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Board Members

Ivette Pantoja
Board Chair
Served since: 2023
Term Ends: 2027
Position: 5
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Occupation: Small Business Owner

Board Responsibilities:
  • Budget Committee
Community Involvement:
  • Co-Chair, Child Care Resources and Referral Advisory Board of Washington County
See Eun Kim
Board Vice Chair
Served since: 2019
Term Ends 2027
Position: 4
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Occupation: Human Resources Manager
 
Board Responsibilities:
  • Budget Committee
  • Career and College Pathways Committee
Community Involvement:
  • Classroom Volunteer
  • Washington County Civic Leaders Advisory Board Member
  • CASA for Kids Volunteer and Ambassador Board Member
  • HSD Community Curriculum Advisory Committee Member (2018-19)
Katie Rhyne
Served since: 2025
Term ends: 2029
Position: 6
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Occupation: Owner and Licensed Massage Therapist, Birch Family Massage

Board Responsibilities:

  • Budget Committee

Community Involvement:

  • Hillsboro Library Board, 2020-Present (Chair, 2021; Vice Chair, 2025)
  • Volunteer: Hillsboro Public Library, Hillsboro School District, Bag & Baggage Theater
  • Screening Committee Member: Hillsboro Film Festival

 

Patrick Maguire
Served since: 2022
Term ends: 2027
Position: 7
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Occupation: Writer
 
Board Responsibilities:
  • more here soon
Community Involvement:
  • District’s Community Curriculum Advisory Committee
Mark Watson
Served since: 2017
Term ends: 2025
Position: 2
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Occupation: Technology Executive

Board Responsibilities:
  • Budget Committee
  • Advocacy Committee
  • Bargaining Team – Classified
  • Long-Range Facilities Planning Committee
  • Audit Committee
  • Board and Superintendent Student Input Team
Community Involvement:
  • STEM Advisory Committee
  • Century High School Music Program
  • Tobias Elementary School PTO
Nancy Thomas
Served since: 2021
Term Ends 2025
Position: 3
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Occupation: Chief Operations Officer

Board Responsibilities:
  • Budget Committee
Community Involvement:
  • HSD’s Black Village Family Advisory Committee (FAC)
  • Child Welfare, Salem, Oregon

Yessica Hardin Mercado
Served since: 2025
Term ends: 2029
Position: 1
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Occupation: 

Co-owner and Strategy and Operations Officer for Oregon Healthy Homes

Board Responsibilities:
  • Budget Committee

Community Involvement:

  • American Lung Association:  Leadership Board Member, Youth Council and Fundraising Committee

 

Nicole Ayala
Congachi
Served since: 2025
Term ends: 2026
Occupation: Student, Glencoe High School

Board Responsibilities:

  • Student Representative to the Board

Jocelyn Trejo-Reyes
Served since: 2025
Term ends: 2026
Occupation: Student, Hillsboro High School

Board Responsibilities:

  • Student Representative to the Board

Hazel Cleveland
Served since: 2025
Term ends: 2026
Occupation: Student, Oak Street Campus

Board Responsibilities:

  • Student Representative to the Board