Updated December 13, 2006

Central Valley (Spokane) School Board member Cindy McMullen has been sworn in as president of the Washington State School Directors Association. The swearing-in ceremony took place Nov. 18 in Spokane during WSSDA’s annual conference. (To view the text of McMullen's swearing-in speech in PDF, click here.)

McMullen displays her quilt square during remarks at the WSSDA Annual Conference. Click here for quilt square directions.

As WSSDA president for 2007, McMullen serves as an advocate for school boards and their efforts to promote student achievement. She represents the association and communicates its positions to legislators, members of Congress, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and the U.S. Department of Education. McMullen will lead WSSDA in working with other state-level education associations, including the state Parent Teacher Association, the Association of Washington School Principals, Washington Association of School Administrators, the Washington Education Association, and many others, to advocate for a stronger public school system.

McMullen was elected president-elect by WSSDA members last year. The president-elect automatically becomes president of the association in the following year.

McMullen has been a member of the Central Valley (Spokane) School Board for 19 years. She has served as Board President, Vice President, Legislative Representative and negotiating team member. She has chaired the bond and levy campaign numerous times. She has been a member of the WSSDA Cadre of training consultants and has presented at numerous conferences and workshops. She is a graduate of Leadership WSSDA. WSSDA service includes Legislative Committee and Federal Relations Network.

McMullen is a past chair of the Spokane County Civil Service Commission, a past member of the Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Trustees and a member of the Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce Business/Education Committee. She has served as president of the Spokane Valley Sunrise Club in Rotary International. She is active in the Inland Empire Council of the Girl Scouts of America and has been vice president, service unit manager and troop leader.

Also sworn in as WSSDA officers were Ted Thomas, Longview School Board member, who will serve as president-elect for 2007, and Ricardo Espinoza, Pasco School Board member, who becomes the association’s vice president for the coming year.

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