Board Member Bios
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Dr. Dorothée Bouquet, President As a board member, I want to help find a long-term facilities solution and reinvigorate community engagement.
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Luisa Bieri Rios, Member I grew up in Yellow Springs, attending Mills Lawn Elementary and graduated as Salutatorian of YSHS class of 1997. I attended Smith College, where I graduated with honors with a double major in Theater and Latin American Literature. Afterwards, I earned a Master's Degree at Utrecht University in the Netherlands in Comparative Women's Studies. Later, I worked in international education as well as at an award-winning community art center, Creative Alliance in Southeast Baltimore. Since 2015, I have been a faculty member at Antioch College in the Cooperative Education (Co-op) Department. I also teach classes in Performance and Dialogue Across Difference. I am pleased to have a child in the Yellow Springs School District learning from such talented and caring educators. |
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Scott Fife, Member I grew up in Greene County, living in Bellbrook before moving to Xenia township when I was thirteen. After graduating from Xenia High School in 1970, I attended Wright State University while working full time, starting a family, and moved to Yellow Springs in 1972. As a freshly minted Bachelor of Science in Education, I taught social studies in grades 6-8 in Centerville City Schools while completing my masters degree in Computer Science at The University of Dayton. In 1992, I became the district’s first Technology Coordinator and later the Director of Information Technology. Following my retirement in 2007, I worked for the Montgomery County Educational Service Center as a technology specialist until 2017. Most recently I served on the School Facilities committee, and I hope to be of service by helping to maintain the momentum the Board has worked hard to achieve on the facilities issue, to re-engage all segments of the community in honest but respectful dialog, and to advocate for the educational needs of today’s students, who will so quickly become tomorrow’s citizens and leaders. |
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Ms. Judith Hempfling, Member I grew up in Northwest Ohio on a farm, and lived in London, England, New York City, and Western Massachusetts before becoming a resident of Yellow Springs 25 years ago. My two adult children attended Yellow Springs schools and now my two grandchildren attend Mills Lawn School. |
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Dr. Amy Magnus, Member Having grown up among corn fields and dairy farms in Upstate New York, I felt an instant connection to Yellow Springs when I was assigned to Wright Patterson Air Force Base in the 1990s. I wanted to raise my children here and, when our oldest was born, my husband and I returned to Yellow Springs to set down roots. |