Board Members
Nancy Merrill
Mrs. Merrill services district number 1, and her term expires in December, 2011. She is in her fourth term, and has been on the board for 16 years. Mrs. Merrill is the vice-president of the board for the 2007-08 school year. She is eager to serve the community in a positive way, and has been grateful for the opportunity. Mrs. Merrill graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Prior to serving on the board, she volunteered in the classroom, served with the PTA, worked on levy elections, and worked on state level committees with many different board members. Presently she is very involved with a new nonprofit organization called Honor My Wishes which is dedicated to educating the community about the importance of planning an Advanced Directive for healthcare and our wishes for end of life in general. She is also involved with a program that helps seriously ill patients stay in their homes with assistance from community services and hospice. Her husband's position as a physician brought them to Enumclaw 22 years ago. They have three grown children who all graduated from Enumclaw district schools.
Nancy can be contacted at:
nancy_merrill@enumclaw.wednet.edu or nancyannmerrill@gmail.com
28308 S.E. 392nd
Enumclaw, Washington 98022
Phone: (360) 825-4476
View the district #1 map (pdf)
Cathy Dahlquist
Cathy Dahlquist is in her first term serving as a director in district number 2. Her term expires in December 2009. Mrs. Dahlquist is the president of the board for the 2007-08 school year. She is honored to serve her community in this capacity. Cathy graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Design. She and her husband Jeff (Enumclaw 1982 & WSU graduate), have an Architectural firm in Enumclaw. They have 3 children: Jennifer (21), Jeffery (13)-7th grader at EMS, and Hannah (12)-6th grader at EMS. She feels that being a parent is her most important job and will approach the position as a member of the board from that perspective. She looks forward to continue to work with our new superintendent, community, staff, students and administration team towards a common goal of excellence in education.
Cathy can be contacted at:
cathy_dahlquist@enumclaw.wednet.edu
Phone: (360) 825-0484
View the district #2 map (pdf)
Corey Cassell
Mr. Cassell is newly elected to serve as a director in District 3. His term expires in December, 2011. Corey and his wife Trina both grew up in Federal Way, and moved to Enumclaw in 1990. They have three children, Sarina 13, Alicia 12 (both at TMMS), and Trevor 8 (at Kibler). As a frequent volunteer in school activities and classrooms, Corey believes in a strong partnership between parents, community, and schools. He believes that a healthy and open relationship with the community is crucial to the success of our school system. Corey is a graduate of Renton Technical College as a journeyman machinist and has an associate's degree in Manufacturing Technology from Green River Community College. Corey has been a Boeing employee for over twenty years. He currently manages a team of Numerical Control programmers for Boeing's fabrication division in Auburn.
"I humbly extend you an invitation to begin our partnership for excellence in education." -- Corey
Corey can be contacted at:
corey_cassell@enumclaw.wednet.edu or familycassell@hotmail.com
Phone: (360) 825-0772
View the district #3 map (pdf)
Tim Nickson
Tim Nickson has been appointed by the School Board to serve out the remaining term of resigning director Gerd Weyer, representing District 4. His term will expire in December 2011.
Tim was a founding member and first President of the Thunder Mountain Middle School - Parent, Teacher and Student Organization. He serves on the Advisory Board of the University of Washington's Global, Trade, Transportation and Logistics Studies Graduate Program. Tim attended Mt. Rainier High School in Des Moines, graduated from Eastern Washington University and has worked at UPS since 1985. Since 1998 he has been using his expertise with cross-functional and multi-national problem resolution, software systems, customer service centers, sales, industrial engineering and logistics to bring valuable insight to the development of solutions to the business challenges of their customers. Tim has lived in Black Diamond since 1999, his wife Melanie grew up there and their son Cameron is in 10th grade at EHS. He loves coaching and has volunteered his time to multiple organizations and youth programs over the years.
"I hope to help improve the level of service our schools provide its customers to achieve success. Those customers are the students, parents, staff, volunteers and community. Success will come from enlisting the synergy of all these constituencies to make meaningful improvement."
Tim can be contacted at:
tim_nickson@enumclaw.wednet.edu or 4enumclaw@gmail.com
25565 Baker St.
Black Diamond, WA 98010
Cell: (206) 227-7276
View the district #4 map (pdf)
Chris VanHoof
Mr. VanHoof is serving in his first term as a school board director, and is also the legislative representative for the board. He services district number 5, and his term expires in December, 2009.
Chris is a 1993 graduate of Enumclaw High School and a lifelong resident in Enumclaw. His wife Jaclyn (Fornalski) is a 1996 graduate from EHS. Both of his children attend school at Sunrise Elementary where daughter Kennedy is a third grader and son Keagan is in Kindergarten. Chris says serving on the school board is an opportunity to work as a team with the community, staff and students to ensure that our kids receive the best education we can provide. "The future of our community is our schools," says Mr. VanHoof. He feels Enumclaw has always been a great community with a strong foundation and he wants to make sure that foundation is kept strong. Chris has been a City of Kent Public Works Employee for the past ten years. He works with commercial and multi-family family properties making sure they are in compliance with City standards for surface water/industrial wastewater discharge along with other environmental concerns. Chris feels that working with the public during the day will help him communicate with the community about issues facing the school district. "Communication is the key to any successful team," states Mr. VanHoof.
Chris may be contacted at:
chris_vanhoof@enumclaw.wednet.edu or cjvanhoof@skynetbb.com
Phone: (360) 802-4525