Board of Directors
Marilyn Muehlbach
Position: President
Reverend Marilyn Muehlbach currently serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Unity Churches International. The Association, headquartered in the greater Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area, provides services to some 1000 Unity ministries worldwide. Reverend Muehlbach earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Denison University, graduated from Unity School of Christianity Ministerial Education Program, and was ordained as a Unity minister in 1985. She moved to Coeur d’ Alene, ID, where she served as minister of Unity Church of North Idaho for 20 years. She currently travels as a consultant and workshop presenter internationally.
Also active in the Coeur d’Alene community, she has served as a hospice chaplain, on a task force for human rights, and the local interfaith group. She joined the Board of HREI in 2008.
Anneliese Miller
Position: Vice President
Frances Mueller
Position: Secretary
JoAnn Harvey
Position: Board Member
Jo Ann Harvey is a native of Idaho and a member of the Nez Perce Tribe. Ms. Harvey earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Eastern Washington University and a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University. She has since attended various universities to further study diversity, human and civil rights, and issues of American Indians/Alaska Natives. Ms. Harvey has been employed by the Coeur d’Alene Public School District since 1986 as a Physical Education/Health Specialist.
She is the immediate past president of the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations and a board of director member of the Coeur d’Alene Education Association, State Board of Education Professional Development Committee, National Education Association, and the Idaho Education Association, where she received the Minority Service Award. She has also served as a board of director member of the Museum of North Idaho, and has participated in the American Indian/Alaska Native Caucus and served as the Select Attendee to Education International in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Linda Michal
Position: Board Member
Lisa Prochnow
Position: Board Member
Matthew Handleman
Position: Board Member
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Matt Handelman joined Coeur d'Alene Public Schools on July 1, 2010 as Associate Superintendent of Teaching and Learning after 22 years as an educator, including 14 years as a principal in Spokane, Seattle and Edmonds, WA. Matt oversees the alignment of curriculum, instruction and assessment (pre K-12) to help ensure a quality education for all Coeur d'Alene Public School students.
Helo Hancock
Position: Board Member
Tara Jalali
Position: Board Member
