Oregon School Board Members of Color Caucus

Caucus officers

• President – Luhui Whitebear, Corvallis 509J
• Past President – Neelam Gupta, Lake Oswego 7J
• Vice President – David Jaimes, Tigard-Tualatin 23J
• Secretary – Maribel Ramirez, Nyssa 26
• Treasurer  – Jose Gamero-Georgeson, David Douglas 40

Directors

• District 1 – Justice Rajee, Beaverton 48J
• District 2 – Annie Valtierra-Sanchez, Southern Oregon ESD
• District 3 – Kris Howatt, Gresham-Barlow 10
• District 4 – Janece Payne, Brookings Harbor 17
• District 5 – Charlie Chu, Gladstone 115
• District 6 –

At-large representatives

• At-large 1 – Kim Brick,  Coos Bay 9
• At-large 2 – Nancy Castillo-McKinnis, Phoenix-Talent 4

The Caucus members include any elected or appointed member of any public board of education in Oregon who are active members in good standing with the Oregon School Boards Association and identifies as a person of color. To join the Caucus, contact Helen Ying.

To promote quality education for all students with an emphasis on the unique needs of students of color.

• To promote positive and effective relationships among school board members of color, their communities, political leaders, and OSBA.
• To build and increase the capacity of school board members of color and support a pipeline for people of color to run for school board seats.
• To serve as a resource.
• To develop, promote, and advance legislation to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for students of color.
• To equip and advance board members of color to serve in the general OSBA leadership.
• To build the capacity of the general board membership to understanding the issues of people of color.