Meet Our Team

About Bonnie

Prior to founding School Webmasters, Bonnie was a public relations and marketing communications director. She brings over 30 years of writing and communications experience to her role. She has authored business articles, web content, white papers, company newsletters, press releases, ghost authored articles for executives, and has even had some of her short fiction published.

As a former public relations director, her experience provides her with the ability to help schools and districts develop effective websites. Bonnie's strategies drive the processes we use to turn your website and social media into effective communications resources that will improve your customer service, save time and money, and build a strong school brand. Her years of experience provide valuable recommendations to school districts about how they can more effectively use this valuable resource including suggestions about site content, architecture, and best practices in website usage and strategy, including incorporating social media, public relations and marketing channels.

Bonnie is the mother of four grown children, two are co-owners in the company, and proud Nana to eleven grandchildren (all of whom are perfect and adorable, of course). She and her husband, Tim, have been married for 44 years, and he is an assistant superintendent in an Arizona school district. 

Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts from Vermont College.

    -Educated and experienced in public relations, copywriting, and business management.

    -Co-founded School Webmasters in 2003.

Project Responsibilities

Oversees company-wide strategies for "best practices" in school site development, including recommendations for content writing, research, communication channels, and information gathering from the client. Bonnie and her administrative team provides suggestions to assure that overall client project goals are met. Bonnie works long and hard, quite happily we might add, to come up with enhancements for School Webmasters' clients and to implement solutions that provide even better customer services. 

In the past few years the company, with the help of dedicated administrators and contractors, have added several new service lines including: LocalBiz Webmasters (providing quality websites for educational organizations and businesses), print and logo or mascot design services, Social Media services and management for schools and districts, and most recently a unique new service called PR4 Schools that will provide public relations and communications support on-site for schools that need help with their communications, marketing, and public relations strategies at a fraction of the typical PR support cost. We recently developed a year-long marketing course called Marketing Your School that is available for purchase that consolidates over 15 years of marketing and PR tips for schools.

About Tammy

In 2003, Tammy graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor of science degree. She wanted to be able to use her degree as well as stay home with her brand new baby, so she co-founded School Webmasters with Bonnie. Her skills include managing the art department as well as managing the school website design team. She ensures that each website we design expresses the school's personality graphically, creating professional, fun, and enjoyable websites that are as appealing as they are informative. Tammy's management and graphic design skills compliment the writing and strategy provided by School Webmasters' dedicated team.

On a more personal note, Tammy is the mother of three children, two boys and a girl, and is also a foster mother. She and her husband share in the responsibilities that come with raising children while juggling careers, and if her children and School Webmasters' growth is any indication, they are doing an admirable job!

Qualifications

B.S. in Design from Northern Arizona University. Trained in graphic design, experienced in school and small business Web development for both School Webmasters as well as freelance work for other Web developers.

Project Responsibilities

Creates initial graphic design and prototypes for custom and Level II responsive websites, manages the Art Department and all corporate graphic design work. Tammy also hires and oversees our school website designers and coordinates the work schedules and timelines for all graphic production for ongoing site management and the print services division.

About Melanie

Melanie joined School Webmasters in August of 2007 and quickly became an invaluable asset to the team. She immediately grasped the critical elements of managing complex projects smoothly, fulfilling all deadlines, and meeting all of our clients' needs. Melanie manages to keep the rest of us organized and our clients delighted. She is School Webmasters' Chief Operations Officer.

Melanie and her husband, Andy, have been married since 2005, and they have two beautiful girls. They currently reside in southern Mississippi, where Andy works for nearby NASA as a Test Operations Engineer.

Qualifications

Melanie is a graduate of Southern Utah University with a Bachelor of Science Degree. She is highly organized and efficient, the essential skill sets for successful operations management.

Project Responsibilities

Melanie is responsible for overseeing the internal operations of the company. She ensures things run smoothly in each individual department and also oversees documentation of training for future growth along with the process documentation for ongoing company-wide action plans.

About Judy

Judy hires and trains our copywriters at School Webmasters according to company guidelines and standards. She oversees the copywriting of all new websites, helping to ensure that all copy is well-organized and in accordance with the information received from the client as well as School Webmaster's standards. She assists copywriters to ensure all of our website content is well-organized and well-written with professional language, grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Judy also assists key administrators in determining the viability of new projects.

As lead project coordinator, Judy hires, trains, and oversees School Webmasters' project coordinators. She initiates the creation of every project plan and assigns the project coordinator for each project. She is responsible for creating and implementing processes to ensure company efficiencies and maximum client satisfaction. 

Judy and her husband Jon (of 30 years) are parents of five children and grandparents of two. She is actively involved in her children and grandchildren's lives as well as her church. Having lived abroad as a student studying in Spain and as a missionary in Uruguay, Judy's fluency in Spanish as a second language brings an added tool to School Webmasters.

Qualifications

Judy is a graduate of Brigham Young University. There she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in communicative disorders from the school of education. She continued post-graduate education at the University of Texas.

Project Responsibilities

As the director of copywriting, Judy is responsible for the overall organization and written quality of new website projects. She also oversees the training and development of our contracted copywriters. As lead project coordinator, from project initiation through the end of development, Judy is responsible for an overall smooth and efficient process. She also oversees the training and development of our project coordinators.

About Sarah

Sarah was raised in the beautiful mountains of Montana, but has become a converted Phoenician after marrying her husband, Jeff, in 2006. While she misses seasons like autumn, she enjoys 70 degree winters and not having to shovel her driveway to get anywhere. She and her husband have one beautiful, rambunctious daughter who is almost five and never stops talking.

She earned her bachelor's degree in interior design from Brigham Young University - Idaho and has a love for color, pattern, and texture. If she ever has any free time, you might find her reading a book, brainstorming a new DIY project for the house, catching up with friends, or shopping. One of her favorite places to go with her family is the lake, even if she can't do any of the water sports very well.

Qualifications

In addition to her B.S. in interior design, Sarah has a firm understanding of spatial relationships and design. Like her mom, she feels that education is never ending, and she's constantly learning new things, especially when it comes to technology.

Project Responsibilities

Responsible for the technical side of site development, Sarah takes the graphic prototypes of a website and then, using our proprietary system, creates the final, working sites. She also hires and trains contractors for user interface positions. She makes sure our system always has the type of cutting-edge technology that meets and exceeds our clients' expectations.

About Anna

Anna lives in sunny Gilbert, Arizona with her husband and four fabulous children. She joined School Webmasters in July of 2013 as a content updater, and today she's thrilled to have the opportunity to help bring the exciting, ever-changing world of social media to schools and districts near and far, as well as working with SWM's quality control and copywriting teams. 

In addition to the many hats she wears as a wife, mom, and social media manager/writer/editor extraordinaire, Anna enjoys singing and all things musical. She is active in her church and directs a seasonal children's choir there. She also loves reading and writing, traveling (even if it just means going out to dinner with her husband), trivia (the more trivial, the better), and watching silver screen movies.

Qualifications

In 1998, Anna graduated from Arizona State University with a B.A. in English, course emphasis in linguistics. She has professional experience with both creative and technical writing and editing, and she spent three years working with undergraduate students as an adjunct teaching assistant.  She has experience setting up and managing social media platforms for both business and school use, with a special focus on marketing specific school programs and growing enrollment. Anna enjoys getting to know each and every one of our social media clients on an individual basis, allowing her to become truly invested in helping them use social media to tell their school's stories.

Project Responsibilities

As the director of social media, Anna assists schools and districts with all things social, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, blogging, and more. She is responsible for setting up new social pages, tailored to the needs of each school, and she educates school personnel on using their social media platforms to their highest potential. Anna also provides schools and districts with personalized social page management services. She leads a small team of social media professionals in delighting our clients with best-in-class services. Anna also manages School Webmasters' social media presence, posting content and blogs that engage our clients and helps establish our expertise in the field of online communication for schools.

About Ellen

Ellen has lived in Arizona her whole life. She has been married to her husband, Tom, for 14 years and has four beautiful and extremely energetic boys. Her family also includes two dogs and roughly 20-30 chickens. The boys are in charge of selling the eggs to save money for future plans including a mission and college. 

Ellen loves to play volleyball, hike when time allows, camp with all the boys and dogs, and loves to work from home. This job makes it possible for her to be the best mom she can be and still provide for her family. She loves the flexibility of working from home!

Qualifications

Ellen has a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in Special Education. She graduated in 2004. She has been the training manager and assistant manager for customer support. She has been with School Webmasters since 2009.

Project Responsibilities

She is responsible for overall customer service management, updates, ongoing changes, satisfaction of clients, and managing the training for the team of content updaters. Ellen also maintains client user access and ensures that updates are completed in a timely manner.

About Kelly

Kelly was born in southern Louisiana where she lived on the Westbank of New Orleans. As a teenager, her family moved to what seemed to be a whole different world, Kiln, Mississippi. Kelly earned a real estate license and successfully sold houses in south Mississippi. Although southern hospitality and food are as good as anyone can imagine, she was more than excited when her husband's career in the Air Force took them across the country to California, where she decided to focus solely on the ever-evolving world of websites. Although she misses the warm water of the south, the beauty of the mountains and adventures in snow have won her southern heart.

Qualifications

Kelly began working for School Webmasters in 2010 as part of our customer support team and as a member of our quality control team. Her continuous desire to learn led her to graphics and user interface design. She has extensive knowledge and experience with web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and Web content management systems. Kelly also has experience with assistive technologies and WCAG 2.0 and WAI-ARIA 1.0 standards that she uses to identify, implement, and oversee website conformance to accessibility guidelines.

Working in the various areas of our company has given Kelly a well-rounded knowledge of what goes into managing our amazing websites, particularly graphics and accessibility. 

Project Responsibilities

Responsible for website accessibility and graphics-related customer service management, graphic updates, brainstorming with clients or other team members for viable solutions, troubleshooting errors or problems, maintaining the overall appearance of sites after they come out of production, ensuring compliance with accessibilty standards, and managing the training for the team of graphic updaters.

About Kimm

Kimm grew up in sunny southern California, but now considers Arizona her home. Even though she has lived here for a while, she still wants the "marine layer" to come cool everything off at night in the summer.

Kimm is the proud mother of four energetic and enthusiastic boys. She has been married for over 20 years to her best friend and partner in crime. 

She teaches Les Mills BodyPump and BodyFlow a couple times a week at the local gym. When she is not running her boys around to their various activities, she likes to run, lift weights, and compete in extreme athletic events such as mud runs, Ragnar relays, half marathons, marathons, escaping (swimming) from Alcatraz, figure competitions, and she is currently learning to row.

Qualifications

Kimm graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. in exercise science and a minor in psychology. Her mother instilled in her a love for education, and she is always trying to learn new things. She is a great team player, multi-tasker, and has a great can-do attitude.

Project Responsibilities

Kimm wears many hats. She is Ellen's go-to person and helps Kristin when needed. She is a great detective and has taken on the role of researching requests for accuracy. She checks updaters requests monthly for accuracy to make sure they are following best web practices and School Webmasters guidelines. She works with the quality control department researching errors or inconsistencies that they find on sites. She also helps transfer and add content to our sites. She also sets up our clients with access to SWM's customer service portal, ensuring they receive their log-in information and answering any questions they may have about submitting update requests.