2020 Election Results
The JAGC Board of Directors are pleased to announce the following results from our recent election. Every Board member serves a two-year term which will be the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years. Congratulations to this year's elected directors:
Vice President: Danielle Hicks
Treasurer: Katherine Rickard
Members at Large: Ayrolyn Keady, Lisa Girard, Kelly Bunnell
Are you interested in learning more about what we do? Please reach out to us at _____________ or join us for a JAGC Board meeting.
Vice President: Danielle Hicks
Treasurer: Katherine Rickard
Members at Large: Ayrolyn Keady, Lisa Girard, Kelly Bunnell
Are you interested in learning more about what we do? Please reach out to us at _____________ or join us for a JAGC Board meeting.
Meet Your New JAGC Representatives
Guy Nahmiach, President, is a father to Jeffco gifted students and has been a JAGC At-Large board member for five years with direct responsibilities of reporting articulation updates on programs in our schools, areas of success, and where help is needed in our gifted communities. He also helps to grow the JAGC Ambassador program. A real estate broker who has lived in many places, Guy learned early on the value of forming positive and mutually beneficial relationships in school, work, and life in general. A community activist, Guy has held positions on several local boards such as the Honor Bell Foundation, the Jefferson County Business Education Alliance, as well as the school PTA. Along with JAGC, he currently sits on the Wheat Ridge Parks and Recreation Commission, Jeffco Outdoor Lab committee, and the Wheat Ridge High School Accountability Committee. In his spare time, Guy likes to fish and ski and prides himself on leaving a small footprint while making a big difference in his community.
Beth Clark, Secretary, is a mother of Jeffco gifted students and was elected in 2018 as a JAGC At-Large board member. She quickly stepped up and was appointed the JAGC Secretary early in the 2018-19 school year. A communications manager, Beth is particularly passionate about storytelling; sharing stories and helping people craft their stories to inform, inspire and educate others. She hopes to share her storytelling passion and expertise to further theJAGC mission to support families and educators of advanced learners. Beth would like to be elected to the Secretary position to continue her advocacy and help individuals and families navigate school and life for gifted learning. Beth and her family enjoy biking, camping, playing games together, and traveling with their dogs, all across Colorado or to Iowa to visit family. Other community volunteer efforts include fundraising for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Amy Dougherty, At-Large, has been a JAGC At-Large board member for two years, however, she has been a JAGC member for several years and experienced firsthand the organization’s help provided to her family. As the parent of GT and 2e kids in Jeffco, she is committed to helping other families find the resources and support they need on their journey. With a background in marketing and as the JAGC Communications Committee Chair, over the past year Amy has developed marketing materials, policies and procedures for organizational communication, updated handouts and parent resources, managed promotion and media relations for a JAGC community forum, and developed content for the new website. She currently manages the website, developing new web resources and content areas. She also manages the JAGC website calendar, edits the monthly newsletter and develops social media content. Other leadership or community volunteer efforts include Colorado Dept. of Education 2e certified, Parent2Parent Colorado trained advocate, School Accountability Committee member, Columbine High School, mental health first aid trained working on awareness campaigns with schools and nonprofits, marketing committee chair, Montessori Peaks Academy, Board member, Columbine HS Music Boosters, active school and community volunteer.
Nancy Yanasak, At-Large, is a current JAGC At-Large board member and a past JAGC Secretary. Nancy has been active within JAGC over the past four years to understand the varied needs and issues of GT kids, in particular twice-exceptional students. With a child at Jeffco's largest GT center high school and experience at other GT centers, she feels she's able to represent secondary GT needs and issues well. She is involved in the high school options task group; documenting the options available as she experience them first hand.
Joy Knox, At-Large, has over 20 years experience in the nonprofit, for profit and government sectors. Through her work in the government sector, she engaged collaboratively across sectors to leverage over $22 million in federal and national foundation grants for the public good. She also helped to build a teen pregnancy prevention coalition that provided multi-tiered educational components to Denver area high schools. As a nonprofit director, Joy wrote and received a half-million dollar grant that allowed her to increase youth suicide prevention programming by 500% within one year. She also successfully combined social programs with real profits, teaching at-risk youth to be successful in real-world business-to-business sales positions. After her daughter was born, Joy transitioned to the for-profit sector where she worked as the Operations Director for SAGE Center for Gifted Children. In her work, Joy communicated with parents of highly gifted and 2e children and their therapists to coordinate needed after school and in-school social emotional support.Joy graduated summa cum laude from CU Boulder where she majored in Sociology. She and her husband have lived in the Denver metro area for over 20 years. Joy has a daughter in the first grade who attends a gifted center school in Jeffco.
Beth Clark, Secretary, is a mother of Jeffco gifted students and was elected in 2018 as a JAGC At-Large board member. She quickly stepped up and was appointed the JAGC Secretary early in the 2018-19 school year. A communications manager, Beth is particularly passionate about storytelling; sharing stories and helping people craft their stories to inform, inspire and educate others. She hopes to share her storytelling passion and expertise to further theJAGC mission to support families and educators of advanced learners. Beth would like to be elected to the Secretary position to continue her advocacy and help individuals and families navigate school and life for gifted learning. Beth and her family enjoy biking, camping, playing games together, and traveling with their dogs, all across Colorado or to Iowa to visit family. Other community volunteer efforts include fundraising for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Amy Dougherty, At-Large, has been a JAGC At-Large board member for two years, however, she has been a JAGC member for several years and experienced firsthand the organization’s help provided to her family. As the parent of GT and 2e kids in Jeffco, she is committed to helping other families find the resources and support they need on their journey. With a background in marketing and as the JAGC Communications Committee Chair, over the past year Amy has developed marketing materials, policies and procedures for organizational communication, updated handouts and parent resources, managed promotion and media relations for a JAGC community forum, and developed content for the new website. She currently manages the website, developing new web resources and content areas. She also manages the JAGC website calendar, edits the monthly newsletter and develops social media content. Other leadership or community volunteer efforts include Colorado Dept. of Education 2e certified, Parent2Parent Colorado trained advocate, School Accountability Committee member, Columbine High School, mental health first aid trained working on awareness campaigns with schools and nonprofits, marketing committee chair, Montessori Peaks Academy, Board member, Columbine HS Music Boosters, active school and community volunteer.
Nancy Yanasak, At-Large, is a current JAGC At-Large board member and a past JAGC Secretary. Nancy has been active within JAGC over the past four years to understand the varied needs and issues of GT kids, in particular twice-exceptional students. With a child at Jeffco's largest GT center high school and experience at other GT centers, she feels she's able to represent secondary GT needs and issues well. She is involved in the high school options task group; documenting the options available as she experience them first hand.
Joy Knox, At-Large, has over 20 years experience in the nonprofit, for profit and government sectors. Through her work in the government sector, she engaged collaboratively across sectors to leverage over $22 million in federal and national foundation grants for the public good. She also helped to build a teen pregnancy prevention coalition that provided multi-tiered educational components to Denver area high schools. As a nonprofit director, Joy wrote and received a half-million dollar grant that allowed her to increase youth suicide prevention programming by 500% within one year. She also successfully combined social programs with real profits, teaching at-risk youth to be successful in real-world business-to-business sales positions. After her daughter was born, Joy transitioned to the for-profit sector where she worked as the Operations Director for SAGE Center for Gifted Children. In her work, Joy communicated with parents of highly gifted and 2e children and their therapists to coordinate needed after school and in-school social emotional support.Joy graduated summa cum laude from CU Boulder where she majored in Sociology. She and her husband have lived in the Denver metro area for over 20 years. Joy has a daughter in the first grade who attends a gifted center school in Jeffco.
