| Our Board of Trustees |
Ptuyac, Virginia
President
wesdfoundation@cox.net | Ms. Virginia Ptuyac is retired with 30+ years as a Washington Elementary School District employee. Ms. Ptuyac continues to support WESD through her use of personal resources, contributions, and assistance with community awareness projects and programs; legislative actions and lobbying efforts on behalf of WESD; and volunteer involvement benefiting WESD and its students.
One of Ms. Ptuyac's many volunteer efforts is through the Washington Education Foundation, which partners with volunteers, WESD staff, support groups, and businesses to cultivate and secure resources for the benefit of WESD students. She has served on the Foundation's Executive Board of Trustees since 2002; first, as treasurer, then secretary, and, now in her second three-year term, as president.
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Putman, Nancy
Vice President
nancy.putman@wesdschools.org | Ms. Nancy Putman teaches first grade at Lookout Mountain Elementary School and has been with Washington Elementary School District for 13 years. She has taught in five states over her 35-year career as an educator.
Ms. Putman joined the Washington Education Foundation's Board of Trustees eleven years ago. She serves as Vice President of the Executive Board and is the co-chair of the Foundation's annual fundraising bowl-a-thon. She also has served on the Read Across America committee for the past 12 years.
Ms. Putman is an Area Delegate on the Washington District Education Association's executive committee and has been the membership chair for ten years. She also serves as the State chairman for the Arizona Education Association's elections committee and represents the WDEA, Glendale Union, Glendale Elementary and Dysart school districts as an AEA Board of Director.
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Fremouw, Candice
Secretary
cfremouw@cox.net | Ms. Candice Fremouw joined the Washington Education Foundation Board of Trustees in January 2006 and serves on its Executive Board as secretary. Ms. Fremouw has been an active community member since moving to Phoenix in 1977 and serves as a director on the Phoenix Block Watch Advisory Board and as the PNP Citywide civilian coordinator. She has served as the Local Chapter President of the Women’s Council of Realtors, past President of the Sun City West Business and Professional Association and was a former owner/manager of a northwest Valley real estate company.
As a community advocate, Ms. Fremouw also has served two 2-year terms on the Moon Mountain Elementary School Site Council, was past president of the Moon Mountain PTSA and was active in Thunderbird High School's parent organization and chief marching band boosters. She served as a Regional Program Director and host family within the International High School Exchange Program.
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Sullivan, Janet
Resources
janet.sullivan@wesdschools.org | | |
Brandt, Mary
Resources
mary.brandt@wesdschools.org | | |
Cummings, Mary
Foundation Assistant
wesdfoundation@cox.net | Ms. Mary Cummings owns and operates an off-site virtual business and has provided administrative assistance and business support for the Washington Education Foundation since 2004. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Arizona State University West.
A life-time member of the Arizona School Public Relations Association, Ms. Cummings retired in 2003 as the Public Information Officer from Madison School District in Phoenix, Arizona. Since 2000, she has been a volunteer mentor with Arizona Quest For Kids, a program providing adult mentors and support for college graduation to students with academic potential from families with few financial resources.
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Aarons, Linda
Member
lcaarons@cox.net | | |
Clement, Amy
Member
alclement@cox.net | Ms. Amy Clement joined the Washington Education Foundation Board of Trustees in 2005 as a parent of a then, second grade student. She found in the Foundation a group of hardworking individuals who shared a common passion: students, families and educators in the Washington Elementary School District community. Soon after joining the Foundation she returned to school, obtained a teaching certificate and, since August 2008, has been teaching at Moon Mountain Elementary School. Happy to be involved as a fourth grade teacher within a terrific school district, Ms. Clement now has two children who are learning and thriving in Washington schools. | |
Corderman, Linda
Member
lcorderman@hotmail.com | Ms. Linda Corderman has been a resident of Arizona for the past 26 years and joined the Washington Education Foundation in 2010. She worked in the art field for many years and, in 1999, established Corderman Art Resources to focus on the location and acquisition of art for the collections of architects, designers and residential clients. She attended Western Oregon State College, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Art and minored in Business.
Ms. Corderman continues to be involved in many volunteer and fundraising projects. She currently serves as a member in the Arizona Historical Society and Historical League, Inc., the Society for the Arts in Healthcare, and in ArtTable
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Femino, Linda
Member
linda.femino@wesdschools.org | | |
Gannon, Joseph
Member
newsboyarizona@gmail.com | | |
Jahneke, Aaron
Member
| Mr. Aaron Jahneke serves on the Washington Education Foundation Board of Trustees and on its Executive Board as treasurer. He also serves as a member of the Washington Elementary School District Governing Board since January 2009, is treasurer of the WESD K-3 Override Renewal Committee, and is a member of Support Our Schools AZ, a K-12 education advocacy group.
Mr. Jahneke grew up in the Washington Elementary School District and attended Washington Elementary and Palo Verde Middle School before completing a Bachelor's of Arts in History from the University of Arizona in 1999. In 2008, Mr. Jahneke received a Master's of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from Arizona State University at the West Campus after completing an institutional ethnography entitled "Local Grassroots Legislative Campaigning." Mr. Jahneke is a personal financial representative for Allstate Insurance Company. He also is a part-time history adjunct teacher at CollegeAmerica in Phoenix.
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Palmer, Mary Lou
Member
marylou.palmer@wesdschools.org | | |
Lovejoy, Lamont
Member
lcl_1@msn.com | | |
Rosson, Carol
Member
catsrule@q.com | | |
Schneider, Robin
Member
schneiderranne@msn.com | Ms. Robin Schneider joined the Washington Education Foundation Board of Trustees in 2010. She has been a professional educator in neighboring public school districts for 22 years. Ms. Schneider has lived in the Washington Elementary School District for 17 years, is strongly committed to the teachers and students and has served on several district committees.
Ms. Schneider currently serves on the John Jacobs Elementary School Site Council and the steering committee for Support Our Schools AZ. She also serves on the North Mountain Village Planning Committee for the city of Phoenix and is an active member of the John Jacobs Neighborhood Association (block watch). Ms. Schneider received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arizona, her Masters of Education degree at Arizona State University and her Education Specialist degree from Argosy University.
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Whalen, Mindy
Member
mindy.whalen@wesdschools.org | Ms. Mindy Whalen has taught grades 2, 3, 4 and 8 in the Washington Elementary School District over the past 18 years. She currently teaches eighth grade reading at Palo Verde Middle School.
Ms. Whalen first heard of the Washington Education Foundation when it awarded her a classroom mini grant years ago. She is proud of the work the Foundation does for the children in WESD. Ms. Whalen has been involved in many leadership positions throughout her career and previously had enjoyed serving with the Washington Education Foundation. In 2010-2011, she returned to serve as the Washington District Education Association president and with the Foundation on its Board of Trustees.
Ms. Whalen received her Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Elementary Education at Northern Arizona University. She completed her Reading Endorsement through the District and has completed the course work for her English As A Second Language Endorsement at Arizona State University. Ms. Whalen also serves as a member of the Palo Verde Elementary School Site Council.
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