{"id":11453,"date":"2022-09-26T10:33:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T14:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peekskillpto.org\/?page_id=11453"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T20:59:06","slug":"pto-officer-bios","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peekskillpto.org\/index.php\/pto-officer-bios\/","title":{"rendered":"PTO Officer Bios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>President<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:president@peekskillpto.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jennifer Carbaugh<\/a> is serving a 2-year term, starting in July 2025. Jennifer has been a dedicated member of the Peekskill community for nearly 15 years, raising her three sons in the district from Woodside Elementary through Peekskill High School. Jennifer is passionate about building strong school communities through engaging events, meaningful fundraisers, and collaborative partnerships with the district. She believes the PTO plays a vital role in connecting families and schools, and she is eager to continue strengthening those relationships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vice President<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:vp@peekskillpto.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arianna Loaiza<\/a> is serving a 2-year term, starting in July 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treasurer<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:treasurer@peekskillpto.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craig Stillwell<\/a> is serving a 2-year term, starting in July 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secretary<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:secretary@peekskillpto.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evelisse Mercado<\/a> is serving a 2-year term, starting July 2025. Evelisse is a proud Peekskill High School alum, dedicated educator, and mother of two young children, one of whom is in the district. With over a decade of experience in elementary education and a strong passion for family engagement, she brings valuable insight and energy to her role as PTO Secretary. Evelisse is committed to strengthening home-school partnerships through clear communication, organized collaboration, and inclusive community involvement.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"background-color: #000000;\" \/>\n<p>The PTO holds officer elections annually at our June general meeting. \u00a0Our officers serve two-year terms, starting July 1st of their election year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interested in stepping into a leadership role? <a href=\"https:\/\/peekskillpto.org\/index.php\/pto-officer-elections\/\">Learn more about our election process here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Jennifer Carbaugh is serving a 2-year term, starting in July 2025. Jennifer has been a dedicated member of the Peekskill community for nearly 15 years, raising her three sons in the district from Woodside Elementary through Peekskill High School. Jennifer is passionate about building strong school communities through engaging events, meaningful fundraisers, and collaborative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11453","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peekskillpto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peekskillpto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peekskillpto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peekskillpto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peekskillpto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11453"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/peekskillpto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11828,"href":"https:\/\/peekskillpto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11453\/revisions\/11828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peekskillpto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}