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Lehigh Valley school board elections 2023: The full list of candidates

Parkland High School
Donna S. Fisher
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For LehighValleyNews.com
Fourteen candidates are vying for five spots on the Parkland Area School Board. It's among the dozens of candidates seeking office on school boards in Northampton and Lehigh counties.

MORE: Election 2023 — Municipal and county races to watch

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Over 100 people have filed to run in Lehigh Valley school board races this year.

School board directors may hold the most thankless elected posts in Pennsylvania. The unpaid, part-time school board directors are tasked with spending hundreds of hours each year attending meetings, establishing millage rates, overseeing school administration, approving policy and setting budgets.

The contests range from wildly crowded districts like Parkland and East Penn to Catasauqua, where only two candidates are running for five open seats.

This compilation of candidates comes from unofficial candidate lists released by Lehigh and Northampton counties and is subject to change.

Allentown School District — 5 openings
Andrene Brown — Cross-filed
Audrey Mathison (i) — Cross-filed
Evelyn J. Santana — Cross-filed
Zaeela Sierra — Democrat
Ana Tiburcio — Democrat

Bangor Area School District — 5 openings
Courtney Gilmour — Cross-filed
Michael Goffredo (i) — Cross-filed
Tony Lynch (i) — Cross-filed
Christopher Marozzi (i) — Cross-filed
Zachary Miller (i) — Cross-filed
Tanya Peifly — Cross-filed
Annamarie Robertone — Cross-filed
Colleen Schiavone — Cross-filed
Melissa Smith — Republican

Bethlehem Area School District At-Large — 3 openings
M. Rayah Levy — Democrat
Cindy A. O'Brien — Cross-filed
Karen Beck Pooley (i) — Democrat
Emily Root Schenkel (i) — Democrat

Bethlehem Area School District Region II — 1 opening
Michael Recchiuti (i) — Cross-filed

Bethlehem Area School District Region III — 1 opening
Anthony M. Gentile — Republican
Cindy A. O'Brien — Cross-filed
Kim Shively (i) — Cross-filed

Catasauqua Area School District — 5 openings
Lauren Cieslak (i) — Cross-filed
Jilian Emert (i) — Cross-filed

East Penn School District — 5 openings
Paul Barbehenn — Cross-filed
Kristofer DePaolo — Cross-filed
Shonta Ford — Cross-filed
Lawrence Huyssen — Cross-filed
Jeffrey Jankowski (i) — Cross-filed
Timothy Kelly — Cross-filed
Gabrielle Klotz — Cross-filed
Joshua Levinson (i) — Cross-filed
Matt Mull — Cross-filed
Angelic Schneider — Cross-filed
Brian Wessner — Democrat

Easton Area School District Region 1 — 2 openings
Jodi Hess (i) — Cross-filed
Bill Whitman (i) — Cross-filed

Easton Area School District Region 2 — 1 opening
Ghennifer Zando-Dennis — Democrat

Easton Area School District Region 3 — 1 opening
Edward Keegan (i) — Cross-filed
Michael Simonetta — Cross-filed

Nazareth Area School District Region 1 — 2 openings
Erin Ferguson — Republican
Elmo L. Frey Jr. — Republican
Jeff C. Greener — Cross-filed
Sariann L. Knerr — Cross-filed
Melinda G. Gladstone — Republican

Nazareth Area School District Region 2 — 1 opening
Christopher G. Miller — Cross-filed
Jason M. Swails — Cross-filed

Nazareth Area School District Region 3 — 1 opening
Gregory C. Leh (i) — Cross-filed
Thomas McElroy — Republican

Northampton Area School District Region 1 — 2 openings
John Becker (i) — Cross-filed
Kristin Lorah-Soldrige — Cross-filed
Marc Kercsmar — Cross-filed
Robert Mentzell (i) — Cross-filed

Northampton Area School District Region 2 — 1 opening
Michael Baird (i) — Cross-filed
William G. Jones Jr. — Republican

Northampton Area School District Region 3 — 2 openings
David Gogel (i) — Cross-filed
Joshua Harris — Cross-filed
Anthony Maniscalco — Cross-filed
Brian McCulloch — Cross-filed

Northern Lehigh School District — 5 openings
Rhonda Frantz (i) — Cross-filed
Matthias "Matt" Green (i) — Cross-filed
Gale N. Husack (i) — Cross-filed
Robert Kern (i) — Republican
Donna Kulp (i) — Republican
Natalie S. Snyder (i) — Republican
Angela Williams — Cross-filed
Glenn A. Williams — Cross-filed

Northwestern Lehigh School District — 5 openings
John Casciano — Republican
Willard Dellicker (i) — Cross-filed
Joseph E. Fatzinger (i) — Cross-filed
Todd Lieser (i) — Cross-filed
Rachael L. Scheffler (i) — Cross-filed

Parkland School District 4-year term— 5 openings
Michael Deering — Republican
Joanne Dillman — Democrat
Carol L. Facchiano (i) — Cross-filed
Beth Finch — Cross-filed
Patrick Foose (i) — Cross-filed
Natalie Janotka — Cross-filed
Bobby Lanyon — Cross-filed
Mike Millo — Cross-filed
Christopher Pirrotta — Cross-filed
George Rivera — Cross-filed
Jay Rohatgi (i) — Cross-filed
Lisa A. Roth (i) — Cross-filed
Laura Warmkessel — Cross-filed
Marisa Ziegler (i) — Cross-filed

Parkland School District 2-year term — 1 opening
Carol L. Facchiano (i) — Cross-filed
Mike Millo — Cross-filed
Christopher Pirrotta — Cross-filed
Jay Rohatgi (i) — Cross-filed
Lisa A. Roth (i) — Cross-filed

Pen Argyl Area School District Region I 4-year term — 1 opening
Lisa Hackman (i) — Cross-filed
Tighe J. Scott — Republican

Pen Argyl Area School District Region I 2-year term — 1 opening
Lisa Hackman (i) — Cross-filed
Thomas Knorr (i) — Cross-filed
James A. Frey — Republican

Pen Argyl Area School District Region II — 2 openings
Joseph Colosi — Democrat
Debra Mouisset — Republican
Jeff Moyer (i) — Cross-filed
Nancy O'Keefe — Democrat
Robert C. Rutt — Cross-filed

Pen Argyl Area School District Region III — 2 openings
John Dally Jr. (i) — Cross-filed
Jason Keenhold (i) — Cross-filed

Salisbury Township School District — 5 openings
Joseph Gaither — Cross-filed
Carol A. Klinger (i) — Cross-filed
Joseph S. Kuzo (i) — Cross-filed
Sarah A. Nemitz (i) — Cross-filed
Thomas P. Spinner (i) — Cross-filed

Saucon Valley School District — 5 openings
Susan Baxter (i) — Cross-filed
Bill Broun — Cross-filed
Donald L. Carpenter III — Cross-filed
Vivian A. Demko — Cross-filed
Bryan Eichfeld (i) — Cross-filed
Laurel Erickson-Parsons (i) — Cross-filed
J. Garrett Geyer — Republican
Michael Karabin (i) — Cross-filed
Jay Santos — Cross-filed
Shawn Welch (i) — Cross-filed

Southern Lehigh School District — 5 openings
Eric Boyer — Cross-filed
Paul Deebel — Cross-filed
Douglas A. Durham — Republican
Emily Gehman (i) — Cross-filed
Timothy Kearney — Cross-filed
Candi Kruse — Cross-filed
James Pica — Cross-filed
Danelle Roy — Republican
Maria L. Schantz — Republican
Lance M. Tittle — Republican
Melissa Torba — Cross-filed

Whitehall-Coplay School District — 5 openings
LoriAnn Fehnel — Republican
Patty D. Gaugler (i) — Cross-filed
William Groller — Republican
Nichole L. Hartman (i) — Republican
Seth Kubat — Cross-filed
George Makhoul (i) — Democrat
Fady Salloum (i) — Cross-filed

Wilson Area School District Region 1 — 2 openings
Janis E. Krieger (i) — Cross-filed
Linda Ann Baskwell (i) — Cross-filed

Wilson Area School District Region2 4-year term — 1 opening
Jeffrey L. Breidinger Sr. — Cross-filed
Holly Waugh (i) — Cross-filed
Anelle DiSanto — Republican

Wilson Area School Region District 2 2-year term — 2 openings
No candidates

Wilson Area School District Region 3 — 2 openings
Johnathan Jones (i) — Democrat
Judith A. Herbstreith (i) — Cross-filed