Leadership Council

About The Leadership Council

The Leadership Council is a cross-sector and County-wide group that will guide the cradle to career work locally. The leadership council will establish common outcomes and a shared vision for the collaborative work. In addition, the council will establish a partnership structure that will foster sustainable, impactful work across the cradle to career continuum. Through local workshops, trainings, coaching, and technical assistance from Save the Children, Strive Together, and Partners for Education-Berea College the leadership council will serve to guide, advise and share in the work of the rural accelerators and backbone.

Jose	Rivera	Assistant Superintendent	Grandview School District	K-12
Henry	Strom	Superintendent	Grandview School District	K-12
Kevin	McKay	Superintendent	Sunnyisde School District	K-12
Dr. Joseph	Castilleja	Superintendent	Mabton School District	K-12
Minerva	Pardo	Family Engagement	West Valley School District	P-12
Kimberly	Rayl	Director of State and Federal Programs	Mabton School District	K-12
Kevin	Chase	Superintendent	ESD105	K-12
Kari J.	Terjeson, Ph. D.	Chair, Education Department	Heritage University	Teacher Preparation
Neiri	Carrasco	President\|CEO	United Way of Central WA and Kittitas County	Philanthropy
Rick	George	Sunnyside Campus DivisionDirector	Comprehensive Health Care	Behavioral Health
Adriana	Villafan	TRiO Director	Heritage University	Higher Education
Amee	Barlet	WA State Deputy Director-Rural Ed	Save the Children	Early Learning
Sandra	Aguilar	Resident Services Program Manager	Catholic Charities Housing Services	Housing
Caty	Padilla	Executive Director	Nuestra Casa	Migrant and Immigrant Services
Tony	Byrd, Ed.D.	Executive Director	Teach for America WA	CBO-Teacher Recruitment and Development
Veronica	Alcaraz, RN, BSN	Lower Valley Administrator	Yakima Neighborhood Health	Community Health
Lucy	Smartlowit, MA, MSW (She/Her/Hers)	Administrator & Grants Manager	Peacekeeper Society	Community Based Organization – Yakama
Carolina	Garza	Program Director	College Success Foundation	College Access
Dina	Ibarra	Director	UW TRiO Talent Search	College Access/Higher Education
Rep. Chris	Corry	Representative	14th Legislative District	Public
Raquel	Ferrell Crowley	Central WA Regional Community Outreach Director	U.S. Senator Patty Murray	Public
Keith	Reyes, Ed.D	Yakima Valley College	Instructor, Sociology, Education, Chican@ Studies, Ethnic Studies	Community College
Gloria	Guizar	Operations Manager	United Family Center	Behavioral Health
Joe	West	Principal	Mabton School District	K-12
Caleb	Otten	Principal	Mabton School District	K-12
Heidi	Hellner-Gomez	Assistant Superintendent	Sunnyside School District	K-12