 2021
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University, Master’s of Business Administration from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
EMPLOYMENT/VOLUNTEER: Marketing and program management. Four years on the BVSD school board, two years on the board of the Conference on World Affairs, three years on school district and school accountability committees
Donna Miers
Term Expires: 2021
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s of science from Texas Wesleyan College, minor in Spanish; master’s of education from University of Illinois
EMPLOYMENT/VOLUNTEER: Serves on the board of the Boulder Potters’ Guild. Additionally, Donna worked 30 years as a classroom teacher, administrator and a teacher on special assignment for BVSD. She taught Special Education, English Language Learners, Talented and Gifted students as well as LA and Social Studies.
EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES: Move all students toward successful outcomes.Create safe schools and a sustainable budget so that we can continue to provide the services that our students need
Kitty Sargent
kitty.sargent@bvsd.org
Board of Education Treasurer
Term Expires: 2021
EDUCATION: Political Science degree, University of Colorado. Master in Education, and his Administrator License.
EMPLOYMENT/VOLUNTEER: U.S. Navy, Founded the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition, Director of bilingual education BVSD, Director of the Colorado Migrant Education Resource Center. Member of Multi Ethnic Action Community Committee, Past chairman of the board for the Community Foundation. Helps the EL PASO — Engaged Latino Parents Advancing School Outcomes — program, run by his wife. He also is helping his daughter, now the director of the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition, with her U.S. Senate campaign.
FAMILY: Sent six children through Boulder Valley Schools and that was his beginning of a long journey and significant passion for Parent Involvement.
EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES: Advocate for equity
RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION
STACEY ZIS
EDUCATION: Ed.S Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Virginia Polytech Institute, MEd, GAGS Counseling and Student Personnel, Springfield College, Binghamton BS Management and Finance, State University of New York,
EMPLOYMENT/VOLUNTEER: Senior consultant with the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, served on the State Advisory Council for Parent Involvement in Education for six years, including four years as the group’s elected chairwoman. District Parent Council since 2008 and has served as a co-chair since 2011. While on the council she was co-chair of the strategic planning design team and action team for family partnerships, as well as as the co-chair of the Family-School Partnerships Steering Committee. Stacey was involved with Measuring Up 2006 — The State-by-State Report Card on Higher Education. She acted as the project coordinator, managed the quality control process, and co-authored the report.
FAMILY: Has a child at Boulder High
EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES: Advocate of family and school partnerships.
KATHY GEBHARDT
EDUCATION: Law degree from the University of Denver College of Law, BA from Lewis and Clark College.
EMPLOYMENT/VOLUNTEER: Executive director of Children’s Voices, a nonprofit law firm. She is also co-lead counsel on Dwyer v. State of Colorado, a case pending in the Supreme Court. Gebhardt is currently an adjunct professor of education law at the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver and a fellow with the National Education Policy Center. She is on the Board of Directors for Great Education Colorado, Rural and Community Trust, and Colorado Lawyers Committee.Past board member of the Alliance for Quality Teaching. Worked as a consultant with the Education in the Public Interest Center in Boulder, Colorado. President-elect of the Colorado Association of School Boards, serves on multiple state and national boards, teaches law and education policy as an adjunct professor, and is a National Education Policy Center fellow. Vice president and education lawyer for BVSD school board.
FAMILY: Married, five children and one granddaughter
EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES: Improving education for all students. My work has focused on children of poverty, children of color, children with disabilities, English Language Learners, and children identified as gifted and talented.
Richard Garcia
EDUCATION: Political Science degree, University of Colorado. Master in Education, and his Administrator License.
EMPLOYMENT/VOLUNTEER: U.S. Navy, Founded the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition, Director of bilingual education BVSD, Director of the Colorado Migrant Education Resource Center. Member of Multi Ethnic Action Community Committee, Past chairman of the board for the Community Foundation. Helps the EL PASO — Engaged Latino Parents Advancing School Outcomes — program, run by his wife. He also is helping his daughter, now the director of the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition, with her U.S. Senate campaign.
FAMILY: Sent six children through Boulder Valley Schools and that was his beginning of a long journey and significant passion for Parent Involvement.
EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES: Advocate for equity
LISA SWEENEY MARIN
EDUCATION: Degrees in law, ethics, and philosophy. Has a background in youth and families, compliance, research, and policy.
EMPLOYMENT/VOLUNTEER: Executive director of Mother House, Taught in Egypt and Kurdistan and at Boulder’s September School, a private high school, and worked as a director for after-school programs. Volunteered with Boulder Reads.
FAMILY: Three children, the two oldest attending a BVSD elementary school.
EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES: Inclusive schools that challenge students to improve academically and socially.