Leadership

Professional service

• Chair, 2022–2025
  Utah State Charter School Board
• Vice Chair, 2020–2022
  Utah State Charter School Board
• Board member, 2018–2020, Governor Herbert appointee
  Utah State Charter School Board
• Member, 2016–present, Utah State Board of Education appointee
  Utah Competency-based Advisory Board
• Board member and president, 2006–2014
  National Federation of Urban/Suburban School Districts
• Board member, 2007–2012, and chair of the Development Committee
  WestEd
• President, 2003–2007
  Utah School Superintendents Association
• Board of Trustees, 2007–2013
  Weber State University
• Chair, 2006–2010
  Lakeview Hospital Board
• Board member and president, 1995–1999
  Utah Council of Teachers of English

Brigham Young University, McKay School of Education

• Phi Kappa Phi, board representative
  2021–present
• Awards Nomination Committee, chair
  2020–2025
• Faculty Advisory Committee, member
  2017–2021
• Search committee, recruitment and marketing specialist
  2017
• 3-Minute Thesis Contest, judge
  March 4, 2021
• Jordan Associates
  McKay School of Education
• Peery Film Festival, panelist
  October 20, 2016

Honors

• Nancy Peery Marriott Outstanding Teacher Award
  McKay School of Education
• Legacy Award
  Davis Chamber of Commerce
• Utah Superintendent of the Year, 2007
  American Association of School Administrators
• Jewell Bindrup Award
  Utah Association of Gifted Children
• Leadership Award
  Northern Utah Curriculum Consortium
• Principal of the Year
  Utah Association of Student Councils
• Karen J. Ashton Award
  Weber State University Storytelling Festival
• Honorary Commander
  Hill Air Force Base
• Utah's Ethical Leader of the Year
  Richard Richards Institute
• Lifetime Achievement Award
  Northern Utah Curriculum Consortium