August board of directors workshop and meeting wraps up

VAIL — The association’s annual board of directors workshop and August meeting concluded on Saturday, and three new members got their first taste of the action.

New this year are Rick Macias, the district athletic director for Pueblo City Schools; Rick Mondt, the superintendent at Briggsdale Schools; and Jim Thyfault, the district athletic director of Jefferson County Schools.

Curt Wilson, currently the representative for District 8, also began his term as board president this weekend. Wilson is the principal at Centauri High School.

The three new members joined nine returners. While at the meeting, they approved a contract to keep the 4A and 5A football championship games at Mile High through 2016.

Meet this year’s board of directors:

Board of Directors

Curt Wilson, President. Principal at Centauri. Representative to District 8 (term expires in 2015).

Paul Angelico, Secretary-Treasurer. CHSAA commissioner.

Dennis Fraser, District 1 representative (term expires 2014). Assistant principal, athletic director at Gunnison.

Mike Schmidt, District 2 representative (term expires 2016). Principal, Platte Canyon.

Jerry Martin, District 3 representative (term expires 2015). Athletic director, Longmont Christian.

Jim Thyfault, District 4 representative (term expires 2017). District athletic director, Jefferson County Schools.

Karen Higel, District 5 representative (term expires 2014). District athletic director, Denver Public Schools.

Ed Hartnett, District 6 representative (term expires 2016). District activities/athletic director, Adams 12 Five Star School District.

Sandi Weece, District 7 representative (term expires 2015). Athletic director, South Park.

Rick Macias, District 9 representative (term expires 2017). District athletic director, Pueblo City Schools.

Wendy Dunaway, Colorado Commissioner of Education representative (term expires 2015). School improvement manager.

Jim Engelker, School Boards representative (term expires 2016). Platte Valley Re-3.

Jim Lucas, Colorado Association of School Executives representative (term expires 2015). Assistant principal, Pine Creek.

Rick Mondt, Colorado Association of School Executives representative (term expires 2017). Superintendent, Briggsale, Weld County SD RE-10.

Angela Giron, Colorado State Legislature Representative (term expires 2014). Senator.

Advisory members:

Robert Hammond, Colorado Commissioner of Education
Tom Sifers, Colorado Association of School Boards
Bert Borgmann, CHSAA, Assistant Commissioner
Bethany Brookens, CHSAA, Assistant Commissioner
Ryan Casey, CHSAA, Director of Web Services
Bud Ozzello, CHSAA, Assistant Commissioner
Jenn Roberts-Uhlig, CHSAA, Assistant Commissioner
Tom Robinson, CHSAA, Assistant Commissioner
Harry Waterman, CHSAA, Assistant Commissioner
Alex Halpern, CHSAA Legal Council