Meet the ΤΒΣ Trustees by Patsy Hejl Chair$ ΤΒΣ Board of Trustees
Sue Carr
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ue Robash Carr was initiated into the Delta Delta Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma at the University of Massachusetts. She has served the Sisterhood as the Delta Delta Chapter Sponsor and as the District IX/ Northeast District Counselor. Sue is an Honorary Member of the Delta Delta, Beta Eta, and Eta Gamma Chapters of Tau Beta Sigma. She served on the Board of Trustees from 1989 through 1997, serving as Board Chair for the 1995-97 biennium, and was re-elected to the Board in 1999 with her term expiring in 2003. Sue was the recipient of the Wava Turner Award in 1985 and a charter member of the National Alumni Association of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma. Sue lives in Quincy, Massachusetts, with her husband Rich and their son Michael, who is an Ignatian Scholar at Boston College High School. She serves on the Advisory Board of BACS, the choir school Michael formerly attended. Sue has worked for Boston Sausage & Provision in Newton, Massachusetts, since graduation from UMass. She also works part-time for Weight Watchers and volunteers any extra time with a local children’s theatre group.
Leeann Jones Wieser
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eeann Jones Wieser is serving her first term on the ΤΒΣ Board of Trustees. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education from the University of Arizona in 1977. She has done graduate work at several institutions and earned a Master of Education in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona
University in 1997. Leeann lives in Glendale, Arizona, just outside of Phoenix, with her husband Paul. She is employed as a math resource teacher in the Pendergast Elementary School District where she has taught for twenty-two years. The school district selected her as their Teacher of the Year for 19901991. Besides teaching, Leeann sponsors student activities
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and participates in the teachers' union including being president for nine years. She has received awards for both of these endeavors. Leeann's involvement with Tau Beta Sigma began with initiation into the Omega Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma at the University of Arizona in the spring of 1973. During her time there, she served as newspaper editor, committee chair, and chapter president. Leeann was elected to a two year term as district president after her sophomore year and worked to rebuild a then dying district. Upon graduation, Leeann became a Life Member. While at the U of A, she also participated in several other honoraries and clubs. Since then, Leeann served as District Counselor for two terms and advised several committees at national conventions. She was elected to the National Council from 19891991 and currently belongs to the National Alumni Association. Leeann is an honorary of both Tau Beta Sigma and Kappa Kappa Psi. Leeann is a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, American Federation of Teachers, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Lambda Theta, University of Arizona Alumni Band, U of A College of Education Alumni Council, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, National History Day in Arizona, the Phoenix Holocaust Survivors' Association, and the Arizona Historical Society. Her other interests include her nieces and nephews, Arizona history and politics, college basketball, and, of course, band music.
Karon Miller
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aron became a member of the Iota chapter at Baylor University in spring 1985. She served as the Southwest District Counselor prior to her election to the National Council in 1993. She presided as National President at the 2001 Convention held in Corpus Christi, Texas. Karon is employed by The Alliance for Infants and Toddlers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she is a Service Coordinator working with families who have children between the ages of birth and three with development delays or disabilities. Karon is engaged to be married to David Hammond in March of 2003. }
