Service
Part of being an effective educational leader is to serve your professional community and to be actively engaged. Below includes a list of some of my local, state, and national service to the educational community.
Service to Profession
Local
President of PDK International, Western Division Chapter 0134
Illinois Association of School Business Officials (2021-present)
Southwest Central Professional Development Committee Member, 2022 to present
Editorial Advisory Board Member, 2024 to present
Equity in Education Committee Member, Joint work with NAACP and Springfield Education Association, 2019
Return to Learn Content Area Committee Member, Springfield District 186, 2019
Discipline Handbook Revision Committee
Decatur Public Schools Member (2018) Springfield Public Schools Member (2010 to 2017)
Concussion Protocol k12 Task Force, Springfield Public and Private Schools Member (2016-2017)
CEO of Sangamon County Board of Directors
Served as Curriculum Chair and Member of Student Selection Committee (2013 to 2014)
Developed and articulated a dual credit policy and option for the CEO program students at all the county high schools and Benedictine University (2013)
University of Illinois- Springfield
MIS Capstone Project Reviewer, Master's Projects
Online Learning Coordinators Team Critical Friend
University
MIS Capstone Project Reviewer, Master’s Projects
Online Learning Coordinators Team Critical Friend
State
Illinois Association of School Administrators
Selected as a member of IASA Vision 2023 Framework Team
Western Region Member-at-Large (2023- present)
Two Rivers Member-at-Large (2021-2023)
Illinois Association of School Business Officials, Professional Development Committee, 2021 to present
Illinois Council on Continuing Higher Education, State Conference Committee, 2018-2020
Illinois Community College Board, Online Education Steering Committee, 2019
OER Committee, Illinois Community College Board and Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois, 2019-2020
Illinois State Board of Education, development and implementation of Micro Credentialing Education Programs, 2018-2020
ION Twitter Book Study Facilitator, Critical Topics in Higher Education, 2019
National
PDK International, Western Illinois Chapter President, 2023
AASA, Rural Cohort Member (2023)
UPCEA, Leaders of Continuing Professional and Online Education National Conference Committee, 2019
OCTAE United States Department of Education Speaker, Adult Education, and Family Literacy Extracurricular University Service
Non-Higher Education Teaching and Administration, 2019