The Wyoming P-16 Education Council is comprised of 22 members and the Executive Director, Kelley Pelissier.
Executive Director Kelley Pelissier
Kelley Pelissier joined the Council as Executive Director in November 2009. She came to the Council via the Legislative Service Office, where she worked 13 years as a program evaluator, researching and writing program evaluation reports on all aspects of state government. She also has experience working in both state and city government, as well as the non-profit sector (Wyoming Council for the Humanities). Kelley's daughter graduated high school in 2011, part of the first class for which the Hathaway Success Curriculum has been fully implemented, and now attends the University of Wyoming. Click here to contact Kelley.
P-16 Education Council Executive Committee Members
- Michael Ceballos, President, private sector
- Karla Leach, Vice President, President of Western Wyoming Community College, Governor’s appointee
- Audrey Kleinsasser, Treasurer, Director and Professor, Wyoming School-University Partnership
- Rollin Abernethy, Immediate Past Council President, President of the University of Wyoming appointee, founding member
- Joe McCann, Wyoming Community College Commission Programs Team Manager, Commission Executive Director appointee
- Teri Wigert, Division Director, Wyoming Department of Education, State Superintendent of Public Instruction appointee
P-16 Education Council Members
- Diana Clapp, Superintendent, Fremont County School District #6, Wyoming Association of School Administrators
- Sen. Hank Coe, Co-Chair, Legislature's Joint Education Committee and Co-Chair, Select Committee on Statewide Education Accountability, Legislative appointee
- Jon Connolly, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Northern Wyoming Community College District, Community College Presidents' Council
- Kathy Coon, Wyoming State Board of Education appointee
- Rep. Bernadine Craft, Member, Wyoming State House ofRepresentatives, Legislative appointee
- Joan Evans, Director, Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
- Brent Ewers, Associate Professor of Botany, University of Wyoming, 4-yr post-secondary faculty
- Carol Kirkwood, Laramie High School teacher (retired)
- Autourina Mains, Director, Northwest College Child Care Center, early childhood education
- Carl Manning, Trustee, Fremont County School District #25 Board of Directors, Wyoming School Board Association
- Josh Michelena, Construction Technology Instructor, Sheridan College, 2-yr post-secondary faculty
- Amber Page, private sector
- F. David Searle, private sector
- Bill Sniffin, private sector
- Carol Stewart, Sheridan High School, Reading Facilitator/Specialist, P-16 educators
- Kathryn Valido, President of the Wyoming Education Association