Board Members
Milford Terrell, President
Boise
Term Expires: 3/01/12
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 current Chairman of the Humanitarian Bowl and he is the first BSU alumni member to be appointed to the State Board of Education since the 1980s.
Paul C. Agidius, Vice President
Moscow
Term Expires: 3/01/11
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.
Sue Thilo, Secretary
Coeur d'Alene
Term Expires: 3/01/09
Committee Chair: Instruction, Research, & Student Affairs (IRSA)
Sue Thilo currently serves on the board for the North Idaho College Foundation, as Vice-Chair for the Salvation Army Advisory Board, is a member for the Kroc Community Center Campaign Cabinet, and is active in Rotary. She has been active in many ways with School District 271, including her service on the Board of the Excel Foundation that offers grants to public schools. She has served on the boards for Tesh, Inc., Idaho Youth Ranch, the CDA Area Chamber of Commerce, Junior Achievement and United Way of Kootenai County. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Iowa State University and is business manager for her husband's medical practice.
Blake Hall
Idaho Falls
Term Expires: 3/01/10
Committee Chair: Planning, Policy, and Governmental Affairs (PPGAC)
Blake Hall, appointed to the Board in September 2000, is a partner in the law firm of Anderson Nelson Hall Smith in Idaho Falls. Mr. Hall received his Bachelor's of Arts degree from Brigham Young University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He received his Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University National Law Center. He has served in a number of state and national leadership positions with the Republican Party and is Chairman of the Regional Development Alliance.
Roderic W. Lewis
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.
Tom Luna,
Superintendent of Public Instruction
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.
Richard Westerberg
Preston
Term Expires: 03/01/09
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