Meet Our Board
Please reach out to the board directly if you have any board related questions or concerns. The president receives all emails, however all emails are shared with the board, discussed and responded to accordingly. We can be reached at: board@mcminnvillemontessori.com
Any School related matters should go directly to the Director Shannon Lusk: learning@mcminnvillemontessori.com
We are currently working to expand our Board. If you would like to be part of our incredible team, please send a resume to Shannon Lusk.
Jocela Mae Crawford
President
Jocela Mae Crawford is the Creative Director at Crawford Wellness and has been co-president since its inception in 2010. Beyond running the family business, she teaches functional movement and yoga therapy classes at their yoga studio in McMinnville. Originally from Mt. Shasta, California, she has settled into the quiet life McMinnville offers. In her spare time she heads up various community building and fundraising activities for Yamhill County (between of course being a mom of two Montessori children). Photo shows (former) VP Catherine & Jocela at the 2024 Winemaker’s Feast
Talina Corvus
Talina is a MMS parent with one child in elementary and one in primary who has been a member of the MMS community for the last 7 years. She works as an Interim Director and assistant professor at Pacific University where she teaches topics in research, teaching, and physical therapy and where she studies education and belonging. She loves poetry, running, hiking, gardening, and making pancakes, and any time she can get the kids to them with her.
Gregory Wieber
Gregory is a creative technologist and Google alum of nearly 9 years, with a BFA from Bard College. He's founder of Apposite, an app development company here in the PNW, and working with his wife Colleen Clery on building an outdoor education non-profit foundation on their farm in McMinnville, where they've so far placed over 20 acres of native ecosystems into conservation in collaboration with NRCS.
Julia Tramelli - Interim Treasurer
Julie is a newly retired educator having been a teacher and school administrator over the course of thirty-eight years. She is passionate about providing a safe, nurturing, and engaging learning experience for all children. Julie enjoys reading, volunteering, and keeping company with her six grandchildren.
Mark Telles - Vice President
Mark Telles is a retired school administrator who has supported staff and students from grades PreK to 12. As a teacher, principal, and school district superintendent, Mark devoted his career to inspiring and guiding students to become lifelong learners. He enjoys the arts, the outdoors, and travel with Alexa, his wife of 35 years.