Board of Directors
Nancy King - President
Dora Sigurdsson - Vice President
Raynae Hipsak - Finance Director
Melanie Franklin - Secretary
Renada Walker
Ashley Kobylinski
Tracey Brassard
Board Advisors
Tony Schultz - Associated Pastor Anchorage Lutheran Church
Kyle Mietzner - Associated Pastor Zion Lutheran Church
Matthew Baxter - Administrator/Principal Anchor Lutheran School
Rebecca Finney - Early Childhood Director Anchor Lutheran School
Duties of the Board of Directors
Governance
ALS is overseen by members of a Board of Directors appointed according to the bylaws of the school’s Articles of Association. The self-perpetuating, “corporate governance” model used at ALS is endorsed by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). NAIS is the largest organization for independent schools --defined as schools that are “not under government control“-- in the United States. In its statement on governance, NAIS reviews the other models, details the problems with an annually shifting, parent-elected board and then says this:
“The corporate model of a self-perpetuating board is what NAIS advocates, where the board chooses itself and its successors and is focused largely on the strategic future of the school. It sees itself as having only one employee to hire, evaluate, and fire (the Administrator), and it scrupulously and thankfully redirects all constituent complaints to the proper authority, the Administrator, then supports the Administrator in his or her adjudication of any challenges. This ‘above the fray’ approach frees the board to focus on the larger issues of institutional stability and growth and sends a strong signal to the community that the board has confidence in the leadership of the school, never allowing itself to become ‘the court of last resort’ to adjudicate conflict and overrule management decisions, knowing that if it does so, it will forever after be relegated to operational oversight rather than vision and strategy and generative thinking, its proper role.”
Nancy King - President
Dora Sigurdsson - Vice President
Raynae Hipsak - Finance Director
Melanie Franklin - Secretary
Renada Walker
Ashley Kobylinski
Tracey Brassard
Board Advisors
Tony Schultz - Associated Pastor Anchorage Lutheran Church
Kyle Mietzner - Associated Pastor Zion Lutheran Church
Matthew Baxter - Administrator/Principal Anchor Lutheran School
Rebecca Finney - Early Childhood Director Anchor Lutheran School
Duties of the Board of Directors
- Oversee and promote the overall success and fiscal health of the school
- Appoint and evaluate annually the Administrator of the Schools
- Develop, approve, and ensure the implementation of school policy, and ensure efficient and logical allocation of the school’s resources
- Monitor the use of the school’s existing facilities and develop new ones which might enhance program delivery
- Ensure the maintenance of the school’s good relationships with the Municipality of Anchorage, State of Alaska and all government officials and agencies relevant to our school’s mission
- Meet periodically in accordance with the stipulations of the Articles of Association.
Governance
ALS is overseen by members of a Board of Directors appointed according to the bylaws of the school’s Articles of Association. The self-perpetuating, “corporate governance” model used at ALS is endorsed by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). NAIS is the largest organization for independent schools --defined as schools that are “not under government control“-- in the United States. In its statement on governance, NAIS reviews the other models, details the problems with an annually shifting, parent-elected board and then says this:
“The corporate model of a self-perpetuating board is what NAIS advocates, where the board chooses itself and its successors and is focused largely on the strategic future of the school. It sees itself as having only one employee to hire, evaluate, and fire (the Administrator), and it scrupulously and thankfully redirects all constituent complaints to the proper authority, the Administrator, then supports the Administrator in his or her adjudication of any challenges. This ‘above the fray’ approach frees the board to focus on the larger issues of institutional stability and growth and sends a strong signal to the community that the board has confidence in the leadership of the school, never allowing itself to become ‘the court of last resort’ to adjudicate conflict and overrule management decisions, knowing that if it does so, it will forever after be relegated to operational oversight rather than vision and strategy and generative thinking, its proper role.”