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Most recent Board Agendas: March 17 | February 17 | Archives

Most recent Board Minutes: January 20 | December 16 | Archives

Clackamas ESD 2010-11 Local Service Plan and 2008-09 Annual Report

Clackamas ESD is governed by a seven-member Board elected by County residents. Five Board members are chosen by zone (area in which they live) and two are selected from the county At-Large. All Board members serve four-year terms. Members come from a variety of backgrounds and professions and share a common interest in the quality of education provided by Clackamas County schools.

	Curtis Smith, Chair, is a consultant and trainer at Oak Grove Associates. He has been representing the county At-Large for consecutive terms since 1984. Curtis has over 30 years experience managing the human resource function in a variety of public and private organizations, both union and nonunion.
	Susan Trone, Vice Chair, is a homemaker and volunteer. Susan currently represents Zone V. She is a former member of Redland School District's Strategic Planning Committee and currently a member of the Art Literacy Program since 1999 and the Redland Elementary School Site Council since 1995. She also served as a board member on the Oregon Trail Soccer Board from 1997-2000. Susan also volunteers as a teacher for local youth programs.
	Len Mills was appointed to the ESD Board in November 2006 as the representative from Zone II. He is a retired teacher from the Reynolds School District with a great deal of experience working in talented and gifted programs. He is active in a number of nonprofit organizations. Len and his wife live in Milwaukie.
	Greg McKenzie represents Zone III as of 2009. He was an attorney in private practice for 25 years in Clackamas County and more recently has worked as a leadership trainer for school boards, first with the Oregon School Boards Association and now as a private consultant. He has a law degree from Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College and a bachelor degree in aerospace engineering from Auburn University. Greg previously served eight years on the West Linn-Wilsonville School Board.
	John Thomas was appointed to the Clackamas ESD Board in January 2009 as representative from Zone 1. He is general manager of the Sunrise Water Authority in Happy Valley and has an educational background in chemical engineering (BS), environmental engineering (MS), and business (MBA). He has previously served on a school district board and his wife is a retired elementary school principal.
	Jon Eyman joins Clackamas ESD Board representing Zone IV. He has worked for the Oregon State Highway Department, done heavy construction and currently is the owner of Jon Eyman Construction, Inc. Jon served for 12 years on the Canby Grade School Board of Directors.
	Nadene Duffield retired as the Title I Reading Coordinator and teacher at Redland School. She has represented the county At-Large since 1996. She was a teacher in public schools for 30 years and currently serves as a volunteer teacher/tutor for Junior Great Books-Tag Program, Read Well Program and Art Literacy for Oregon City Schools. She is also a volunteer teacher/tutor at Portland Public Schools.