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Meet the 2025-26 CSTA Washington Board of Directors

ByLawrence Tanimoto

In June 2025, CSTA Washington conducted elections for all board of directors positions. The 2025-25 CSTA Washington Board of Directors are:

  • President: Michelle Laskowski
  • Secretary: Melissa Cook
  • Treasurer: Lawrence Tanimoto·      
  • Vice President: Eastern North: Trish Henry 
  • Vice President: I-5 corridor: Denise Thompson
  • Vice President Coastal/Peninsula:  Position open
  • Vice President Southern: Erin Murphy
  • Member-at-Large: Membership: Position open
  • Member-at-Large: Communications: Jacqueline Russell
  • Immediate Past President (non voting): Lauren Bricker

Although all board positions were up for election for 2025-26, the board serves staggered terms. All board positions were put up for election as CSTA Washington, the combination of the four Washington CSTA chapters (CSTA Puget Sound, CSTA Spokane, CSTA Central Washington, CSTA Mid-Columbia), was formed in Nov 2024. The terms of the 2025-26 Board of Directors is as follows:

  • President, Secretary, Vice President Eastern North, Vice President I-5 corridor were elected to two-year terms starting in the 2025-26 school year
  • Treasurer, Vice President Coastal/Peninsula, Vice President Southern, Member-at-Large: Membership, Member-at-Large: Communications were elected to one-year terms starting in the 2025-26 school year

Two Board of Director positions were appointed by the other elected board members after the election completed:

  • Lauren Bricker, who was President of CSTA Puget Sound and is a current board member of national CSTA, accepted the non-voting position of Immediate Past President.
  • Erin Murphy accepted the board position of Vice President Southern in August 2025 after no one ran for the Vice President Southern position in June 2025

The following two CSTA Washington Board of Directors positions remain open for the 2025-26 school year:

  • Member-at-Large: Membership
  • Vice President Coastal/Peninsula

If you are interested in serving in either of these two roles, please contact washington@csteachers.org

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