Board Members
Moscow
Term Expires: 3/01/11
Committee Chair: Athletics Committee and Native American Program
Paul Agidius, appointed to the Board in May 2001, has a private law practice in Moscow. He received his Bachelor's of Science degree in Business and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Idaho.
Preston
Term Expires: 3/01/14
Committee Chair: Business Affairs and Human Resources
Richard Westerberg was appointed to the board April, 2007. He is a retired officer of PacifiCorp and is currently Chairman of the Franklin County Commission. He served four years as an officer in the U. S Army, and twelve years on the Preston School District Board of Trustees
Twin Falls
Term Expires: 3/01/13
Committee Chair: Instruction, Research, and Student Affairs
Kenneth Edmunds was appointed to the State Board of Education in May 2008. Edmunds has worked in development and investments for more than a dozen years. The Brigham Young University graduate with a master’s degree in accounting previously was a senior executive and consultant with Ameristar Casinos, a Certified Public Accountant and manager for the accounting firm Price Waterhouse, and controller of a Twin Falls development and construction company.
Edmunds and his wife have four children and two grandchildren. He currently is president of the Idaho Youth Soccer Association, chairman of the Twin Falls Community Foundation, a member of the Southern Idaho Economic Development Organization’s board of directors, and serves on a special audit committee appointed by the state Board of Education.
Ashton
Term Expires: 03/01/10
A Boise native with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Idaho and a master’s degree with Claremont Graduate School in California. She is a board of directors member for the Bank of Idaho, Teton Regional Land Trust, Flying A Ranch Inc., Cea Corp., and Ashton Hi-Tech Seed Co.
Atchley taught at North Fremont High School in Ashton from 1970 through 1972. She was a trustee in the Fremont County Joint School District from 1976 through 1980, and has served on the North Fremont High School Advisory Committee, the North Fremont Education Foundation, and the University of Idaho Alumni Association Board of Directors. She also is a University of Idaho Foundation member and has served on the Fremont County Republican Central Committee, the Potato Growers of Idaho and the U.S. Potato Board.
She and her husband, Clen Atchley, have lived in Ashton since 1970. They have two grown daughters.
Boise
Term Expires: 3/01/10
Committee Chair: Audit
Rod Lewis was appointed to the State Board of Education in March 2000 and was elected to serve as Secretary in April of 2002. He chaired the Board's Instruction, Research and Student Affairs Committee for three years. Lewis is employed as Vice President of Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Micron Technology, Inc. of Boise. He is a graduate of Columbia University School of Law in New York and Brigham Young University, where he received his undergraduate degree in Economics and Asian Studies.
Boise
Tom Luna currently serves as Idaho’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction. He first got involved in education by serving on the Nampa School Board for seven years in the 1990s. He also led the Idaho Achievement Standards Commission under Governor Phil Batt, and he was later appointed to chair the Idaho Assessment and Accountability Commission under Governor Dirk Kempthorne. In March of 2003, Luna was appointed to serve as a senior advisor to U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and traveled the country to work on rural education and school choice issues in the United States.
Twin Lakes
Term Expires: 03/01/14
Committee Chair: Audit
A Grangeville native with a bachelor’s degree in life sciences from the Air Force Academy and a master’s degree in health care administration from Baylor University in Texas. He served 10 years in the Air Force, working at various health care facilities across the United States, Europe and in Vietnam.
In addition, Soltman served four years on the state’s Professional Standards Commission – which advises the Board of Education on standards for teacher certification in Idaho schools – including three years as chairman of its budget committee. He also served on the state committee that developed the graduation standards in science for Idaho students.
Boise
Term Expires: 3/01/12
Committee Chair: Planning, Policy, and Governmental Affairs and Medical Education Study
Milford Terrell was first appointed to the Board in January 2003. He is currently the President and owner of DeBest Plumbing & Mechanical. He served two years in the Vietnam conflict as a medical technician, receiving a Good Conduct Medal and a Presidential Citation for service above and beyond the call of duty. Terrell did his plumbing apprenticeship through the Vocational-Technical educational program at Boise State College. He is the former President of the Bronco Athletic Association and the former Chairman of the Humanitarian Bowl. He is the first BSU alumni member to be appointed to the State Board of Education since the 1980s.