The eMINTS National Center Advisory Board provides guidance to the center’s director in the areas of policy formation, strategic planning, fiscal planning and resource development and ensuring overall program accountability.

eMINTS National Center Advisory Board members are challenged to sustain the program by acting as

• Representatives of the program who help build critical relationships
• Sponsors who advocate on behalf of the program’s interests
• Reliable advisors who act as a sounding board for the program’s leadership team
• Resource developers who help the program secure essential resources and connections

The eMINTS National Center Advisory Board meets annually in person and once via e-conference.

The eMINTS National Center Advisory Board also includes work groups that represent each of the programs administered through the Center. The work groups are composed of individuals representing the program constituents. Work groups meet on an ad hoc basis throughout the year to provide input and feedback to the Advisory Board on topics of current interest to the Board.

Current Advisory Board members

eMINTS National Center
Monica Beglau – Executive Director, eMINTS National Center
Lorie Kaplan – eMINTS Program Director
Christie Terry – e-Learning for Educators Program Director
Nancy Boatman – eMINTS Area Instructional Specialist (AIS)
Terri Brines – eMINTS Instructional Specialist (eIS)
Missouri eMINTS
Peg Bryan – Principal, Monett Intermediate School
Benjamin Dorson – Principal, New Franklin R-I
Linda Henke – Superintendent, Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District
Aaron Schnakenberg – Technology Coordinator, Putnam County School District
Tricia Scott – eMINTS Instructional Specialist, North Kansas City 74
Carrie Wideman – Teacher, Sikeston R-6
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MO DESE)
Margie Vandeven – Assistant Commissioner
Missouri Department of Higher Education (MDHE)
Rusty Monhollon – Senior Associate, Missouri Department of Higher Education
Missouri Association of School Administrators (MASA)
Brian Mitchell – Superintendent, Jefferson City Public Schools
Missouri School Boards Association (MSBA)
Jeanie Gordon – Senior Director, Outreach
National Consultants
Bernie Dodge – Professor, Dept. of Educational Technology, San Diego State University
eMINTS National Participants
Jim Henderson – Assistant Superintendent, Granite School District, Utah
University of Missouri
Zac March, UM Office of Academic Affairs

Advisory Board membership

Membership of the eMINTS National Center Advisory Board includes individuals representing Missouri constituencies who serve three-year terms as well as those whose position or status as a national consultant allows them to serve indefinite terms. Members representing various constituencies are nominated by current program participants and selected to provide geographical and district size representations from across the state.

Members serving three-year terms

• A Missouri superintendent whose district is involved in one or more program(s)
• A Missouri principal from a school serving some combination of grades K-5
• A Missouri principal from a school serving some combination of grades 6-12
• A Missouri eMINTS teacher (any grade or subject area)
• A technology coordinator or chief information officer from a Missouri district
• A certified eMINTS instructional specialist who has completed the PD4ETS program or a library media specialist from a Missouri district
• A representative of an institution of higher education that is involved with eMINTS
• A representative of the Missouri Association of School Administrators (MASA)
• A representative of the Missouri School Boards Association (MSBA)
• Two eMINTS staff members elected by eMINTS staff

Members serving unlimited terms

• Executive Director of eMINTS National Center
• Director of eMINTS program
• Director of e-Learning for Educators program
• Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Assistant Commissioner for School Improvement (or designee)
• Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Director of Instructional Technology
• Missouri Department of Higher Education Commissioner (or designee)
• University of Missouri Office of Academic Affairs representative
• Representative of Utah state eMINTS implementations
• Dr. Bernie Dodge, San Diego State University faculty and educational technology consultant

Past Advisory Board members

Stephanie Bengtson – eMINTS Instructional Specialist (eIS), eMINTS National Center
Gayle Cantrell – eMINTS Instructional Specialist (eIS), eMINTS National Center
Susan Cole – Coordinator of State Programs, MO Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Jim Flanagan – Consultant
Jayne James – Co-director, Private and Independent Technology Education Consortium (PI*TEC)
Stan Johnson – Assistant Commissioner, MO Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Michelle Kendrick – Area Instructional Specialist (AIS), eMINTS National Center
Roxanne Kerwood – Area Instructional Specialist (AIS), eMINTS National Center
Becky Kline – Technology Coordinator, Raymore-Peculiar R-II (MO) School District
Jennifer Kuehnle – Area Instructional Specialist (AIS), eMINTS National Center
Stephen Lehmkuhle – Vice President, UM Office of Academic Affairs
Angela Neria – Technology Coordinator, Joplin (MO) School District
Deborah Noble – Assistant Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, UM
Jo Peukert – Principal, Trojan Intermediate, Potosi R-III (MO) School District
Julie Phelps – eMINTS Instructional Specialist (eIS), eMINTS National Center
Jeri Phillips – eMINTS Teacher, Parkade Elementary, Columbia (MO) Public Schools
Bernajean Porter – Education Consultant, Bernajean Porter Consulting, Sedalia, CO
Kandis Smith – Assistant Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, UM
Jennifer Steiler – Principal, Perry County 32 (MO) School District
Robert Stein – Associate Commissioner, Missouri Department of Higher Education
Deborah Sutton – Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Gail Tiemann – Senior Project Coordinator, Private and Independent Technology Education Consortium (PI*TEC), Lawrence, KS
Peggy Wald – Library Media Specialist and eMINTS Instructional Specialist, Parkway C-2 (MO) School District
Cara Wylie – eMINTS Area Instructional Specialist (AIS), eMINTS National Center
Leonard Zanatta – Superintendent, Bolivar R-I (MO) School District