Board of Directors

Director's Name Title Biographies
Dr. Colin Holmes Board President
(three-year term)		 Dr. Colin Holmes received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada and a Doctorate in neuroanatomy from McGill University, Montreal.  He pursued postdoctoral research in neuroimaging at the Montreal Neurological Institute and University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine before moving into industry.  For the last decade he has worked in high performance computing (Silicon Graphics, Inc), medical devices (Barco Medical Imaging Systems, Inc) and is now Senior Scientist for Calgary Scientific, Inc which produces advanced visualization and web enablement products for the healthcare and associated industries.  Dr Holmes maintains a research involvement with the University of Oregon, Eugene and is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University.  He and his wife Christina have been parishioners at St. Thomas since moving to Vancouver in 2004, and have three children attending Pacific Crest Academy.

 
Doug Alexander Vice President
(two-year term)		 Doug Alexander has been employed to date in education, not as a teacher, nor as an administrator, but in program analysis and promotion of political efforts to improve education. He has worked in the U.S. Department of Education and before that for political reformers at the Free Congress Foundation, as well as for 501c3 education groups. Although born in Southern California, for many years he lived in the vicinity of Washington, D.C., a friendly location for this kind of activity. Finding reform of education by politics a fruitless activity, he decided to make a career change and took a job outside the D.C area where he met his wife Leslie (at Seton Home Study School), in Front Royal, Virginia. In 1998, a few months after marrying, they moved to his home state of California. Later they moved to Washington State for a simpler existence nearer Leslie’s family. Doug and Leslie have six children (four girls and two boys), five of them presently attending Pacific Crest Academy. In 2000 Doug helped found a new publishing company called the Catholic Schools Textbook Project to provide better books for Catholic students. Doug has a graduate degree in political philosophy from the Claremont University Graduate School, while his undergraduate degree is from Thomas Aquinas College, where he was baptized in Easter of 1974 and received into the Roman Catholic Church. The Alexanders belong to St. Thomas Aquinas parish and live in the county just outside Camas with some cats, some chickens and a well-used trampoline.

 
Sean Malone Board Treasurer
(two-year term)		 Sean Malone grew up in Camas and has lived in the area for most of his life. He attended the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He has been practicing as a CPA for over 20 years and currently owns and operates a public accounting firm in Vancouver, WA. He has served on the PCA Finance Council since 2007, the Knights of Columbus, and also serves as a board member on another local non-profit agency called Southwest Washington Boys & Girls Club. Mr. Malone and his wife Tamara are parishioners of St. Thomas and have two children, one of which attends PCA.
Heather Derringer Board Secretary
(two-year term)		 Heather Deringer graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English, a Minor in Business and a Professional and Technical Writing Certificate from Washington State University. She is a writer and editor and owns her own company, The Sterling Word. For the past year she has been doing corporate branding and identity work, partnering with a local creative agency on top of the work she does through her company working with various authors. In addition to her professional experience, she has been doing event planning and communication for over 20 years. Heather has served in several volunteer leadership roles at PCA, and has served other non-profits such as the YWCA of Clark County and the Homebuilders Association of Lane County. Heather and her family are parishioners at St. Thomas Aquinas. She and her husband Jeff have three children, all of whom attend PCA.

 
Dr. Richard Guillory Board Member
(two-year term)		 Dr. Richard Guillory graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry-Biology from Reed College, Portland, Oregon, and a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles, California. He is an Emeritus Professor from the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu. In 2004, he retired and moved to Washougal. Dr. Guillory has experience in strategic planning and student accreditation. Dr. Guillory and his wife, Stella, have been parishioners of St. Thomas Aquinas Church for five years.

 

  
Mrs. Tamar Parker Principal Tamar Parker graduated from Montana State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education K-8.  Mrs. Parker’s experience has been in teaching middle school, first grade, and Pre-K4; this will be her fourteenth year of participating in Catholic education.  She has completed and received her catechetical certification through the Archdiocese of Seattle.  She attended the summer institute in Atlanta, Georgia in 2005 where she was first introduced to the pedagogy and methodology that has become the hallmark of Pacific Crest Academy (PCA).  With seven years at PCA, Mrs. Parker has participated on the Directive team, served as the curriculum coordinator, and has been the Vice Principal for the past two years.  She played a key leadership role in PCA obtaining full accreditation from the Western Catholic Educational Association and Northwest Association of Accredited Schools.  The Parkers are active parishioners at Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.  Mrs. Parker sings in the Church choir and serves as a Eucharistic Minister.  Mrs. Parker and her husband Scott have four children, three of which attend Pacific Crest Academy.