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 2022-2023 school year:
District Office Administration
- Dr. John Parker, Superintendent
- Tim Nootenboom, Associate Superintendent
- Terrie VanderWegen, Associate Superintendent of Equity and Whole Child Initiatives
- Gina Bullis, Executive Financial Officer
- Corey Groh, Executive Director of Human Resources & Operations
- Eric Hoglund, Executive Director of Elementary Learning & Teaching
- Matt Lambert, Executive Director of Secondary Learning & Teaching
- Bill Ash, Director of Assessment and Program Effectiveness
- Brian Asmus, Director of School Safety & Security
- Lisa Bjorklund, Director of Business Services
- Eric Brewer, Director of Secondary Special Education
- Molly Carolan, Director of Elementary Special Education
- Rob Curnow, Director of Technology
- Karen Hay, Director of CTE & Secondary Curriculum
- Mat Knott, Director of Business Services
- Kim Kyle, Director of Special Programs & Elementary Curriculum
- Marla Nunberg, Director of Communications
- Jerrol Olson, Director of Facilities
- Cindy Sothen, Director of Learning Recovery
- Jay Rowell, Director of Special Projects
- Caroline McRoberts, Assistant to Superintendent
- Bill Coder, Custodial Supervisor
- Shannon Forester, Transportation Assistant Supervisor
- Janet Hall, Payroll Manager
- Dylan Hance, Business Manager
- Denice Kwate, Nutrition Services Supervisor
- Michelle Masingill, Accounting Manager
- Nick Rawson, Fiscal Data Manager
- Christopher Healy, Purchasing 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, Principal - Adams Elementary
- Katrina Fuher, Dean - Adams Elementary
- Lori Johnson, Principal - Broadway Elementary
- Ross Johnson, Dean - Broadway Elementary
- Barb Sattler, Director - CV Early Learning Center
- Matt Chisholm, Principal - CV Virtual Learning - Elementary
- Christy Swan, Principal - Chester Elementary
- Moe Weisbeck, Assistant Principal - Chester Elementary
- Lindsay Kent, Principal - Greenacres Elementary
- Becky Banks, Assistant Principal - Greenacres Elementary
- Alisha Alsaker, Principal - Liberty Creek Elementary
- Mitch Weller, Assistant Principal - Liberty Creek Elementary
- Jen Tesky, Principal - Liberty Lake Elementary
- Lauren Waterbury, Assistant Principal - Liberty Lake Elementary
- Scott Krentel, Principal - McDonald Elementary
- Laurie Spence, Principal - Opportunity Elementary
- Brent Howard, Assistant Principal - Opportunity Elementary
- Katie Norman, Dean of Students - Opportunity Elementary
- Sasha Deyarmin, Principal - Ponderosa Elementary
- Andrew Walters, Dean - Ponderosa Elementary
- Eric Dobney, Principal - Progress Elementary
- Jeff Dufresne, Principal - Riverbend Elementary
- Leah McCollum-Michelsen, Assistant Principal - Riverbend Elementary
- Jen Reyes, Principal - South Pines Elementary
- Travis Howell, Principal - Sunrise Elementary
- Paige Laws, Assistant Principal - Sunrise Elementary
- Melanie Kilgore, Principal - University Elementary
- Walt Clemons, Principal - Summit School (K-8)
Middle School Principals, Assistant Principals and Deans
- Janice Boyd, Principal - CV Virtual Learning - Secondary (6-8) & Spokane Valley Learning Academy (K-8)
- Laura Lindley, Principal - Bowdish MS
- Eric Roal, Assistant Principal - Bowdish MS
- Lane Helgeson, Dean - Bowdish MS
- Mike Syron, Principal - Evergreen MS
- Rachel Crooks, Assistant Principal - Evergreen MS
- Quinn LeSage, Principal - Greenacres MS
- Christine Andrews, Assistant Principal - Greenacres MS
- Josh Wolcott, Principal - Horizon MS
- Jason Francek, Assistant Principal - Horizon MS
- Jeremy Vincent, Principal - North Pines MS
- Mikaila Shaw, Assistant Principal - North Pines MS
- Tim Harse, Dean - North Pines MS
- Ty Larsen, Principal - Selkirk MS
- Jen Hurst, Assistant Principal - Selkirk MS
High School Principals, Assistant Principals and Deans
- Kerri Ames, Principal - Central Valley HS
- Robin Barnhart, Assistant Principal - Central Valley HS
- Tricia Campbell, Assistant Principal - Central Valley HS
- Shannon McGowan, Assistant Principal - Central Valley HS
- Tim Teterud, Assistant Principal - Central Valley HS
- Adam Daniel, Dean - Central Valley HS
- Kamiel Youseph, Principal - Mica Peak HS
- Mike Johnson, Dean - Mica Peak HS
- Jesse Hardt, Principal - Ridgeline HS
- Grady Emmerson, Assistant Principal - Ridgeline HS
- Abby Frandsen, Assistant Principal - Ridgeline HS
- Kyle LeGrant, Assistant Principal - Ridgeline HS
- Megan Fraser, Dean - Ridgeline HS
- Katie Louie, Principal - Spokane Valley Tech & STEM Academy
- Rob Bartlett, Principal - University HS
- Brandon Deyarmin, Assistant Principal - University HS
- Ali Daschbach, Assistant Principal - University HS
- Hana Miller, Assistant Principal - University HS
- Paul Robinson, Assistant Principal - University HS
- Jacquie Monks, Dean - University HS