{"id":12,"date":"2018-07-02T18:41:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T18:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:34:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:34:25","slug":"about-our-region","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/about\/about-our-region\/","title":{"rendered":"President\u2019s Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 1, 2026<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/files\/2023\/06\/Christina-Filios-scaled-e1687881365869.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3727 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/files\/2023\/06\/Christina-Filios-scaled-e1687881365869-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/files\/2023\/06\/Christina-Filios-scaled-e1687881365869-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/files\/2023\/06\/Christina-Filios-scaled-e1687881365869-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/files\/2023\/06\/Christina-Filios-scaled-e1687881365869-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/files\/2023\/06\/Christina-Filios-scaled-e1687881365869-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/files\/2023\/06\/Christina-Filios-scaled-e1687881365869-1538x2048.jpg 1538w, https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/files\/2023\/06\/Christina-Filios-scaled-e1687881365869.jpg 1923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dear ACSA Region 6 Colleagues,<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to 2026-27! I am honored and humbled to serve as your Region 6 President this year. As I step into this role, I have been reflecting on the powerful legacy of leadership that I am inheriting. Our regional journey has been defined by a clear and connected progression of core leadership values. The past few years have been grounded in equity, empathy, courage and care, and resilience and celebration. Most recently, we built upon this foundation with the clarity and conviction of <em>Empowered to Lead, Inspired by Heart, and United for Impact<\/em>, led by our dynamic Past President Dr. Lorianne Ventura. I am deeply grateful to past presidents Dr. Tracie Tagamolila\u2011Noriega , Dr. Raul Zamora, Matt Chamberlain, and Dr. Lori Ventura for setting us on this inspirational path.<\/p>\n<p>This year, I invite you into our next chapter: <strong>Invited and United to Lead.<\/strong> This theme is a natural next step\u2014while we are already united in purpose, our work now requires greater intentionality in who we invite into the conversation and how we create space for every leader to contribute. Bren\u00e9 Brown reminds us that \u201cWho we are is how we lead.\u201d My goal for Region 6 this year is to invite every leader into our space, encouraging you to bring your authentic self so that we may lead in a truly united way. A connector at heart, I am eager to bring that spirit to our Region, and I extend to you an invitation to lead\u2014in your local space and within our broader Region 6 community. Together, we can make a lasting difference for our students and families.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Humbly in your service,<\/p>\n<p><em>Christina Filios Yiannakopoulos<\/em><br \/>\n2026-27 Region 6 President<\/p>\n<h3>Region 6 Past Presidents<\/h3>\n<p>2025-26 <strong>Lorianne Ventura<\/strong><br \/>\n2024-25\u00a0<strong>Matt Chamberlain<\/strong><br \/>\n2023-24 <strong>Raul Zamora<\/strong><br \/>\n2022-23 <strong>Tracie Noriega<br \/>\n<\/strong>2021-22 <strong>Mark Neal<\/strong><br \/>\n2020-21 <strong>Jacob Berg<\/strong><br \/>\n2019-20 <strong>Pam VandeKamp<\/strong><br \/>\n2018-19\u00a0<strong>Sonja Neely-Johnson<\/strong><br \/>\n2017-18 <strong>Essence Phillips<\/strong><br \/>\n2016-17 <strong>Steve Collins<\/strong><br \/>\n2015-16 <strong>Janet Haun<\/strong><br \/>\n2014-15 <strong>Rob Stockberger<\/strong><br \/>\n2013-14 <strong>Linda Hutcherson<\/strong><br \/>\n2012-13 <strong>Steven France<\/strong><br \/>\n2011-12 <strong>Karen Sakata<\/strong><br \/>\n2010-11 <strong>Teresa Kapellas<\/strong><br \/>\n2009-10 <strong>Rose Lock<\/strong><br \/>\n2008-09 <strong>Kale Alderson<\/strong><br \/>\n2007-08 <strong>Marie McClaskey<\/strong><br \/>\n2006-07 <strong>Belen Magers<\/strong><br \/>\n2005-06 <strong>Jim Negri<\/strong><br \/>\n2004-05 <strong>Evie Groch<\/strong><br \/>\n2003-04 <strong>Joe Ovick<\/strong><br \/>\n2002-03 <strong>Cyril Bonanno<\/strong><br \/>\n2001-02 <strong>Peggy Green<\/strong><br \/>\n2000-01 <strong>Cynthia Galbo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 1, 2026 Dear ACSA Region 6 Colleagues, Welcome to 2026-27! I am honored and humbled to serve as your Region 6 President this year. As I step into this role, I have been reflecting on the powerful legacy of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/about\/about-our-region\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4670,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/4670"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}