BOARD MEETINGS

Stanton Miller is currently an educational consultant and Chair of the Board of Directors of John Muir Charter Schools.  He is also on the Board of the Nevada County Arts Council.  He is a field coach for teaching interns and coach for aspiring school administrators through Sacramento County Office of Education. Prior to retiring he was the Associate Superintendent for Educational Services for the Nevada County Superintendent of Schools. He was Superintendent of the Twin Ridges Elementary School District, which at that time had 11 charter schools throughout Northern California. He was a school principal for 20 years and a classroom teacher as well. He has also taught at the university level at Wilkes College (Fine Arts) and National University (Education). In addition, he is currently an exhibiting abstract painter.

Lennard Eckhardt is a retired educator from Colorado. He graduated from the University of Northern Colorado, and received his Master Degree from Western State Colorado University. He began his career teaching and coaching at the middle school level where he remained for two years and then at the high school level for the next nine years. The next 24 years he served as a principal, assistant superintendent and superintendent in the Garfield School District No. Re-2 in Rifle Colorado. During that period Rifle became one of the first districts in the nation to develop a comprehensive strategic plan that provided very specific goals and action plans designed to provide measurable educational outcomes for all students. He was instrumental in founding and serving as Chairman of the Colorado Surplus Asset Fund. CSAFE provided an investment vehicle for public entities in Colorado and upon his retirement in 2001 the fund was approaching one billion dollars in assets. He was member of the Colorado Association of School Executives and served on the Legislative Committee, was a presenter at the Aspen Institute, and the Colorado School Board Association’s annual meetings regarding current educational issues. Presently Mr. Eckhardt lives in Long Beach, Ca.

Marilee Eckert has been a leader in the conservation corps movement both nationally and
in California for over 30 years. Most recently she was the Executive
Director of San Francisco Conservation Corps and her prior experience
includes serving as Chief Executive Officer of Conservation Corps North
Bay. Additionally, Marilee has been a Trustee of the Buck Family Fund of
the Marin Community Foundation for 9 years. She has served on the Marin
County Economic Commission, the Marin County Disaster Council, and the
Sonoma County Youth Council. She has been a Board Member of the Center
for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership of Marin, Environmental Education
Council of Marin, Fire Safe Marin, and Human Rights Roundtable on Hate
Violence. Other special recognition and awards include Marin Women’s
Hall of Fame Inductee, Environmental Hero of the North Bay presented by
Assemblymember Jared Huffman, Congressional Record remarks by
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, Hannah Creighton Environmental Justice Award
by Sierra Club Marin.

Gil has extensive experience in administration, management and supervision of employment services, case management, and social services programs and development. Gil co-founded and served as president of the Premiere Weekend Club, a successful national non-profit organization that promotes positive images of Latinos and other minorities in film and other arts. Gil is appointed to the JMCS Governing Board by a coalition of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs served by JMCS.