Director-at-Large, American Indian
Shelly Yarbrough, a board member in the Val Verde Unified School
District in Riverside County, is the Director-at-Large, American
Indian for the California School Boards Association. Yarbrough is
the second American Indian Board of Director to serve CSBA and
was elected in 2003.
She is a 2004 graduate of CSBA’s Masters in Governance program
and has participated in several professional development trainings
and workshops. She served on the Policy Platform Committee, the
Federal Issues Council and was a NSBA Delegate. She also served on
the Board of Directors Handbook Committee, School Construction
Task Force, Annual Education Conference Planning Committee,
Accountability Task Force, NCLB Focus Group, Bylaws and Audit
committees. She is currently a member of the Bylaws Committee and
Golden Bell Review Committee, as well as the Council of Presidents.
Yarbrough is President of the American Indian/Alaskan Native
School Board Caucus of the National School Boards Association. As
a member since 2001, she has served on the Caucus Bylaws Review
and Revision Committee, Annual Education Conference for the
Powwow and Luncheon and hosted a number of sessions at the NSBA
Annual Conference. Yarbrough is also a member of the California
and National Indian Education Associations.
She has served on the board of trustees for the Val Verde
Unified School District since 2000, including several years as
president. Very active in her local community, she was recognized
as a Woman of Achievement by the YWCA in 2009, and as Perris
Valley Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year in 2007.
Yarbrough is Ojibwe Indian. She has four children and four
grandchildren.
Director-at-Large, Black
Emma Turner, Psy.D. was elected by members of the Delegate
Assembly to the position of Director-at-Large, Black in December
2007. Turner, a retired military officer, was elected in 2006 to the La
Mesa-Spring Valley School Board in San Diego County and currently
serves as president.
Turner has been involved in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District
since 1998. Her participation has included terms as a president and
vice president of the school site council, a member of the district
advisory council from 2002-2004 and PTA president and program
director for the Mt. Helix Council PTA from 2003-2006. In addition,
she served as a member of the citizens’ bond oversight committee
for the district’s modernization bond from 2004-2006. Currently,
Turner serves as a board representative on the District Budget Study
Committee as well as representative to the Audit Committee.
Turner facilitates a self-esteem college preparation course for middle
school students for the University of California Upward Bound
program. She has coordinated and sponsored a scholarship oratory
contest for community high school students and has coordinated
programs for the Pathways2College Foundation for middle and high
school students and parents. Since 2004, Turner has assisted with
developing and implementing a literacy writing program for parents
and students in a disadvantaged area in San Diego. She serves on two
foundations dedicated to providing scholarships to underprivileged
college-bound students.
In addition to her role as Director-at-Large, Turner is currently a
member of CSBA’s Audit and Compensation Review committees, as
well as the Leadership and Diversity Study Group and the Council
of Presidents.
While on active duty in the Navy, she taught military law courses to
undergraduate and graduate students from 2000-2004. Currently,
Turner teaches diversity, communications and psychology classes to
undergraduate students as an adjunct professor for the University of
Phoenix. She and her husband have three daughters.
Mike Walsh
Director-at-Large, County
Director-at-Large, Hispanic
Dr. Susan M. Heredia, a board member in the Natomas Unified School
District in Sacramento County, is the Director-At-Large, Hispanic of
the California School Boards Association and was first elected by the
members of the Delegate Assembly in December 2004.
Heredia has served on the board of trustees for the Natomas Unified
School District since 2000. She is board vice president and board
representative for the district on the English Language Learner,
Achievement Gap and Multicultural Advisory committees. Previous
committee work includes: Strategic Planning, Charter Schools and
County Committee on School District Organization, Nutrition and
Wellness and WASC. She is very active on the Hispanic Research
Special Interest Group for the American Educational Research
Association, the California Latino School Boards Association and
the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials
(NALEO). As a member of NALEO, she has presented at their institute
on NCLB and higher education access and success for Latino students.
She served on the PTA and school site council for her local elementary
and high schools.
She has participated in many CSBA professional development
workshops and trainings, and has served on numerous committees.
She currently chairs the Board Development Committee and is a
member of the Council of Presidents. Additionally, she was appointed
by former State Superintendent Jack O’Connell to the Brokers of
Expertise Advisory Board and Expert Panel on Culturally Relevant
Professional Development.
Heredia has more than 28 years of experience as an educator in
issues related to linguistically, socio-economically and culturally
diverse students. She earned a doctorate in socio-cultural studies in
education from the University of California, Davis, and a Master of Arts
in education and a Bachelor of Arts in liberal studies from California
State University, Sacramento. She holds a multiple subjects teaching
credential with an emphasis in bilingual education and a preliminary
administrative credential from CSU, Sacramento. She is currently
a professor, department chair, and director of the Cross-Cultural
Resource Center in the College of Education at CSU, Sacramento.
Chair, National Black Caucus, NSBA
Paul H. Chatman, a board member in the Ocean View School District
in Ventura County, is a member of the National School Boards
Association’s Board of Directors.
Chatman was elected in April 2011 to serve as chair of the National
Black Caucus of School Board Members, and as chair is seated as an
Ex-officio Director on NSBA’s Board. As the current NBC Chair, he
will next be seated as as NSBA Ex-officio Director.
An active NBC member and supporter of its program, Chatman has
served on the board of trustees for the Ocean View School District
since 1989 and is its current president. He also has been a member
of the Ventura County Association of School Boards since 1989 and
served as chair in 1996. Chatman also served as the 2008-2009
President of the California School Boards Association and has held
the chair-elect pro tempore and regional director positions on the
NBC board.
NSBA Director
Dr. Kerry Clegg, a board member in the Sulphur Springs Union
Elementary School District in Los Angeles County, is a member of the
National School Boards Association’s Board of Directors representing
the Pacific Region. Clegg was first elected in 2006 to a three-year
term on the national board. In 2009, he was re-elected to another
three-year term.
Clegg has served on the board of trustees for the Sulphur Springs
Union Elementary School District since 1989, with three terms as
president. He has also served as president and secretary-treasurer of
the Santa Clarita Valley School Trustees Association. He represented
Region 22 as a member of CSBA’s Delegate Assembly, and was on the
association’s Board of Directors from 1998 to 2002, and served as a
member of the Executive Committee from 2002 to 2006.
His service as chair of CSBA’s School Facilities Task Force, which was
instrumental in determining the facilities needs of school districts
across the state and helped develop strategies that led to the passage
of Proposition 47, led to his appointment to the advisory board of the
Division of State Architects.
Clegg has a doctorate in biology from the University of California,
Los Angeles. He and his wife, Rosanna, reside in Canyon Country.
Ken Berrick
Director - CCBE President
