Meet our 2024 Candidates

How do we choose our candidates? It’s easy: We don’t.

Candidates listed below decided for themselves to take our pledge as a School Board Integrity Board candidate. We’re proud to support them as they run to represent their local students and communities.

If you don’t see your local candidate listed, encourage them to reach out and take the pledge!
We regularly add new candidates to the list below.

ARIZONA

Rhiannon Ford, Osborn Governing Board

Melissa Girmscheid, Peoria Unified School District

CALIFORNIA

Geoff Anderson, Placer Hills Union School District

Ganesh Balamitran, Fremont Unified School District

Jen Brookover, Rocklin Unified School District

Austin Bruckner Carillo, Hayward Unified School District

Paul Chopra, Acalanes Union High School District

Joshua Christ, Fontana Unified School District, Governing Board Member, Area 4

Jen Corn, Berkeley Unified School District

Roni DeCoster, Atascadero Unified School District

Diana Honig, Contra Costa Community College District

Angela Talarzyk, Temecula Valley Unified School District Trustee Area 2

Nasreen Johnson, State Center Community College District Area 2

Cassie Lin, Roseville City School District, Trustee Area 5

Matthew Pennon, Atascadero Unified School District

Wendy Reicher, Acalnes Union High School

Jatinder Sahi, New Haven, Area 1

Valerie Taber, Relands Unified School District, Area 5

Christiaan VandenHeuvel, LVJUSD Livermore

COLORADO

Ellen Angeles, Colorado CD3

Rhonda Solis, Colorado CD8

FLORIDA

Bernie Brandt, Polk County, District 1

Chris Canter, Broward County, District 1

Anne Douglas, Orange County School Board, District 4

Cassie Gonyer, Volusia, District 2

Eileen Long, Pinellas, District 4

Gustavo Ortega, Miami-Dade School Board, District 3

Stephanie Vanos, Orange County School Board, District 6

GEORGIA

Laura Judge, Cobb County

INDIANA

Melissa Guerra, School City of Hammond

Lissette Montanez, School City of Hammond

Sarah Parks-Reese, Hamilton Southeastern Schools, Wayne Township

Latrica Schooley, Hamilton Southeastern Schools

Jon Shapiro, Carmel Clay Schools

Kristina Wheeler, Carmel Clay Schools

KENTUCKY

Tom Haggard, Covington Independent

Antoine Smith-Rouse, Boone County, District 2

MARYLAND

Andrea Chamblee, Howard County, District 5 Board of Education

Muri Dueppen, Carrol County

Amanda Jozkowski, Carroll County

Jen Mallo, Howard County, District 4

Erica McFarland, Anne Arundel County

Meg Ricks, Howard County, District 1

Dana Schallheim, Anne Arundel County, District 5

MASSACHUSETTS

Greg Wehmeyer, King Philip Regional

MICHIGAN

Susan Estep, Saline Area Schools District

Mason Pressler, Bay City Public Schools

MINNESOTA

Scott Arcand, White Bear Lake ISD 624

Darcie Baumann, Waconia ISD 110

Lara Bergman, Minneapolis Public Schools District 6

Azad Berwari, Moorhead School District ISD 152

Matt Beukema, St. Francis Area Schools ISD 15

Robin Bielefeldt, Eastern Carver County ISD 112

Michelle Brekken, Brainerd School District 181

Corey Butler, Northfield ISD 659

Greta Callahan, Minneapolis Public Schools District 6

Amber Cameron, Lakeville ISD 194

Caylin Cedergren, St. Clair ISD 75

Charlotte Nitardy, North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale ISD 622

Brian Cern, White Bear Lake ISD 624

Kerry Claypool-Lambert, Detroit Lakes ISD 22

Tekoa Cochran, Osseo ISD 279

Leah Colby, Elk River ISD 728

Tracy Fredrick Corcoran, Mankato Area Public Schools ISD 77

Paul Cumings, South St. Paul Public Schools

Ruthie Dallas, Brooklyn Center ISD 286

Mary Dunn, South St. Paul Public Schools

Greta Evans-Becker, Robbinsdale Area Schools ISD 281

Maggie Epstein, Northfield ISD 659

Laura Fangel, Lakeville ISD 194

Laura Gannon, Centennial ISD 12

Leah Gardner, Rosemount Apple Valley Eagan, ISD 196 Special Election

Claudia Gonzalez-George, Northfield ISD 659

Darryl Hall, Lakeville ISD 194

Bruce Hentges, St. Cloud Area School District ISD 742

Aviva Hillenbrand, Robbinsdale Area Schools ISD 281

Michael Holmes, Red Wing ISD 256

Kim Hudson, Red Wing ISD 256

Miriam Janechek, North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale ISD 622

Lisa Larsin, Red Wing ISD 256

Gail Lewis-Miller, Prior Lake-Savage ISD 719

Karen MacLaughlin, Rochester Public Schools ISD 535

Charoltte Nitardy, North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale, ISD 622

Norbert Norman, Lake Superior School Board District 6

Katie Olson, Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Schools ISD 435

Michelle Pettway, Columbia Heights ISD 13

Rob Rapheal, Forest Lake ISD 831

Liz Ratcliff, Mankato Area Public Schools ISD 77

Naomi Skulan, Morris Area School District

Corenia Smith, Columbia Heights ISD 13

Jim Smith, Forest Lake ISD 831

Keith Tate, Osseo ISD 279

Jennifer Tift, Red Wing ISD 256

Gail Theisen, Forest Lake ISD 831

Kayse Thompson, Crookston ISD 597

Adam Tlusty, Prior Lake-Savage ISD 719

Angela Thompson, White Bear Lake ISD 624

Charlotte Wahle, Marshall Public Schools

Pat Walsh, Kasson Mantorville

Kelsey Dawson Walton, Osseo ISD 279

John Ward, Brainerd ISD 181

Monica Weber, South St. Paul Public Schools

Natasha Yates, Red Wing ISD 256

NEVADA

Karl Catarata, Clark County School District

NEW JERSEY

Chris Santarpio, Princeton

OHIO

David Donofrio, Ohio State Board of Education District 6

PENNSYLVANIA

Erin DeRosa, Stroudsburg Area School Board

TENNESSEE

Carrie Pfeiffer, Wilson County, Zone One

TEXAS

Morgan Kirkpatrick, SBOE District 15

Darius Provost-Evans, Sheldon ISD, Position #3

UTAH

Turner Bitton, Salt Lake City School Board, Precinct 2

See the 2023 School Board Integrity Project candidates here.

  • Placer Hills

    California

  • CD 3

    Colorado

  • White Bear Lake

    Minnesota

  • Fremont

    California

  • Waconia

    Minnesota

  • Eastern Carver

    Minnesota

  • Moorhead

    Minnesota

  • Rocklin

    California

  • Minneapolis

    Minnesota

  • Osseo

    Minnesota

  • Brainerd

    Minnesota

  • Northfield

    Minnesota

  • Clark County

    Nevada

  • Minneapolis

    Minnesota

  • Hayward

    California

  • St. Clair

    Minnesota

  • White Bear Lake

    Minnesota

  • Howard County

    Maryland

  • Acalanes Union HS District

    California

  • Fontana

    California

  • Osseo

    Minnesota

  • Elk River

    Minnesota

  • Berkeley Unified

    California

  • South St. Paul

    Minnesota

  • Mankato

    Minnesota

  • Brooklyn Center

    Minnesota

  • Atascadero

    California

  • OH State Board of Education

    Ohio

  • Orange County

    Florida

  • Carroll County

    Maryland

  • South St. Paul

    Minnesota

  • Saline

    Michigan

  • Northfield

    Minnesota

  • Robbinsdale

    Minnesota

  • Lakeville

    Minnesota

  • Osborn

    Arizona

  • Rosemount-AV-Eagan

    Minnesota

  • Centennial

    Minnesota

  • Northfield

    Minnesota

  • Carroll County

    Maryland

  • Peoria

    Arizona

  • Volusia

    Florida

  • St. Cloud

    Minnesota

  • Robbinsdale

    Minnesota

  • North St. Paul

    Minnesota

  • Contra Costa

    California

  • Red Wing

    Minnesota

  • Red Wing

    Minnesota

  • State Center Community Coll.

    California

  • Cobb County

    Georgia

  • TX State Board of Education

    Texas

  • Rochester

    Minnesota

  • Red Wing

    Minnesota

  • Prior Lake

    Minnesota

  • Forest Lake

    Minnesota

  • Roseville City

    California

  • Howard County

    Maryland

  • Pinellas County

    Florida

  • Anne Arundel County

    Maryland

  • Carmel Clay

    Indiana

  • Hammond

    Indiana

  • Hamilton Southeastern

    Indiana

  • Atascadero

    California

  • Columbia Heights

    Minnesota

  • Wilson County

    Tennessee

  • Forest Lake

    Minnesota

  • Mankato

    Minnesota

  • Howard County

    Maryland

  • New Haven

    California

  • Anne Arundel County

    Maryland

  • Hamilton Southeastern

    Indiana

  • Forest Lake

    Minnesota

  • Morris

    Minnesota

  • Columbia Heights

    Minnesota

  • CD 8

    Colorado

  • Red Wing

    Minnesota

  • White Bear Lake

    Minnesota

  • Prior Lake

    Minnesota

  • Orange County

    Florida

  • Osseo

    Minnesota

  • LCJUSD Livermore

    California

  • Marshall

    Minnesota

  • Brainerd

    Minnesota

  • South St. Paul

    Minnesota

  • Carmel Clay

    Indiana

  • Red Wing

    Minnesota

  • Bay City

    Michigan

  • Princeton

    New Jersey

  • Boone County

    Kentucky

  • Detroit Lakes

    Minnesota

  • King Phillip Regional

    Massachusetts

  • Covington

    Kentucky

  • Temecula Valley

    California

  • North St. Paul

    Minnesota

  • Redlands Unified

    California

  • AUHSD

    California

  • Sheldon ISD

    Texas