Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named two Alaskans to the nine-member State Board of Education and Early Development, subject to confirmation by the Alaska Legislature.
Barbara Tyndall of North Pole is a 1996 graduate of University of Alaska Fairbanks, and is a longtime teacher in the Interior, including North Pole Christian School. She has served on the board of a crisis pregnancy center and Fairbanks Youth Advocates. She also served on the Alaska Women’s Commission and Alaska Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee.
Pamela Dupras of Anchorage has a bachelors degree in elementary education from Alaska Pacific University. She is a teacher in the Anchorage School District who has also worked in education around the state, including being a specialist in English as a second language, in Palmer and Kodiak. She taught on the North Slope and Glennallen. Since 2021, she has served on the Alaska Native Cultural Charter School Academic Policy Committee.
The two complete the board upon the expired terms of members Keith Hamilton and Sandra Kowalski.
