Values Governance®
Services
Chuck Namit is an
education and non-profit consultant, who developed
Values
Governance®, and provides facilitation, board self-assessment, CEO and
superintendent evaluation, board and CEO development, strategic thinking, and
services to education and community organizations.
Chuck Namit’s Background
Chuck Namit is in
his fifth term as a member of the North Thurston Public Schools Board of
Directors. He has trained board members across the country and in Washington
state in governance, education reform, strategic planning, change, implementing
continuous improvement in schools, community engagement, and online learning.
Chuck developed a
multi-level, integrated school board curriculum for first-term through
experienced board members. He was trained by John Carver in Policy Governance at
his Advanced Academy. He has taught at the community college level and served as
an adjunct professor at Seattle Pacific University for online learning. Chuck
has trained municipal employees in supervision and management. He was on the
faculty of the National School Board Association Boot Camp for new board
members.
Chuck received
the NSBA's 2006 Shannon Award for excellence and innovation in school
board training. Chuck developed and managed a 14-member cadre of board
development and governance trainers, as the Assistant Executive Director for the
Washington State School Directors’ Association (WSSDA) for fifteen years.
Chuck Namit's Services
• 1993 -
Present North Thurston Public School - Director
• 1993 -
Present Thurston Regional Planning Council
• 2009 - 2018 Washington State School Directors'
Association
• 2007 -
2010 Washington Education School
Foundation
• 2004 - 2007
Washington Society of Association Executives
Chuck Namit's Education
University of
Puget Sound,
M.B.A. Management, Marketing and Human Resources,1978-1980
Michigan State
University, M.A.
in Communication (School of Journalism), Thesis: UAW and GM Attitudes
Toward the 1970 Strike, 1970-1972
Oregon State
University, M.Ed
Worked in the Portland School District as a teacher in the National Teacher
Corps; assigned to the Model Schools Program, 1967-1969
Portland State
University, B.S.
American History, with a minor in Political Science (Interest in lobbying);
involved with the Campus Christian Community and led the organization as the
student president, 1963-1966
