Who We Are
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Laurie Ulmer | Executive Director
Laurie has lived in the valley for 18 years with her husband and two sons, Alex and Nic. She is a private tutor and an avid outdoor enthusiast. She loves skiing, hiking, horseback riding, playing ice hockey and traveling. Oh yes, and learning new things. |
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Susan Prichard | President
Susan is a fire ecologist with the University of Washington School of Environmental and Forest Sciences and has lived in the Methow Valley since 2004 with her wife and two kids, age 15 and 17, who attend Liberty Bell High School. |
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Harold Sheley | Vice President
Harold and family moved to the Methow Valley in 2009. Along with his wife he is raising two boys in the MVSD. Harold is a senior Project Manager in telecommunications, providing consulting services to companies with a focus on technology. Harold is committed helping improve the public-school experience for all students. He is excited to work with the schools and community to explore and generate opportunities to serve every MVSD student. |
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Ed Parker | Secretary
Ed taught at MV Elementary and Liberty Bell the last 16 years of his teaching career. Ed volunteers at the ILC. He and his wife, Flora, have lived in the valley for more than 30 years. They take advantage of local opportunities for skiing, hiking, and camping with their pup, Scout. They are beekeepers and garden with a view toward providing blossoms for the bees. |
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Taylor Ferrill | Treasurer
Taylor loves spending time with her husband and two young girls exploring the Methow. |
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Kelsey Bourn
Born and raised in Winthrop, attended K-12 in the Methow Valley School District, founding student board member of PSFA. When Kelsey's not working at VIP Insurance, you can find her spending time with family and friends, practicing yoga, or traveling. |
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Megan Jepson
Megan moved to the Methow Valley in 2019 with her husband and two children. She owns Montessori 123, a Montessori language materials company. She hopes to share her love of connection and community to create opportunities for all MVSD students and families. She loves playing hockey, skiing, biking and farming with her family. |
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Kirk Schumacher
Kirk moved to the Methow Valley in 2014 and has two children in the MVSD. Kirk is an attorney working primarily with biotechnology companies and prior to moving to the Methow Valley was General Counsel of a large, public biotechnology company in Seattle. Kirk is committed to helping improve the schools in our community and generating the greatest possible opportunities for all of our MVSD students to have a high quality education. |
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Melissa Quigley
Valley resident for nearly 6 years; former occupational therapist, current substitute teacher and volunteer. I enjoy walking my dog, Nordic skiing, bike rides, time spent outside, and photography. Currently working on improving my basket weaving and knitting skills. |
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Steve Dixon
Steve has lived in the valley for 42 years. He is a retired 6th grade teacher, enjoys reading, gardening, farming, children of all ages and an occasional beer while watching football. |
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Tim Odell
Tim has lived in the Valley for 27 years. He enjoys fishing, hiking and biking all around the Methow. Tim has 3 children and 2 are presently at Liberty Bell. |
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Hilary Kaltenbach
An educator for over twenty years, Hilary Kaltenbach currently works as the Program Coordinator for The Bush School’s campus in Mazama. She is excited to continue supporting best practices and innovation through PSFA. Hilary lives in Winthrop with her husband, two kids, and a growing number of animals. |
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Joe Talbert
Joe has been a Methow Valley resident from 1994 to 2000 and 2014 to present. Joe is a father, engineer, educator, EMT and a Methow Trails groomer. He loves biking, climbing and skiing in the Methow. |
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