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Dr. Dotty Merrill
NASB Executive Director
dmerrill@nvasb.org |
Dr. Dotty Merrill joined the Nevada Association of School Boards as executive director in October 2006, bringing more than 35 years experience with national, state, and local educational issues affecting both K-12 schools and higher education. Merrill provides executive leadership for the Association, which represents and serves the 107 elected and appointed members of the governing boards of all seventeen Nevada school districts. Before becoming executive director of NASB, Merrill served as superintendent of Public Policy, Accountability and Assessment with the Washoe County School District. Merrill has extensive experience with charter schools, assessment to improve classroom instruction, accountability, state and federal requirements, and molding collaborative and cooperative relationships among educational communities. Before becoming a district-level administrator, Merrill taught high school English for fifteen years and served for ten years as a high school administrator. She holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Nevada, Reno, a Master of Arts in English from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Merrill has published in several national education journals and currently serves on the editorial board for the National Association of Secondary School Principals. She is a member of many professional and community organizations. She lives in Reno with her husband, Robert, who is professor emeritus, University of Nevada, Reno. The couple has two cats: Smiley and Karla. |
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Bonnie Kraemer
NASB Part-Time Business Manager/Accountant
Bonnie.arcplus@nvbell.net |
Bonnie joined the Nevada Association of School Boards in October 2006 as a part-time business manager/accountant. She is currently employed full-time as an office manager/accountant for Architects + LLC for the past 17 years. She also assists various small business owners with their quarterly payroll reports, financial statements, tax planning, and preparation of their Individual Federal Income Tax Returns. Previous experience includes working fourteen years for CPA firms preparing unaudited financial statements, preparing and reviewing tax returns, with a focus on projections and estimates for individuals, corporation, and partnerships. She works closely with new client accounting and computer set-ups.
Bonnie volunteered from 2001–2007 as the Treasurer for the McQueen High School Boosters Guild. During that time she handled all of the financial responsibilities for this non-profit organization.
Bonnie lives in Reno and is married to Gary S. Kraemer who is currently the Chief Financial Officer for the Washoe County School District. They have a daughter who is attending the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology working towards her Ph.D. and a son attending Truckee Meadows Community College with a focus on graphic design. |
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Susan Pittman
NASB Part-Time Freelance Graphic Artist
spittman89523@yahoo.com |
Susan began working with the Nevada Association of School Boards in late summer 2007, assisting the Association in creating and designing the NASB website. Ms. Pittman received her certificate in Commercial Art & Graphic Design at 1993 Platt College in Oklahoma. She then continued with her education at Oklahoma City Community College and Oklahoma State University Technical Institute completing courses in Desktop Publishing and Multimedia design.
Ms. Pitman’s varied career started in Oklahoma as a Production Artist working for the Journal Records Publishing Company. She was based in the Public Relations office for the department of defense at Tinker Air Force Base. There she learned AP standards in Journalism and large print formatting. After that, she moved to Dallas, Texas, where she was the Publication Designer for Baylor University’s College of Dentistry. At Baylor, Ms. Pittman worked closely with the department heads in designing a variety of publications for the school as well as assisting staff on website designs and graphics.
She currently serves various clients in Reno and the surrounding area as well as in Texas and Oklahoma as a freelance graphic artist. She continues to produce numerous publications from college catalogs to medical publications. |
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Gloria J. Luongo
NASB Part-Time Administrative Assistant
gloria.nvasb@yahoo.com |
On July 1, 2009, Gloria J. Luongo joined the NASB staff as a part-time administrative assistant. Ms. Luongo began her professional career as a personal secretary to the Superintendent of Schools and the New York City Board of Education where she served from 1971 to 1979. After Ms. Luongo moved to Nevada, she worked with administrators at Truckee Meadows Community College. In 1981, she was hired by the Washoe County School District where she served various cabinet level administrators for twenty-five years and gained experience in a range of responsibilities. After she retired from WCSD, Ms. Luongo explored an entirely new career area when she worked with Ben Scheible Seminars, a company that provides continuing education opportunities for real estate professionals.
Ms. Luongo has a long history of participating in Reno-Sparks community and service activities, including the Children’s Cabinet and the Reno Postal Customer Council. She was a founding member of a school dropout prevention group and is currently working on an archival project about schools in Washoe County.
NASB welcomes Gloria and looks forward to benefiting from her K-12 and business skills, experience and knowledge. |
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