Board of Directors
The Children's School of Boise Inc. is a private non-profit corporation with a Board of Directors. The Board establishes and reviews basic policy for the educational philosophy, enrollment procedures, physical plant, financial health and future growth of the school. The twelve board members are selected from the community by a nominating committee with most being alumni parents. The Board is balanced by skills in education, law, finance, and psychology. A slate of officers is elected annually by the board. All board members of this working board have committee responsibility and serve a three-year term.
Susan Park—President
Susan is pleased to be in her sixth year as a member of the Board of Directors of TCS after spending seven years as a parent of two happy TCS students, who are now in 5th and 8th grade. Susan grew up in Boise, graduating from Boise High School in 1980. She earned a BA in English from the University of Colorado and a J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law. Currently she teaches Legal Studies courses at Boise State University. Susan spends most of her time having fun with her boys. She enjoys her family and friends, movies and books, travel and skiing, food and wine, and Boise and Payette Lake.
Janet Parsons—Vice President
Janet Parsons is an alumni parent of The Children School. Janet received her BS in Computer Engineering from Michigan State University and MBA courses at Xavier University in Cincinnati. She worked for Fortune 500 companies including Ford, GM, and Proctor & Gamble as a computer consultant in her home state of Michigan and then in Ohio. After arriving in Boise in 1997, Janet stayed home mothering her 2 active boys. During that time she was a committed volunteer with the Boise Mom's Club and TCS Parent Board. Janet spent two years as the Business Manager for Foothills School of Arts & Sciences and is currently a real estate professional with Keller Williams Realty. Janet and her husband Mark have 2 sons. She enjoys cooking, entertaining and skiing with her family, and can frequently be found in the middle of a remodel.
Clint Tate—Treasurer
Clint is a lifelong resident of Boise. He is President of Enterprise Electric, Inc., an electrical contracting company and director of Tates Rents, Inc. He received his B.A. from University of Puget Sound and his M.B.A. from Babson College. He has previous experience as a board member for a number of other local non-profit entities. Clint and his wife Alison have two children, a boy and a girl.
Bonnie Noonan—Secretary
Bonnie has been involved with The Children's School in a variety of ways during the 20 years she has lived in Boise. Most importantly her daughter was in the All Days for two years and the Primes for two years. Bonnie teaches Early Childhood Education at College of Western Idaho. She has been on the board for four years.
Dawn Christensen—Board Member
Dawn has lived in Boise for 14 years with her husband and 2 children, both TCS alumni. Interestingly she learned about The Children's School while still living in Seattle. She visited the school upon arrival to Boise and knew it was the right place for her family. Professionally she works at St. Alphonsus Medical Center as a Physical Therapist. She enjoys the great outdoors and reading.
Janine Boire—Board Member
Janine has 25 years of experience in informal science education and management of non-profits. Currently she serves as the Executive Director of the Discovery Center of Idaho. She began as a high school intern volunteer at Pacific Science Center in Seattle where she continued to work for 12 years. She served as the founding Director of Explora Science Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which was dedicated to serving the most disenfranchised families in the state. For that work she was awarded a fellowship to Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Janine holds a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Washington and a Master's Degree in Public Policy from Princeton University. Her daughter is an alumna of TCS.
Christine Jayo—Board Member
Christine is an alumni parent of the Children’s School and lifelong Boise resident. Christine earned her B.A. in Business Management from the University of Utah and her M.B.A. from Boise State University. She spent the first fifteen years of her career in the finance and banking industries. When her first child entered the pre-school years, Christine’s interests and passion turned increasingly towards education. Her work with Invent Now Kids, Inc., a subsidiary of the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation (NIHFF) began in 2004. The educational programs of the NIHFF encourage problem solving and build confidence and interest in science through discovery, with the goal of inspiring the next generation of inventors. Christine and her husband Richard have one daughter and one son.
Dave Meyer—Board Member
Dave and his wife, Jill, chose Boise as a place to raise their two children 14 years ago. As an alumni parent, Dave is excited to see The Children's School launch the next generation of capable learners and is happy to help the school secure a bright future. Dave has a Ph.D. in Psychology (Organizational Psychology and HRD) from North Carolina State University. He was a founding partner of Galliard Group, a Boise-based consulting firm. He also does consulting work in program evaluation for government and non-profit agencies. He enjoys mountain biking, skiing, and the big city/small town community of friends in Boise.
Anne Gregory—Board Member
Anne is the parent of two children who attended The Children's School. Anne received her B.A. in elementary education from Purdue University, her M.A. in adult and higher education from The University of Texas San Antonio, and a Ph.D. in early and emergent literacy from Purdue University. Currently, she teaches literacy courses for pre-service and in-service educators at Boise State University.
Deanna Smith—Board Member
Deanna is the parent of two TCS alum. After 10 years as an active parent volunteer at TCS Deanna became a substitute teacher and then an assistant teacher for two years. She left teaching to pursue her passion in community work at Idaho Smart Growth where she works as a community organizer and administrator. Deanna has served on various other non-profit boards and currently serves on her neighborhood association board as Past President. Outside of work Deanna enjoys walking and biking in the Boise foothills with their family dog Olive. She loves doing anything outdoors - camping, hiking, backpacking, canoeing, whitewater rafting and skiing although she and her family have not found as much time in recent years to get out as much as she would like.
Theresa Willerup—P-TCS Liaison
Theresa returned to Boise in 2007, after spending 8 years overseas living in England and Denmark. Theresa graduated from Kuna High School in 1988, received her BS in Computer Science from the University of Idaho, and her MBA from the University of the West of England, in Bristol, England in 2001. She is now employed at PakSense, Inc. as the director of business development. Theresa and her husband Frederik are the proud parents of two boys and a girl.