The Board Election held from April 1 to April 8 resulted in the majority of votes to affirm the three candidates presented. Anja Smith and Vincent Rodriguez will assume their duties as new board members beginning June 1, 2024. Krista Batchelder was also affirmed for another term, but has since had a career opportunity arise that will prevent her from continuing with the board past May 2024. She will be replaced in a special election to occur before the end of the school year as mentioned in a Miner Message sent on April 19.
Anja and Vincent introduced themselves at the PRA Annual Meeting on April 18, but below is a brief summary of their background.
New Board Member- Vincent Rodriguez
Vincent has four children currently at PRA across high school, middle school, and elementary school, as well as one child who is a PRA graduate. His family has been proud Miners since the founding year. Vincent has volunteered for the past five years as an elementary PRA soccer coach. He is an architect by profession with a focus on large aviation projects.
New Board Member- Anja Smith
Anja has two children at PRA in middle school and elementary school. She has spent eight years volunteering on PRA's curriculum committee and spent time as the Longmont Dairy Milk cap donation wrangler. She has a Ph.D. in genetics and spent 20 years in the biotech industry as both an R&D scientist and senior manager.