Board of Directors

Trish is employed by the Nashua School District where she works as a special educator at the Elm Street Middle School. Her educational background includes a B.A. in Psychology from Southern New Hampshire University and a Master’s Degree in Education from Rivier College. She is a member of several professional organizations including the Asperger’s Association of New England (AANE), Psi Chi, the National Honor Society for Psychology, and Alpha Chi, the National College Honor Scholarship Society.

Since 2004, Jennifer Spara has taught in the Hillsboro-Deering School District, first as a Special Educator and Learning Disability Specialist in the Elementary School and now as a Reading Specialist in the High School. Prior to teaching in Hillsboro-Deering, Jennifer spent four years as a classroom teacher in New York, where she taught classes in full day kindergarten, second grade, and third grade.

Since the fall of 2002 Dr. Deborah Russo Jameson has worked for Franklin Pierce University in the College of Graduate and Professional Studies. She was the Director of a Teacher Conversion Program and since 2005 has been the founding Director of the Graduate Teacher Education Program which offers an M.Ed with or without certification in numerous concentration area. She is an Associate Professor, Graduate Teacher Certification Officer, and founding Chair of the Institutional Review Board.

Krystal Miller held the title of Miss Greater Plaistow 2009 and served a year promoting her platform, “Facing Obstacles- Knowing Your Strengths.” Her message was helping students who have any type of obstacle realize that they can become successful.

Cheryl Annal joined us in November 2007. Cheryl received her BS in Elementary Education from SUNY at Oswego, NY and her MA in Guidance Counseling from the University of Connecticut. She is now retired after teaching in New Hampshire and Connecticut. Her husband, Charles Annal, is the Vice-Chancellor of the Community College System of NH. Their son, Edward, lives near Cincinnati, Ohio and is a trainer at the Cincinnati Zoo. Ed has dyslexia, so Cheryl brings a parent's perspective to the board.