Salem-Keizer Education Foundation Welcomes New Board Members, Officers

The Salem-Keizer Education Foundation puts on the annual Awesome 3000

(SALEM) - Five new community leaders are joining the board of directors of the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation.

The Foundation will induct new board members and officers during its annual meeting on June 2nd.

Dennie Brooks, Diane Meza Childs, Jackie Franke, Velda Schooler and John Weeks are the newest Foundation board members.

All are active community volunteers and have previously held leadership positions on other nonprofit boards and committees.

Brooks is a health careers specialist at Salem Hospital.

Meza Childs is marketing director for the Oregon State Fair and Expo Center.

Franke is a self-employed grant writer and nonprofit advisor.

Schooler is a volunteer coordinator for Portland General Electric.

Weeks is an administrator with Salem-Keizer Public Schools.

Two other Foundation board members, Janna Curtis and Elizabeth Ledet, completed their terms and are leaving the board in June.

The foundation also elected its officers for 2006-2007.

They are:

• President - Chuck Swank
• President-Elect - Lexy Sanchez-Riffe
• Vice President - Jeff Aeschliman
• Secretary/Treasurer - Leilani Slama
• Awesome 3000 Chair - Jake Grater

For more information about the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation, visit: www.skeducationfoundation.org.