The NWESD Board of Directors

Committed to Fulfilling Our Mission

ESDs are governed by a lay board of directors consisting of seven or nine citizens who are accountable to and elected by the school board members in the region's public school districts. The board members represent geographic director districts based on US Census data.
 
The ESD boards provide direction to their superintendent who is advised by local school district superintendents. This group generally advises on budgetary, program policy, and staff members.

Leann Swanson
District 1
School Districts Represented:

Bellingham
Meridian
Dr. Jack Thompson
District 2
School Districts Represented:
Blaine Lynden Orcas Island
Ferndale Mount Baker San Juan Island
Lopez Island Nooksack Valley Shaw Island
Steve Colby
District 3
School Districts Represented
:
Anacortes Darrington
Burlington-Edison La Conner
Concrete Mount Vernon
Conway Sedro-Woolley
Claudia Talmadge
District 4
School Districts Represented:
Coupeville Oak Harbor
Lakewood         South Whidbey
Mukilteo Stanwood-Camano
Dr. Alan Erickson
District 5
School District Represented
:
Everett
Richard Post
District 6
School Districts Represented
:
Arlington Marysville
Granite Falls Sultan
Index  
Jo Vogeler
District 7
School Districts Represented
:
Edmonds
Mukilteo
Gordon W. Griggs
District 8
School Districts Represented
:
Edmonds
Mukilteo
Merle Kirkley
District 9
School Districts Represented
:
Lake Stevens  
Monroe  
Snohomish