Your 2023-24 PTA Board

The board meets monthly for planning and decision making that drives action.

We manage the budget, voting, and PTA General Meetings. 
All Board members except for Executive Committee also serve on a Committee themselves and provide support to their Committee members. 

 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE -
2ND YEAR CO-PRESIDENT 

Jessie Alan (she/her)

Works with staff and parents to lead PTA,
runs board and general meetings

1ST YEAR CO-PRESIDENT

Alex Wallace (he/him)

Assists 2nd year president, takes over as 2nd year Co-President the following year 

PTAPresident@greenlakedragons.org

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE -SECRETARY

Remy Nixon (they/them)

Takes minutes at all meetings,
maintains PTA documents

Secretary@greenlakedragons.org

   

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE -
2ND YEAR TREASURER

Kevin McCullough (he/him)

Writes checks, keeps books, gives financial reports and reimbursements

Treasurer@greenlakedragons.org

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE -
1ST YEAR TREASURER

Karin Aebersold (she/her)

Assists 2nd year treasurer, trains to take over as 2nd year treasurer the following year

Treasurer@greenlakedragons.org

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR
&
NEW FAMILIES LIAISON

Jen Koch (she/her)

Welcomes new families and students through community-building events and communications

NewFamilies@greenlakedragons.org

  

 

TEACHER SUPPORT
COMMITTEE CHAIR
&
ROOM PARENT COORDINATOR

Stacey Nakagawa (she/her)

Oversees room parent recruitment and onboarding. Supports room parent emails and activities

RoomParents@greenlakedragons.org 

 

  

 

SOCIAL JUSTICE &
EQUITY /ADVOCACY
COMMITTEE CHAIR

OPEN POSITION!

sje@greenlakedragons.org

COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR

Nana Mine (she/her)

PTA newsletter

Communications@greenlakedragons.org

 

 

DEVELOPMENT CHAIR

&

WALK N ROLLATHON / DRAGON HUNT COORDINATOR

Kat Johnson (she/her)

Supports all fundraising activities 
for GLES 

Development@greenlakedragons.org


 TEACHER REP

Rachel Nash (she/her)

Liaison and advocate for
all teachers at GLES

 

 

TEACHER REP

John Leahy (he/him)

Liaison and advocate for
all teachers at GLES

 

 

 

 

 

Committee members
Committee members are the ones doing the actual work of
making our events and programs happen. Some serve year round, others seasonally.

 

 

PTA MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR

Amy Lovik (she/her)

Recruits parents, teachers, staff for PTA membership, responsible for PT Avenue adherence, creates and distributes school directory

Membership@greenlakedragons.org

MULTI-ARTS CHAIR

J.J Stein (he/him)

Responsible for PTA organized vocal music, artist-in-residence, and enrichment assemblies.

arts@greenlakedragons.org

 

SPIRIT WEAR

Jen Seibert (she/her)

Responsible for spiritwear sales, maintains inventory
and replenishes as needed

spiritwear@greenlakedragons.org

 

AFTER SCHOOL CLASS COORDINATOR
Sonia Kandathil (she/her)

Arranges after school class schedule, communicates with outside vendors, reserves rooms (schooldude) and publicizes classes

enrichment@greenlakedragons.org 

 

DRAGON TUTOR COORDINATOR

OPEN POSITION!

Works with staff to identify Dragon Tutor students, coordinates with families, recruits tutors and creates

tutoring schedule

GLES FACILITIES 

Kadie Bell-Sata (she/her)

Serves on the school safety committee, liaison between SPS and PTA regarding safety and building issues

Facilities@greenlakedragons.org

 

TREE SALE

Garett Slettebak (he/him) & Phil Decker (he/him)

Coordinates tree ordering, tree deliveries, necessary permits, and helps recruit volunteers

treesale@greenlakedragons.org

AUCTION CO-CHAIRS

Gina Dutzar (she/her): 2nd year chair
1st year chair

Coordinate all committee volunteers and party details for our legendary grown-ups only fundraiser

auction@greenlakedragons.org

READER BOARD

Alice Russo (she/her)

Regularly updates reader board and ensures information

is current and accurate and fun.

TEACHER APPRECIATION

Javila Creer (she/her) 

Shows our staff and teachers some love throughout the year with thoughtfully catered meals, potlucks, and appreciation activities.  

WEEKLY GROCERY PROGRAM

Jessica Baxter (she/her)

Manages grant money for students (to cover expenses such as new coats, class pictures, books, graduation, and school events), organize gift card collections
​throughout the year. Work with University Food Bank to ensure our families receive meals for the weekend.

Contact Jessica

BUILDING LEADERSHIP TEAM (BLT)

Kate Muller (she/her)

Parent representative on the Building Leadership Team headed by Principal Klainer, attends monthly meetings. Typically a retired PTA President. 

SWIM PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Matt Rutishauser

Works with the staff and lifeguards to create swim program schedule, coordinates CPR and lifeguard
certifications and re-certifications.

Contact Matthew

FAMILY FUN NIGHTS

Jen Koch

Schedules and coordinates activities for GLES families (movie nights, family dances, Harvest Festival,

jump rope night, etc)

GARDEN COORDINATOR

Paul Rogers & Marcy Bowers (she/her)

Maintain Olallie Garden and encourage its use by students, families and staff

OlallieGarden@greenlakedragons.org

 

STEM FAIR

Kimberly Decker (she/her)

Works with volunteers to organize a display of student-run experiments in Science, Technology,
Engineering or Math. 
If you're interested in working with the STEM Night planning committee, reach out to Kim!

STEM@greenlakedragons.org

YEARBOOK COORDINATOR

OPEN POSITION!

Coordinates picture collection from GLES community, creates and distributes yearbook

FIELD DAY COORDINATOR 

OPEN POSITION!

A brief but critical role: April-May, support our PE teacher Mr. Johnson with volunteer recruitment and event planning/organizing for our traditional once yearly outdoor day of fun for the whole school! 

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