Who Is Running for School Board?

Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education (4 seats, 7 candidates)

Joal Hall Broun, 46,Lobbyist Compliance director, N.C. Department of the Secretary of State

Experience: Elected to school board in March 2016, Chapel Hill High School School Improvement Team

James Barrett, 47, School Board 2011-present, current chairman

Experience: Justice United strategy team founding member

  Ryan Brummond, 36, UNC-CH Medical Student,

Experience: CHCCS parent, former Army officer and marine

Calvin Deutschbein, 24, UNC Doctoral student in computer science

Experience: Westwood precinct secretary, Orange County Democratic Party

Amy Fowler, 48, Pediatrician, Chapel Hill Children’s Clinic

Experience: Chair, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Special Needs Advisory Council

Kim Talikoff, 49

Experience: CHCCS 4th grade teacher, 2013 – 2017, Equity Committee, 2013 – 2017, Read2Me Volunteer, 2012 – 2017, CHCCS Superintendent’s Advisory Committee, 2015 – 2017, CHCCS Wellness Committee , 2011 – 2012, Former pediatrician, Masters in the Art of Teaching (MAT), NC State University, 2011 – 2013

Mary Ann Wolf, 46, Director of Professional Learning and Leading Collaborative, N.C. State University Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

Experience: Educator, CHCCS parent, Summit leader for districts across the country through the Future Ready initiative, Leadership team for the NC Digital Learning Initiative, previous Executive Director of the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), PhD Education Leadership and Policy from the University of Virginia, Curry School of Education, former CPA.