Board of Trustees Members
Jayson Wedge: Vice President
Jayson Wedge: Vice President
Jayson Wedge was elected as a Trustee in 2022. He's a hard working family man with four children ranging in ages from toddler to adult and two grandchildren. While raising a family, he and his wife manage to find time to be actively involved in many aspects of our community. Jayson understands that we are all connected and it is through this connection that children receive the best education.
Jayson has a heart for service and has served on mission trips to Asia, mostly in the Philippines. Having lived in the Auburn area for over 20 years, Jayson especially enjoys the rich history and cultural contributions that Auburn offers. In his professional life, he is an electrical project foreman, managing many employees and multi-million dollar projects.
He believes that the quality of education provided to our children is the result and responsibility of all stakeholders including, but not limited to parents, teachers, administrators, and the community at large. Developed through his own journey of volunteerism, leadership and parenthood, Jayson embraces and encourages creative participation and partnership with other schools, local government, libraries, museums, law enforcement, and not-for-profit organizations.
Sarah Brichler: Clerk
Sarah Brichler: Clerk
Sarah Brichler, M.Ed.Clerk
Term Year 2024
Sarah Brichler was elected as a Trustee in 2020. She is the parent of a current AUSD student and is deeply invested in quality public education for all students. She served on the Alta Vista Community Charter School Governance Council, and volunteers with the Bucks Booster Club Parent Teacher Club, the Sight Word Busters and as a member of the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) team.
Sarah earned a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Santa Clara University and a Master’s degree in Education from the University of Virginia. Her professional experience includes a decade in the Public Behavioral Health System working with counties and community organizations as a program evaluator and contract manager. Promoting the social-emotional well-being of the school community is a high priority.
Renee Dowd: Trustee
Renee Dowd: Trustee
Renee grew up on the Georgetown Divide and knew early on that she loved the Auburn area. While working at a local supermarket, she grew to love the community and its members. Renee moved to Auburn shortly after and worked locally at other well-known stores and restaurants. Simultaneously working multiple jobs and going to Sierra College for marketing, Renee spent many years building a loving connection with Auburn, and its members. After becoming a mother, Renee knew there was a need for more education and went back to school for business management.
Renee spent a couple more years working in the Auburn area while raising her growing daughter, but Renee and her family had a business opportunity in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Ann Arbor, she not only grew her work experience by working in multiple management positions, and a publishing company, but grew her family by having her second child also. Ann Arbor and the school system were amazing, but they were not Auburn, California and she decided to move back to the community and families that they love and missed.
Upon returning to the Auburn Area, Renee found a position with a non-profit retirement community and worked hard to improve her and her family's lives regularly. Returning to Sierra College yet again to pursue Accounting while simultaneously overseeing her children's at-home education, took Renee into an era of seeing the issues with the school, and the break in the system that parents needed to be more involved in. Now that Renee is working at her second non-profit and serving the community daily, she realized that the schools and the education of our community needed her to be involved.
Jamie Ross: Trustee
Jamie Ross: Trustee
Jamie RossTrustee
Term Year 2024
A mother, an educator, and an award-winning recording artist Jamie Ross, aka J. Ross Parrelli, has a passion for bringing creative teaching and cultural equity to the forefront whether in a classroom or on a stage. Raised in Auburn and a graduate of AUSD schools, Ms. Ross received her teaching credential from Long Beach State and is currently working towards her Master’s Degree in Policy and Leadership in Education at Mills College.
Ms. Ross founded Beats Lyrics Leaders, an organization that works to empower young people through exposure to cultural arts, music production, and entrepreneurship and works alongside the California Department of Education to build a Teaching Artist Initiative to get artists in the classrooms. She is currently an Artist in Residence with the Office of Arts and Culture in Sacramento working in the Oak Park Community Center, as well as Sacramento City Unified School District and Twin Rivers School District. J Ross is Executive Strategic Planning and Artist Relations for Innervoice Media. J Ross has performed thorough out the globe giving keynote speeches, performing at Assemblies, teaching workshops, and producing Conferences for Youth and Teachers all throughout the globe. Ms. Ross is dedicated to cultivating a safe, inclusive, and engaging educational experience for all students.
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