ALCS Governing Council Members
Jamie Crockett, Chairperson
jcrockett@aldocs.org
Jamie is the parent of an Aldo student who insisted on moving to Silver City to attend ALCS after remote homeschooling for 7 years. Aldo Leopold Charter School’s mission and vision of providing students an experiential education focused on out of the classroom learning in both the
community and the natural world resonated with the Crockett family. In order to stay involved in her daughter’s education and to hopefully improve access to this exciting school for more community members, Jamie joined committees first and then the ALCS Governing Council. She recently graduated from Western New Mexico University with a Bachelor’s in Psychology and is currently working on a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling while co-owning the family’s outfitting business in the Gila Wilderness.
jcrockett@aldocs.org
Jamie is the parent of an Aldo student who insisted on moving to Silver City to attend ALCS after remote homeschooling for 7 years. Aldo Leopold Charter School’s mission and vision of providing students an experiential education focused on out of the classroom learning in both the
community and the natural world resonated with the Crockett family. In order to stay involved in her daughter’s education and to hopefully improve access to this exciting school for more community members, Jamie joined committees first and then the ALCS Governing Council. She recently graduated from Western New Mexico University with a Bachelor’s in Psychology and is currently working on a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling while co-owning the family’s outfitting business in the Gila Wilderness.
Margaret Begay, Vice Chair
mbegay@cobre.k12.nm.us
Margaret Begay is a native of Silver City, New Mexico. Margaret and her husband James have raised four daughters. Margaret is an alumna of Western New Mexico University with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, and a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies. She has over twenty-five years of experience in state government with the primary focus on Juvenile Justice Initiatives. Margaret has also taught at Western New Mexico University as an adjunct professor for 13 years.
Currently, Margaret works for Cobre Consolidated Schools as a Reading Interventionist. Margaret has been actively involved in creating advisory boards, and being an active board member on numerous Grant County and statewide boards serving multiple populations. Margaret most recently completed the Principal Leadership Program and received her administrative license through the Public Education Department.
Margaret loves spending time with her family camping, hiking and enjoys reading a great novel. Margaret’s investment in Education and the youth of this community continues through her vast experiences’ with the Grant County Youth Soccer Association, the Silver City Little League, The Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest, the Grant County DWI program, the Grant County Teen Court, the statewide Drug Court Association, as well as numerous other non-profit organizations.
mbegay@cobre.k12.nm.us
Margaret Begay is a native of Silver City, New Mexico. Margaret and her husband James have raised four daughters. Margaret is an alumna of Western New Mexico University with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, and a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies. She has over twenty-five years of experience in state government with the primary focus on Juvenile Justice Initiatives. Margaret has also taught at Western New Mexico University as an adjunct professor for 13 years.
Currently, Margaret works for Cobre Consolidated Schools as a Reading Interventionist. Margaret has been actively involved in creating advisory boards, and being an active board member on numerous Grant County and statewide boards serving multiple populations. Margaret most recently completed the Principal Leadership Program and received her administrative license through the Public Education Department.
Margaret loves spending time with her family camping, hiking and enjoys reading a great novel. Margaret’s investment in Education and the youth of this community continues through her vast experiences’ with the Grant County Youth Soccer Association, the Silver City Little League, The Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest, the Grant County DWI program, the Grant County Teen Court, the statewide Drug Court Association, as well as numerous other non-profit organizations.
Alexandra Tager, Secretary
atager@aldocs.org
Alexandra Tager has spent her working life in fields that require rallying folks around a cause, or assembling folks for a good time or an enriching experience. Fundraising, catering, political organizing, event management-- formerly as the Program Manger for The Mimbres Region Arts Council and currently as the Program Coordinator for WNMU Department of Cultural Affairs-- she has been deeply involved in civic life and has been enriched by every moment. As the mother of an Aldo middle schooler, her aim is to take that experience and employ it in service of the students of Aldo. She maintains that moving to Silver City from the East Coast and settling here 16 years ago was one of the best decisions she ever made, and she is so grateful to have a school that shares her values and gives kids the tools they need to thrive in an ever-evolving world.
atager@aldocs.org
Alexandra Tager has spent her working life in fields that require rallying folks around a cause, or assembling folks for a good time or an enriching experience. Fundraising, catering, political organizing, event management-- formerly as the Program Manger for The Mimbres Region Arts Council and currently as the Program Coordinator for WNMU Department of Cultural Affairs-- she has been deeply involved in civic life and has been enriched by every moment. As the mother of an Aldo middle schooler, her aim is to take that experience and employ it in service of the students of Aldo. She maintains that moving to Silver City from the East Coast and settling here 16 years ago was one of the best decisions she ever made, and she is so grateful to have a school that shares her values and gives kids the tools they need to thrive in an ever-evolving world.
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Jon Walker, member
jwalker@aldocs.org Jon’s mom dedicated her professional life to education. From her example Jon and his sister learned that the right to education is fundamental and that the public school system is essential to the protection of that right. Years later Jon and his wife have moved to Silver City in part to get involved in the community. He believes that serving ALCS is the best way to make a meaningful difference in the causes he cares about while honoring the duty to education instilled by his mom. For over 35 years Jon has owned and operated an Information Technology company and has worked with hundreds of business owners and professionals throughout North America. Leveraging perspective and experience his goal is to advance institutional sustainability in support of the ALCS mission and vision. |
Alex MacKenzie, Member
amackenzie@aldocs.org
Proud Aldo parent of my 8th Grade daughter. We moved here from the East Coast in March 2021. I’m not a stranger to the area, as I graduated from elementary school in Columbus, NM- just south of Deming. Silver City back then was the place we’d go to for family vacations: fishing, camping, chopping down our Christmas trees in the Gila, etc... After living on the East Coast for so long, coming back to Southern New Mexico feels great. I hope I can help with supporting the needs of the parents and good people of Silver City.
amackenzie@aldocs.org
Proud Aldo parent of my 8th Grade daughter. We moved here from the East Coast in March 2021. I’m not a stranger to the area, as I graduated from elementary school in Columbus, NM- just south of Deming. Silver City back then was the place we’d go to for family vacations: fishing, camping, chopping down our Christmas trees in the Gila, etc... After living on the East Coast for so long, coming back to Southern New Mexico feels great. I hope I can help with supporting the needs of the parents and good people of Silver City.
Sebastiano Marino, Member
smarino@aldocs.org
I am the parent of an Aldo Leopold 7th grade student. I am Western New Mexico University’s senior web developer and a self-taught professional.
I have worked as a Digital Art Director at Grey Group agency, a top advertising and marketing organization and as the information architect at Giustino Fortunato, one of Italy’s very first 100 percent online universities. During this experience I had the privilege to guide academic leaders in developing web-friendly and digital-based curriculum and materials.
Being a self-thought marketing/tech professional, I highly value a learning process that looks more like life experience and less like a transaction delivered through books and lessons. That is why nothing today seems to be more important than the choice and the opportunity that A.L.C.S. offers to its students; to be educated as a person, as a whole child, learning from nature and doing… and this very same principle is what I want to serve, support and advance.
smarino@aldocs.org
I am the parent of an Aldo Leopold 7th grade student. I am Western New Mexico University’s senior web developer and a self-taught professional.
I have worked as a Digital Art Director at Grey Group agency, a top advertising and marketing organization and as the information architect at Giustino Fortunato, one of Italy’s very first 100 percent online universities. During this experience I had the privilege to guide academic leaders in developing web-friendly and digital-based curriculum and materials.
Being a self-thought marketing/tech professional, I highly value a learning process that looks more like life experience and less like a transaction delivered through books and lessons. That is why nothing today seems to be more important than the choice and the opportunity that A.L.C.S. offers to its students; to be educated as a person, as a whole child, learning from nature and doing… and this very same principle is what I want to serve, support and advance.
