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Trustee Profiles
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Lloyd "Skip" Jenkins is currently serving his third term on
the board, having first been elected in 2002 and then again
in 2005 and 2008. In 2010, Mr. Jenkins was elected by fellow trustees to serve as board president for the third consecutive year. This follows his service as board secretary from 2005 to 2008.
Mr. Jenkins was a practicing CPA (certified public accountant) for over 30 years
in the Plano area. He holds a bachelor's degree
in accounting and a master's degree
in finance from Michigan State University. He has served as a member and two-term past president of the Plano ISD Education Foundation
and past president of the Plano Rotary Club. Mr. Jenkins has also
served on the board of directors of the Plano Children's Medical Clinic,
Rotary District 5810 vocational service chair, board member and counselor
for Rotary Camp RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award), Journey of Hope facilitator, and is a graduate
of Leadership Plano, Leadership TASB (Texas Association of School Boards) and the Plano Citizen's Police Academy. In addition, he has earned the designation of "Master Trustee" from TASB and is a charter Fellow with the Center for Reform of School Systems. In 2005, he was honored with the Leadership Plano Executive Board's Distinguished Leadership Award and has been recognized as one of "21 Leaders for the 21st Century" by Inside Collin County Business.
(469) 752-8282
lloyd.jenkins@pisd.edu
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Brad Shanklin
Vice-president - Place 4
Brad Shanklin was re-elected in May 2008 for a second term as school board trustee. In 2010, fellow trustees chose him to serve as board vice president for the third consecutive year. Mr. Shanklin is currently the Director of Chapter Business Services for Meeting Professionals International (MPI) based in Dallas. Mr. Shanklin was the President/CEO of the Plano Chamber of Commerce for nearly eight years and has more than 21 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. Mr. Shanklin spent 14 years with the American Heart Association and before that, he worked for the late U.S. Senator John Tower in Austin.
Mr. Shanklin has devoted many volunteer hours to Plano ISD including service on the Blue Ribbon Boundary Committee and as co-chair of the 2004 Facilities & Technology Bond Task Force. He also served on the Plano ISD Education Foundation Board, the Taste of Plano Committee and the Teacher of the Year Selection Committee. Mr. Shanklin has served on two School Based Improvement Committees and started a Dads Club at Schimelpfenig Middle School. In 2004, Mr. Shanklin was named one of "21 Leaders for the 21st Century" by Inside Collin County Business. He is the Vice President of the Plano Rotary Club, a graduate of Leadership Plano and is active in his church. Mr. Shanklin is a graduate of the University of Texas in Austin where he received his bachelor of science degree in communication studies. He has lived in Plano since 1997.
(469) 752-8993
brad.shanklin@pisd.edu
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Missy Bender
Secretary - Place 7
Missy Bender was re-elected in May 2009 to serve a second term on the school board. She was also elected by fellow trustees to serve as board secretary for the third consecutive year in 2010. Ms. Bender moved to Plano in 1975 and graduated from Plano East Senior High as a member of its charter class. She received a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Southern Methodist University and began her career as a management consultant specializing in problem solving and implementing technology solutions for large distribution and manufacturing clients in North America and Europe. She has worked for Champion International, Amdahl and at IBM. At IBM, she received the Golden Circle Award, the company’s highest honor.
Ms. Bender has served on the Board of Directors for the Junior League of Plano, Plano Metro Rotary Club, Practical Parent Education, and Forrest Outreach Foundation. She is also a graduate of Leadership Plano, Leadership St. Andrew and Leadership TASB. She earned the designation of "Master Trustee" from TASB and is a Fellow with the Center for Reform of School Systems. In 2006, Ms. Bender was named as one of "21 Leaders for the 21st Century" by Inside Collin County Business. She has served on Plano ISD’s District Based Improvement Committee and a School Based Improvement Committee, as a Plano ISD Key Communicator, as a member of the PISD Head Start Task Force and as a PTA officer at Daffron Elementary School.
(469) 752-8264
missy.bender@pisd.edu
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Marilyn Hinton
Place 6
Marilyn Hinton was elected to serve her first term on the school board in 2009. She is a former teacher in Plano ISD's Head Start program and a 15-year resident of the Plano ISD community. Ms. Hinton currently serves as a volunteer within the school district as a member of the Meadows Elementary School PTA and as a mentor at Meadows Elementary and Williams High School. She also chairs the Family Services Committee for South Collin County Habitat for Humanity, is on the Board of Directors for the Metro Plano Rotary Club and is a volunteer for the Children's Advocacy Center. She is in the current Leadership Plano Class of 27 and a delegate to the Legislative Assembly of the Texas School Board Association (TASB).
Ms. Hinton's former community service includes serving on the Plano ISD Diversity Advisory Committee, on School-based Improvement Committees, a bond election political action committee and as a member of Jack & Jill, Inc. In addition to teaching, Ms. Hinton has professional experience in serving as a youth director for a nonprofit agency for homeless and transitional families, as a visiting scholar teaching early childhood education at Brookhaven College, and as a counselor and adjunct professor at Richland College. Ms. Hinton earned a bachelor’s degree in speech and drama at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee and a master's degree in education at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
(469) 752-8283
marilyn.hinton@pisd.edu
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Nancy Humphrey
Place 3
Nancy was elected to serve her first term on the school board in May 2010. She is an active PTA volunteer and officer, having served and chaired several committees. She became a Texas PTA Honorary Life Member in 2006.
In her community, Ms. Humphrey has been involved with a number of organizations including Canyon Creek Presbyterian Church, Bentwood Trail Presbyterian Church, Boy Scouts of America, Heritage Farmstead Museum, Austin St. Centre, Operation Kindness and SPCA.
Nancy is a graduate of the University of North Texas with bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting. She has fifteen years of experience as a public and contract accountant. Nancy is a native Texan and has been a resident of Plano ISD for seventeen years. She and her husband Jim have two children attending school in the district.
(469) 752-8284
nancy.humphrey@pisd.edu
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Carrolyn Moebius
Place 2
Carrolyn was elected to serve her first term on the school board in May
2010. She and her husband Jim run a family-owned veterinary hospital
where she serves as the hospital administrator. She has previously
worked as an auditor for Ernst and Young in Houston and Doll, Karahal and
Company in Dallas.
Ms. Moebius has three children attending Plano ISD schools and has been
a PTA member for nine years. She served on the Plano Council of PTAs
Legislative Committee and was honored with the PTA Life Membership Award
in the spring of 2009.
Ms. Moebius served two years as treasurer and two years as president of
the Martha Hunt Elementary School PTA. She is currently serving as Vice President of Volunteers at
Murphy Middle School
and is a member of the Murphy Middle School SBIC
(School Based Improvement Committee). Ms. Moebius attended the
University of St. Thomas and earned a bachelor of arts degree from
Trinity University in San Antonio.
(469) 752-8278
carrolyn.moebius@pisd.edu
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Tammy Richards
Place 1
Tammy was elected in May 2010 to serve her first term on the school board. She is associate dean of the Lyle School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University. She has also held executive positions at Texas Instruments, including vice president of marketing and customer service for the educational technology business. Ms. Richards is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas.
Throughout her career, Tammy has worked with a number of local, state and national educational organizations, including the Texas Education Agency, the Texas State Board of Education, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Texas Business Education Coalition, the Texas High School Project, the Texas Workforce Commission the National Council Teachers of Mathematics and the National Science Teachers Association.
Ms. Richards received her bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University, summa cum laude, and a master of business administration degree from Harvard University. Ms. Richards and her family have lived in Plano for twenty-two years. She and her husband Mike Douglass have two children in Plano ISD schools.
(469) 752-8917
tammy.richards@pisd.edu
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Dr. Douglas Otto
Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Douglas Otto is widely acknowledged as one of the nation's leaders in educational technology, school administration and school finance. He has led the 55,000-student Plano Independent School District since 1995 overseeing its rapid growth in student enrollment in a challenging school finance system.
The American Association for School Administrators recognized his accomplishments with its Leadership for Learning Award in 2000 for the total integration of technology into the elementary curriculum. He was named by eSchool News as one of 12 Tech-Savvy Superintendents from across the nation and was selected as the Region 10 Service Center's nominee for Texas Superintendent of the Year in 2001. Dr. Otto was inducted into the Illinois State University College of Education Hall of Fame in 2002. And, in the year 2008, he was named as one of “21 Leaders for the 21st Century” by Inside Collin County Business.
Dr. Otto serves as president of the Texas Schools Finance Coalition and has also served on school finance reform panels in Indiana and Minnesota. In addition, he is on the Board of Directors of the Horace Mann League and Superintendents Advisory Panel for the College Board. He is sought as a presenter at state and national conferences and also shares his expertise as an adjunct professor at the University of North Texas and the University of Texas.
Dr. Otto completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. He has a bachelor's degree in business education and master's and doctorate degrees in educational administration.
(469) 752-8122
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