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Board of Directors
VSTE Welcomes New & Returning Board Members
Five board members--three new and two returning--were elected to the VSTE Board of Directors for the 2020 - 2023 term. Join us in welcoming them to the leadership of VSTE.
Click on the links below to learn more about each member. And, click here to learn more about the board.
Chanel Alford-Campbell
Technology Integration Specialist
Alexandria City Public Schools
Heather Hurley
Supervisor of Personalized Learning
Arlington County Public Schools
Scott Kiser
Director of Technology
Wise County Public Schools
Timothy Mays
Division Instructional Technologist
Sussex County Public Schools
Heather O'Brien
Instructional Technology Resource Teacher
Culpeper County Public Schools
Tim Tillman
Tim Tillman
Chief Information Security Officer
Virginia Department of Education
Educational Leadership
Before my current position, I was a Technology Director for Colonial Heights Public Schools for six years. I have spent half of my career in EdTech and enjoy every new challenge that comes along. In my current position, I'm able to affect change on a state level.
Vision for VSTE
We have seen a tremendous shift in technology usage due to COVID-19. We've seen in action what we thought might be possible, but may have been too scare to implement. The reliance on technology in K-12 has increased to levels we never imagine and its only the beginning. After this event, we won't go back to the old normal. One-to-one programs, curriculum maps, and effective teaching strategies have forever been changed. VSTE, over the course of the next few years, can help teachers and technology leaders continue to answer the needs of our students in a forever changing environment. It's an exciting time to see solutions in action. We don't know what is next, but NOW we know we can be ready for anything.
Biographical Sketch
I hold a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Averett University. From VCU, I hold two master's degrees in Business Administration and Information Systems. I am in my last year of a doctoral program in Educational Leadership. I am certified as a Educational Technology Leader (CETL) from CoSN. I also hold various technology industry certifications.
Diane DeMott Painter
Diane DeMott Painter
Associate Professor (adjunct)
Shenandoah University
Educational Leadership
When teaching in K-12 schools fulltime, I served as a VSTE Journal editor and as a member of the VSTE Board. As a member of both VSTE and ISTE, I presented at the annual conferences for both organizations and at mini-conferences for VSTE. While teaching fulltime as a teacher-educator, I served as chairperson of the Curriculum and Instruction Department and Program Head of the Master of Science in Education, Special Education at Shenandoah University. Presently, I serve as the Education Liaison for Makersmiths, Inc., a non-profit community maker space organization, working to form partnerships with schools and libraries in Loudoun County, VA.
Vision for VSTE
Not long ago, many school systems eliminated hands-on learning skills such as those found in home economics, woodworking and metalworking shops and introduced classes that use computer technology such as desktop publishing, coding and other programming skills. Now we find schools establishing maker spaces, many going into school library areas where access to computers running the maker technologies can be used. VSTE can be instrumental in helping to inform and train those working in K-12 and higher educational institutions about the technologies used in these maker spaces, but most important, help them understand how maker space technologies can be employed to support and enrich curriculum initiatives and vocational skills.
Biographical Sketch
As a public school teacher, I spent thirty years in Maryland and Virginia as a K-12 special education and technology resource teacher. From 2005-2017, I served as a fulltime teacher-educator at Hood College and Shenandoah University. Currently I work part-time teaching the Projects in Curriculum and Instruction course for Shenandoah University. I earned a BSE in Elementary Education (GMU-1974); a M.Ed. in Special Education (University of Maryland-1978); and a Ph.D. in Special Education Technology (GMU-1994).
Heather Hurley
Heather Hurley
Supervisor of Personalized Learning
Arlington County Public Schools
Educational Leadership
I am the Supervisor of Personalized Learning for Arlington Public Schools (VA) where I work with educators to create more learner centered environments. I am a former elementary Assistant Principal, Instructional Technology Coordinator and former VSTE Conference Chairperson. I currently serve on the VSTE Board of Directors as their Outreach Chairperson and am on the Learning Forward Virginia Board as their Registrar.
Vision for VSTE
Over the next three years I would like to continue to grow VSTE's outreach efforts. I feel like we have made great connections with other Virginia organizations and I would like to connect with more. I am proud of the equity work that VSTE has started and I would like to see the work of the VSTE Equity Committee become a model for other organizations. Finally, I would like to see the VSTE conference continue to be innovative and provide top notch professional learning around educational technology.
Biographical Sketch
I have been an educator for 27 years and have held many roles during that time. Throughout my career I have collaborated with various stakeholders on the integration of educational technology. I am a Discovery Educator, SMART Exemplary Educator, a Google Certified Innovator, a BrainPop Educator and a Flipgrid Educator. In my free time I enjoy photography, all things Marvel, cooking, wine and BACON.