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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 2009, Mr. Jenkins was elected by fellow trustees to serve as board president for the second 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 2009, fellow trustees chose him to serve as board vice-president for the second consecutive year. Mr. Shanklin is currently the President/CEO
of the Plano Chamber of Commerce and has more than 21 years of experience
in the nonprofit sector. Prior to joining the Chamber, Mr. Shanklin
spent 14
years with the American Heart Association’s National Center, New
Mexico and Houston offices. Before that, he worked for the late U.S. Senator
John Tower in Austin.
Mr. Shanklin’s volunteer work includes time devoted to Plano
ISD including service on the Blue Ribbon Boundary Committee and as
co-chair of the 2004 Facilities & Technology Bond Task Force, the Education
Foundation Board, the Taste of Plano Committee and the Teacher of
the Year Selection Committee. He has served on two School Based Improvement
Committees
and recently 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 elected in May, 2009, to her second term on the school board. She was also elected by fellow trustees to serve as board secretary for the second consecutive year in 2009. She moved to Plano in 1975 and graduated from Plano East Senior High as a member of its charter class.
Ms. Bender received a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Southern Methodist University and began her career as a management consultant specializing in solving business problems and implementing technology solutions for large distribution and manufacturing clients in North America and Europe. She has worked for Champion International, Amdahl and IBM. At IBM, Ms. Bender 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, and Forrest Outreach Foundation. She is also a graduate of Leadership Plano Class 23, Leadership St. Andrew, and Leadership TASB. She has earned the designation of “Master Trustee” from the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) and is a Fellow with the Center for Reform of School Systems. In 2006 she was named as one of “21 Leaders for the 21st Century” by "Inside Collin County Business."
Ms. Bender has served as a member of the TASB Legislative Advisory Council, the district delegate to the TASB annual conference, the school board liaison to Practical Parent Education and to Head Start Parent Policy Council. She served on Plano ISD's District Based Improvement Committee, a School Based Improvement Committee, as a Plano ISD Key Communicator, a member of the PISD Head Start Task Force, and as 2nd vice-president of PTA Membership at Daffron Elementary School. Ms. Bender has also served as the PTA directory co-chair and the PTA office coordinator.
(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 board in 2009. She is a former teacher in Plano ISD's Head Start program and a 15-year resident of Plano ISD. Ms. Hinton has served in several volunteer capacities within the school district including as a member of the Meadows Elementary School PTA and as a mentor at Meadows. She has served on School Based Improvement Committees for Barron Elementary School, Bowman Middle School and Plano West Senior High School and as a member of Plano ISD's Diversity Advocacy Committee and a bond election political action committee.
Ms. Hinton's community service also includes chairing the South Collin County Habitat for Humanity Mentoring Committee, serving as a member of the Plano Metro Rotary Club and as a member of Jack & Jill, Inc. She has also volunteered for the Collin County Children's Advocacy Center.
In addition to teaching, Ms. Hinton has professional experience in serving as youth director for a non-profit 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 teaching study skills
Ms. Hinton earned a bachelor's degree in speech and drama at Fisk University in Nashville, TN, and a master’s degree in education at Howard University in Washington, D.C. She and her husband have two daughters who are Plano ISD graduates.
(469) 752-8283
marilyn.hinton@pisd.edu
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Mary Beth King
Place 2
Mary Beth King was elected to serve her fifth board term in 2007. Her peers
on the board elected her to serve as president of the board from
2001 to 2005. At the state level, Ms. King serves as a member of the board
for the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) where she
currently serves on the bylaws and resolutions committee.
In 2008, Ms. King was honored with the "Celebration of Leadership Award" presented by the Alumni of Leadership TASB. She is also the recipient
of the 2001 Distinguished Leadership Award presented by Leadership
Plano and the Community
Leadership
Association. Ms. King hails from Xenia, Ohio, and has lived in Plano since
1977.
(469) 752-8278
marybeth.king@pisd.edu
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John Muns
Place 3
John Muns is
firmly rooted in Plano ISD, having attended Plano schools and graduated
from Plano Senior High School. Re-elected in 2007, Mr. Muns is currently
serving his fifth term on the board. He has been a partner with Muns
Enterprises since 1990, formerly working for
eight
years as vice-president
of real
estate and construction for Wyatt Cafeterias.
Mr. Muns holds a bachelor’s
degree in Business Administration from Abilene Christian University.
His civic service has included serving
on the
boards of the Volunteer Center of Collin County, Civic Center Advisory
Board,
Plano YMCA, Plano Sports Authority, Children’s Medical Center and
Leadership Plano.
(469) 752-8917
john.muns@pisd.edu
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Duncan Webb
Place 1
Duncan Webb, principal of the law firm Webb & Webb, P.C.,
is currently serving his fourth term on the board. During his tenure as a trustee, he has held the offices of president, vice-president and secretary of the board. He has had a
successful career as an attorney in Dallas and Plano since
1980. In fact,
during the three years "Inside Collin County Business" conducted
its annual awards, Duncan was voted "Best Business Lawyer" in
Collin Country all three years and "Best Business Tax Consultant" one
year. He is a Sustaining Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation
and the Collin County Bar Foundation and serves on the District
1A
Grievance Committee of the State Bar of Texas. Mr. Webb is
also a member of numerous national, state and local bar associations
and legal organizations. He received his Bachelor of Business
Administration and Juris Doctor degrees from Southern Methodist
University.
Mr. Webb has earned the designation of “Master Trustee” from the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB). He is a graduate of Leadership Plano Class 10, and he has been recognized with a Texas PTA Lifetime Award. Duncan
has served on community boards including Leadership Plano,
City of Plano Library Advisory Board (chair for two years),
Assistance Center of Collin County (chair for one year),
The Classics (president),
Plano Family YMCA and Christ United Methodist Church. Mr. Webb
is currently on the Board of Trustees for Medical Center
of Plano. He
has been a resident of Plano since 1983.
(469) 752-8284
duncan.webb@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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