“Ross brings the steady temperament and leadership experience we need on the school board in these turbulent times"

-Amy Tatom, Director, Bend-La Pine Schools

Endorsements

  • Suzanne Weber

    State Senator

  • Marcus LeGrand

    Chair, Bend-La Pine School Board

  • Carrie Douglass

    Vice Chair, Bend-La Pine School Board

  • Kina Chadwick

    Director, Bend-La Pine School Board

  • Shirley Olson

    Director, Bend-La Pine School Board

  • Amy Tatom

    Director, Bend-La Pine Schools

  • Gina Franzosa

    Bend City Councilor

  • Dr. Paul Jarrell

    President, Tillamook Bay Community College

  • Andrea Goss

    Vice Chair, Tillamook Bay Community College Board of Directors

  • Erin Foote Morgan

    COCC Director, Zone 7

  • Steve Platt

    Bend City Councilor

  • Mary Faith Bell

    Tillamook County Commissioner

As a Member of the Tillamook Bay Community Education School Board, I would like to endorse Ross Tomlin for a position on the Bend-La Pine School Board.  Ross has accomplished many things throughout his career, and as President of the local community college, he worked tirelessly to create a safe, inclusive, caring atmosphere for students, faculty and staff, while maintaining a sound fiscal environment.  Thanks to Ross’s leadership, student support is a top priority.  While Ross was leading TBCC, we were able to successfully move the community to support a bond that allowed for us to build a new Health Education Building on our campus.  This new building will provide a much-needed meeting place for the community as well.  Ross helped build a strong community bond with employers and businesses, creating educational programs that help students move from a community college to well-paying jobs, helping employers, students and the community.  I highly recommend Ross for a position on the Bend-La Pine School Board.

~ Andrea Goss, Vice Chair, Tillamook Bay Community College Board of Directors

Patsy and Chris Weber, Kiwanians, Tillamook County

Cameron Salvitelli, La PIne HS Forestry and Manufacturing Technology Teacher

I enthusiastically endorse Ross Tomlin for the Bend-LaPine school board. I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Tomlin for 7 years when he was the President of Tillamook Bay Community College (TBCC) and I was on his board. He is a strong and steady leader, thoughtful, effective and fiscally conservative. Under Dr. Tomlin's leadership, TBCC's enrollment and programming grew, and the college successfully secured funding to build a new healthcare education building. He shepherded our community college through the pandemic, during which TBCC was one of the only community colleges in the state to grow in enrollment. Bend-LaPine is fortunate indeed to have Dr. Tomlin on the school board, and I encourage voters to support him.

~Mary Faith Bell 
Tillamook County Commissioner
Tillamook Bay Community College Education Board