Meet Our Board of Directors and Team

Our Board of Directors is comprised of individuals who have worked in the trenches of nearly every school business discipline. They've guided districts and county offices of education for decades. Meet our hard working directors and team.

Director  Alabama 2025-2028 Lynn Buch Homewood City Schools 450 Dale Avenue Homewood, AL 35209 Phone: (205) 877-4550 Click here to email	Director  Arkansas 2024-2027 Ashten Black Jonesboro Public Schools 2506 Southwest Square Jonesboro, AR 72401 Phone: (870) 663-5800 Click here to email	Director  Florida 2025-2028 LaTresa Carlisle Escambia County Schools 75 N Pace Blvd Pensacola FL 32526 Phone: (850) 439-2646 Click here to email
Director  Georgia 2024-2027 Chris Latimer Coweta County Schools PO Box 280 Newnan, GA  30264 Phone: (770) 254-2800 Click here to email	Director  Kentucky 2026-2029 Susan Barkley Shelby County Public Schools 1155 W Main Street Shelbyville, KY  40065 Phone: (502) 633-2375 Click here to email	Director  Louisiana 2026-2029 Deshonna Jackson Ascension Public Schools 1100 Webster Street Donaldsonville, LA 70346 Phone:  (225) 391-7073       Click here to email
Director  Mississippi 2024-2027 T. J. Burleson Bay-Waveland School District 200 N Second Street Bay St. Louis, MS 39520 Phone: (228) 467-9242 Click here to email	Director  North Carolina 2026-2029 Heidi Kerns Asheville City Schools  85 Mountain Street Asheville, NC 28801 Phone: (828) 350-7000 Click here to email	Director  South Carolina 2026-2029 Amy Heard Anderson School District 5   102 North Main Street Anderson, SC 29621 Phone: (864) 260-5000 Click here to email
Director  Tennessee 2024-2027 Scott Rhea Clinton City Schools 212 N Hicks Street Clinton, TN 37716 Phone: (865) 463-0668 Click here to email	Director  Virginia 2025-2028 Christina Berta Virginia Department of Education P O Box 2120 Richmond, VA  23218 Phone:  (804) 365-4516 Click here to email	Director  West Virginia 2025-2028 Deidra Parr Brooke County Schools 1201 Pleasant Avenue Wellsburg, WV 26070 Phone: (304) 737-3481 Click here to email
Associate Member  2025-2028 Robert Ard US Omni & TSACG 73 Eglin Parkway NE, Suite 202 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 Phone: (850) 244-7306 Click here to email	Associate Member 2024-2027  Todd Manning Virco Inc 4764 Chippenham Dr. Roanoke, VA 24018 Phone: (800) 448-4726 Click here to email	Associate Member 2026-2029 Joel McKenzie American Fidelity 2525 Harrodsburg Lexington, KY 40504 Phone: (859) 223-8030 Click here to email