2020-2021 Elected PTSA Board Members
President – Jennifer Wenrick
Jennifer has three children, twin girls heading into 7th grade in the fall of 2019 and a son going into 5th grade. Jennifer was heavily involved in the elementary school PTA, serving terms as president and vice president, as well as running the after school programs and creating the yearbook. Jennifer has a professional background as a fundraiser and public speaking/communications instructor but has elected to stay home with the kids. She is an Ohio native who moved to Seattle six years ago after living in various locations throughout the Midwest and East Coast.
Vice President – TBD
Coming soon
Secretary – TBD
Coming soon
Treasurer – Carol Albert
Coming soon
Programs & Events VP – Kate Holman
Coming soon
Co-Vice President, Fundraising - Elizabeth Oestreich
Elizabeth has an incoming 6th grader at Hamilton and a 4th grader at McDonald international elementary for the 2019-2020 school year. She is serving her second term as Vice President of the McDonald Elementary PTA and will bring her experience to Hamilton. She grew up in New Jersey, but has called Seattle home for the last 11 years. She is finishing her Master in Public Health (genetics) at the UW. She enjoys reading, family time, travel and languages. In her previous life she spent 6 years in the Navy as an Arabic linguist.
Vice President, Communications – Pete Looney
Pete has a 7th grader at Hamilton and a 5th grader at West Woodland. He has served on the West Woodland PTA board for the past year and been involved in various volunteer roles for the last six years. He's been paid to have fun coding for the last 20 years and before that was briefly a librarian. He reads a lot. In another life he would have been a film historian.
Elected positions constitute the Executive Committee and are elected by the PTSA Membership at its Spring Meeting.
Appointed PTSA Board Members
6th Grade Liaison – TBD
7th Grade Liaison – TBD
8th Grade Liaison – TBD
Member at Large – Camilla Layman
Co-Legislative Rep – Joanna Grist
Co-Legislative Rep – Lorelei Goodyear
Membership Chair – Brandi Mattila
Staff Representative – Sarah Erb
The Executive Committee makes the above appointments during the summer board meeting.
Other Key PTSA Positions
Mini Grants Committee Co-Chair – Erin Bernau
Mini Grants Committee Co-Chair – Miki Takihana
BLT Liaison – Cat Howell
Reflections Coordinator – TBD
Staff Appreciation Luncheon Coordinator – Coming soon