Superintendent & Administrative Team
Dr. John Parker, Superintendent
Dr. John Parker has broad leadership experience as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, director, and area superintendent and is an exceptional collaborative leader, who builds the capacity of others, models bold and courageous leadership action, while leading with compassion and accountability. He is dedicated to personal and systems improvement and is innovatively minded, emboldening the academic potential of all learners.
Dr. Parker began his leadership journey as a secondary science and mathematics teacher for 15 years in the Puyallup School District. He taught honors courses and served as curriculum leader, department chair, and many district committees. He coached several sports, but especially enjoyed coaching football, gymnastics, and baseball. Dr. Parker and his wife, Ashley, ventured internationally and spent three years at Shanghai Community International School (SCIS) in Shanghai, China as a teacher of Advanced Placement Chemistry and completed his Principal certification at Lehigh University during this time. At SCIS, he served as dean of students and was promoted to high school principal, graduating the school’s first class of seniors.
With the birth of their two youngest children, he and Ashley returned to the states, where he enjoyed working in the following leadership roles over ten years: director of English language learning and categorical programs, director of technology, director of instructional leadership, and chief academic officer, where he served as an area superintendent overseeing operations of nine schools with 8,000 students. He received his doctorate in Education Leadership and Policy Studies through the University of Washington’s Leadership for Learning program, emphasizing equity and social justice. In 2019, they had another opportunity to travel overseas and serve in administrative roles at Colegio Nueva Granada, an international school in Bogotá, Colombia. There, Dr. Parker served in a senior leadership role for three years as director of innovation before a planned return to the U.S. in June 2022.
Dr. Parker is excited and ready to lead the Central Valley School District and bring his broad, local and international experience and leadership to such an outstanding school system and serve the students and community.
CVSD Administrative Team for the 2023-2024 school year:
District Office Administration
- Dr. John Parker, Superintendent
- Tim Nootenboom, Associate Superintendent
- Gina Bullis, Executive Financial Officer
- Eric Hoglund, Executive Academic Officer, Western Learning Community
- Matt Lambert, Executive Academic Officer, Eastern Learning Community
- Cindy Sothen, Executive Academic Officer, Central Learning Community
- Rob Curnow, Executive Director of Technology
- Corey Groh, Executive Director of Human Resources & Operations
- Bill Ash, Director of Assessment and Program Effectiveness
- Eric Brewer, Director of Special Education
- Molly Carolan, Director of Special Education
- Jennifer Chase, Director of Career and Technical Education
- Mat Knott, Director of Business Services
- Kim Kyle, Director of Special Programs & Curriculum
- Marla Nunberg, Director of Communications
- Jerrol Olson, Director of Facilities
- Jay Rowell, Director of Special Projects
- Kerri Ames, Principal on Special Assignment/District Projects
- Bill Coder, Custodial Supervisor
- Tanya Conklin, Communications Strategist
- Shannon Forester, Transportation Assistant Supervisor
- Janet Hall, Payroll Manager
- Dylan Hance, Business Manager
- Christopher Healy, Purchasing Manager
- Denice Kwate, Nutrition Services Supervisor
- Michelle Masingill, Accounting Manager
- Nick Rawson, Fiscal Data Manager
- James Schofield, Transportation Supervisor
- Shanda Simpson, Nutrition Services Assistant Supervisor
- John Toothaker, Technology Supervisor
- Peter "Van" VanBenthuysen, Transportation Shop Manager
Elementary School Principals, Assistant Principals and Deans
- Nicole Karaus, Adams Principal
- Katrina Fuher, Adams Dean of Students
- Lori Johnson, Broadway Principal
- Ross Johnson, Broadway Dean of Students
- Barb Sattler, CV Early Learning Center Director
- Matt Chisholm, CVVL K-8, SVLA K-8 & Ables Principal
- Christy Swan, Chester Principal
- Moe Weisbeck, Chester Assistant Principal
- Lindsay Kent, Greenacres Principal
- Becky Banks, Greenacres Assistant Principal
- Alisha Alsaker, Liberty Creek Principal
- Mitch Weller, Liberty Creek Assistant Principal
- Jen Tesky, Liberty Lake Principal
- Lauren Waterbury, Liberty Lake Assistant Principal
- Scott Krentel, McDonald Principal
- Laurie Spence, Opportunity Principal
- Brent Howard, Opportunity Assistant Principal
- Katie Norman, Opportunity Dean of Students
- Sasha Deyarmin, Ponderosa Principal
- Andrew Walters, Ponderosa Dean of Students
- Eric Dobney, Progress Principal
- Jeff Dufresne, Riverbend Principal
- Leah McCollum-Michelsen, Riverbend Assistant Principal
- Jen Reyes, South Pines Principal
- Walt Clemons, Summit School K-8 Principal
- Travis Howell, Sunrise Principal
- Paige Laws, Sunrise Assistant Principal
- Melanie Kilgore, University Principal
Middle School Principals, Assistant Principals and Deans
- Laura Lindley, Bowdish Principal
- Eric Roal, Bowdish Assistant Principal
- Lane Helgeson, Bowdish Dean of Students
- Mike Syron, Evergreen Principal
- Rachel Crooks, Evergreen Assistant Principal
- Quinn LeSage, Greenacres Principal
- Christine Andrews, Greenacres Assistant Principal
- Josh Wolcott, Horizon Principal
- Jason Francek, Horizon Assistant Principal
- Jeremy Vincent, North Pines Principal
- Mikaila Shaw, North Pines Assistant Principal
- Tim Harse, North Pines Dean of Students
- Ty Larsen, Selkirk Principal
- Jen Hurst, Selkirk Assistant Principal
High School Principals, Assistant Principals and Deans
- Katie Louie, CVHS Interim Principal
- Robin Barnhart, CVHS Assistant Principal
- Shannon McGowan, CVHS Assistant Principal
- Tim Teterud, CVHS Assistant Principal
- Jacquie Monks, CVHS Dean of Students
- Janice Boyd, CVVL HS & Open Doors Principal
- Kamiel Youseph, MPHS Principal
- Jesse Hardt, RHS Principal
- Grady Emmerson, RHS Assistant Principal
- Abby Frandsen, RHS Assistant Principal
- Kyle LeGrant, RHS Assistant Principal
- Megan Fraser, RHS Dean of Students
- Tricia Campbell, SVT & STEM Academy Interim Principal
- Rob Bartlett, UHS Principal
- Brandon Deyarmin, UHS Assistant Principal
- Ali Daschbach, UHS Assistant Principal
- Hana Miller, UHS Assistant Principal
- Paul Robinson, UHS Assistant Principal