Miles Otoupal

Miles Otoupal is a resident of the Lake Washington School District, living in Sammamish with his wife Marilyn. They have 3 grown boys, all having graduated from JFK High School in Burien. One son, Alex, interned at Evergreen Junior High in 2004 while he was a student in the Danforth Program at UW.

Miles has a Master's Degree in Social Work from University of Nebraska and was Director of Catholic Community Services in Seattle from 1977 to 1990. He is currently Branch Office Manager for the D A Davidson & Company financial planning office in Redmond Town Center. He is a Board Member of the Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted in Seattle. Education and services for children have been priorities for Miles.

A firm believer that the educational system is the cornerstone of the community, Miles has experience with assessing, planning and administering programs that enhance positive growth & development. He understands the values necessary for strong leadership that are the building blocks for teamwork and success for administrators, classroom teachers, children and parents. Miles has seen the successful synergy of the Foundation and knows that extraordinary financial support and volunteerism are critical for a productive school system.

Barbara Coyner

Barbara Coyner has been active in PTSA for the last twelve years. She has served on PTSA Board of Directors for four schools in Sammamish and Redmond as well as the Lake Washington PTSA Council. Her positions have included Treasurer, Co-President and Secretary. She is currently serving as Council Treasurer. In addition, Barbara has enjoyed working on the Council Scholarship Committee. She was awarded a 2007 SAMMI Award for youth advocacy by the Sammamish community.

Barbara received a BA degree in English from the University of Minnesota and previously worked in advertising and promotion.

Barbara grew up in Minneapolis and lived in Chicago prior to moving to Seattle in 1988. She currently lives in Sammamish with her husband, Don, and two boys, Geoff and Stephen. Geoff attends the University of Washington and Stephen is a student at Inglewood Jr. High.

Carrie Schwitters

Carrie Schwitters has a BA in Elementary Education from Western Washington University. She taught Kindergarten for a year in San Diego before moving back to Washington. After moving back she became a substitute teacher in the Renton, Issaquah and Northshore School Districts for two years. At this time she was also a volunteer at Friend’s of Youth in Issaquah and then the Youth Suicide Prevention Center in Bothell where she eventually became a board member. In 1989 her son was born and she became an at home mom. In 1997 when her daughter entered Audubon Elementary she became a classroom volunteer, a PTSA member and one of the founders of International Community School.

Currently, Carrie is a PTSA member at Redmond High School and International Community School, an active volunteer at both schools, and a volunteer with the Lake Washington Schools Foundation. After a 17 year break from teaching, she reentered the workforce as a substitute teacher for the Lake Washington School District.  Carrie lives in Redmond with her husband Chad and two children, who are in high school.

Sherry Wartelle

Sherry is a native Seattleite, and a graduate of Roosevelt High School. She also graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor’s in History and a Masters in Business Administration.

Sherry’s background is in financial analysis and information systems. Most recently, she was Director of Planning at Microsoft. During her 10 years with the company, she was primarily involved in corporate planning and a special project that focused on evaluating spending. Prior to that, she spent ten years in the commercial banking industry. As Vice President, Retail Banking for Security Pacific Bank, she provided financial oversight for the branch network as well as the credit card, insurance, and leasing businesses. Sherry retired from Microsoft in June of 2005 to spend more time with her teen-age daughters.

Sherry lives in Redmond with her husband, Jerry Smith, and one daughter, who will be attending Redmond High School in the fall. Their oldest daughter is a graduate of Redmond High School and is attending the University of Washington.

Chris Enslein

After 12 years at Microsoft, Chris became a stay at home mom in 2001 and quickly became immersed in education issues. She has been a member of Audubon Elementary, Redmond Junior High and Redmond Senior High PTSAs. She served as Legislative Chair at both Redmond Junior High and Redmond High. She also served as co-vice president at Redmond High and for two years served on the Redmond High grants committee.

From 2005 to 2007 Chris was Washington State PTA Regional Legislative Chair. In that position, Chris coordinated numerous activities including meetings between PTA members and state representatives, trainings for new legislative chairs, and regional legislative chair meetings. She represented six eastside school districts on the State PTA Legislative Committee and served as the liaison between State and local PTAs on legislative matters.  During this time she was an active advocate for WASL reform and state education funding.  She was named LWPTSA outstanding advocate in 2006.

When School Resource Officers were removed from RHS and RJH, Chris volunteered to co-chair a citizen’s committee to pass a levy for SRO funding.  She also served on the 2007 LWSF classroom grant committee. Serving on the LWSF and RHS grant committees gave Chris a strong appreciation for the need for a Foundation to provide funding for LWSD classrooms.

Chris and her husband John are pleased to be members of the Founder’s Circle.  They have two children, one at Seattle University and one at The Overlake School and have lived on the eastside since 1989. Chris has a B.A. in political science and a M.A. in journalism.

Byron Shutz

Byron and his wife Susan were early supporters in the Founders Circle .

Following the sale of his entrepreneurial manufacturing company, Garuda Mountaineering, Byron segued into the role of stay-at-home parent in ‘96. When their oldest began kindergarten, he embraced school volunteerism and embarked upon the well-trod PTA path: as a Room Parent he volunteered for a PTA event and then chaired a few programs, including the Nomination Committee. He went on to serve as PTSA President and board chairs of several events and programs before joining the LWPTSA Council where he served as Newsletter Chair, on the Scholarship Awards Comm., as a community member on the LWSD Budget Advisory Committee panel, and as Legislative Co-Chair. As a founding member of the volunteer Ed Funding Mobilization Group he develops and delivers informational presentations on WA Basic Ed funding. These involvements led to participating on the LW Citizen Levy Committee, serving as WSPTA’s Chair of 2008 Focus Day in Olympia , and recognition as a 2008 LWPTSA Outstanding Advocate.

Originally from Kansas City , Mo , Byron received a BA from the University of Colorado in anthropology. He managed corporate commercial real estate for five years, with two years in Bellevue and Redmond , before traveling overland through Central Asia for most of 1989 and starting Garuda.

Byron and Susan have lived in southwest Redmond in the LWSD since 1994; their son and daughter attend Audubon Elementary.