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Morgan White- President

Morgan White was elected in 2021 and is serving her first term on the board.  She is a long time Coupeville resident and a graduate of Coupeville High School. Morgan studied web design and graphic art at the Art Institute of Pittsburg.  She is a United States Air Force veteran, a small business owner, and an active volunteer in the school district.  Morgan and her husband have one child attending Coupeville Middle School and one child at Coupeville High School.  You will likely see her if you frequent Coupeville sporting events. She spends an incredible amount of time shuttling kids to extracurricular activities, and helping with drama, Young Life, and Math Olympiad. 

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Nancy Conard- Vice President

Nancy Conard is a long-time Coupeville resident.  She attended Coupeville Schools K-12, and went on to work 30 years for the school district, retiring as business manager in 2004.  Her experience in budgeting, financial management, collective bargaining, personnel, purchasing and  construction projects serve her well as a school board director. Nancy also served the Town of Coupeville as mayor for 20 years, and has been very involved in many community organizations and activities, including Coupeville Lions Club, Soroptimists, Whidbey Community Foundation. Nancy and her husband Gordon are raising his granddaughter, who has attended Coupeville Schools since 1st Grade and is now in high school.

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Sherry Phay- Legislative Representative

Raised in the Pacific Northwest, Sherry Phay has been a Whidbey Island resident for over 8 years after her family built their forever home in Greenbank.  With two daughters in the Coupeville School District, Sherry is a stay at home mom and Registered Nurse working at both Whidbey Health and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant nurse respectively.  In her free time, Sherry, volunteers in her community, is a competitive Powerlifter, and prioritizes time with her husband, Jon, and their daughters Sofia and Brenna and their rescue dogs Jake and Jasper.

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Alison Perera

Alison Perera was appointed to the board in December 2022 following the resignation of Glenda Merwine. Her children have attended Coupeville Schools since 2012, and she has served as a volunteer in many capacities, including Middle School Robotics coach and Strategic Planning committee member. She also volunteers with local community organizations, and in her free time, enjoys hiking many of Whidbey’s trails with her dog and family.

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Charles "Chic" Merwine

Chic Merwine was appointed to director district 1 in November 2023, replacing Christine Sears. He is a native of Mississippi and came to Whidbey Island in 1975 due to his service in the Navy.  He and his wife have resided here off and on since then, moving to Coupeville in 2000.  He served the Coupeville School District both as a teacher and an IT support specialist, fully retiring in 2018.  He is the former President and is currently the Treasurer of the Community Foundation for Coupeville Public Schools.  

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