Rural Accelerator Leadership Cohort

About The Cohort

The Rural Accelerator Leadership Program includes local school district leaders, community members, and community-based organizations. This cross-sector group will learn and train alongside each other over the course of 10 months supporting community-based teams with results-based leadership skills and resources designed to move from idea to action to advance progress on locally identified results. Together, they will develop, refine, and execute action plans that drive toward shared community results across 5 focus areas: Digital Connectivity, Parent-Family Engagement, Health, Partnerships & Resources, and Access Indicators.

Ruvine	Jimenez	Community Organizer	League of Education Voters	Civic Engagement	Digital Conectivity
Jared	Lind	Director of Inst. Improvement	Grandview School District	Teaching & Learning	Digital Connectivity
Jessie	Espinoza, Jr.	Information Technology Director	Grandview School District	K-12	Digital Connectivity
Tyler	Scott	Technology Director	Mabton School District	K-12	Digital Connectivity
Alvaro	Mendoza	Technology Director	Granger School District	K-12	Digital Connectivity
Gloria	Jones-Dance	Faculty	Heritage University	Higher Education	Parent and Family Engagement
Tony	Espinoza	Title1 PFE/Bilingual Records Clerk	Mabton School District	K-12	Parent and Family Engagement
Brenda	Barrios	Community Coalition Program Specialist	Sunnyside School District	K-12	Parent and Family Engagement
Esperanza (Hopie)	Alvarez-Castro	Lead Associate, School-Age Program	Save the Children	K-12	Parent and Family Engagement
Raquel	Pulido	Intervention Resource Coordinator	Granger School District	K-12	Parent and Family Engagement
Claudia	Villatoro (She/Hers/Ella)	Senior Associate – WA State Family Engagement Program	Save the Children Action Network	Advocacy	Parent and Family Engagement
BJ	Wilson	Asst. Director of Special Programs	Grandview School District	K-12	Health
Josie	Chase	Human Resources	Grandview School District	K-12	Health
Teri	Davison	Director of Special Education	Mabton School District	Special Education	Partnerships and Resources
Faviola	Ochoa-Ruiz	Early Learning Coordinator	GSD – Save The Children	Early Learning	Partnerships and Resources
Luz	Prieto	Federal Programs Director	Grandview School District	Migrant Education	Partnerships and Resources
Aleria	Hernandez	Community Engagement Specialist	Grandview School District	K-12	Partnerships and Resources & Parent and Family Engagement
Rosana	Montes	Special Programs Secretary	Mabton School District	K-12	Partnerships and Resources
Lorenzo	Garza	Family and Community Engagement Director	Sunnyside School District	K-12	Partnerships and Resources
Jessica	Van Doren	Community Health Specialist	Yakima Health District	Yakima County	Partnerships and Resources
Lorena	Legorreta	Food Security Community Liaison	Heritage University	Yakima County	Food Security