Vancouver school board member to lead foundation

Nada Wheelock, board director with Vancouver Public Schools, has accepted a position as interim executive director with the Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools. Her new position will begin July 15.

She holds a master’s degree in business administration from Dartmouth College and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Chicago.

Wheelock will resign from the school district’s board of directors effective July 15 to avoid a conflict of interest.

She was appointed to the school board in January after the retirement of Mari Greves. In the coming weeks the school district will announce the timeline and application process to fill the unexpired term of Position No. 5 until the November general election.

Wheelock serves on the foundation’s board of directors.

The Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools is an independent educational nonprofit corporation established in 1988 to support Vancouver Public Schools. Wheelock replaces Rhona Sen Hoss, “who has moved on to pursue special projects in Vancouver and Olympia,” according to a news release from the foundation.

For more information about the foundation, visit www.foundationforvps.org.