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BOARD Carrie Upshaw
EDUOCAFTION
The Kingsport Board of Education is made up of five elected
at-large, non-partisan members. Each member serves a
four-year staggered term. Elections are held in May during odd
numbered years. New Board of Education members are seated
on July 1 of each election year.
The board meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays each month, with
regular monthly meetings on the first Thursday at 6 p.m. and
work sessions on the third Tuesday at 6 p.m. All meetings are
located in the Tennessee Room at the KCS Administrative Support
Center, 400 Clinchfield Street, third floor, downtown Kingsport. The
meeting includes a public comment period on agenda items.
To address the board concerning an issue not included in the
board’s regular agenda, you must submit a written request to the
Superintendent of Schools at least three business days prior to the
scheduled board meeting. At the discretion of the Superintendent of
Schools and the Board of Education President, your concern will be
placed on the agenda or addressed privately at an appointed time.
BOE Meetings andWork Sessions are open to the public and all are encouraged to attend. However, if you
cannot attend, all meeting minutes and audio segments can be found on www.k12k.com for reference.
Eric Hyche
BOE President
E-mail: cupshaw@k12k.com
Carrie Upshaw was first elected to the BOE in 2009 and is currently
servinginhersecondfour-yeartermontheBoard. Shewaselectedtoher
firsttermasBoardpresidentin2013.
Carrie was recently appointed to the Tennessee School Boards Association
(TSBA)AllTennesseeSchoolBoard.
Mrs.UpshawhaslivedintheTri-Citiesareamostofherlife,graduatingfromSullivanEastHighSchoolandearning
aBachelorofSciencedegreeinChemicalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofTennessee,Knoxville.
She worked as a contract engineer until 1990. Following the birth of her children, she became active as a
community volunteer and held many PTSA offices, including President at Washington Elementary School and
JohnSevierMiddleSchool.
Mrs.UpshawistheSeniorAdultDirectoratFirstBaptistChurchinKingsportwheresheisalsothepianist.
Mrs. Upshaw and her husband Mike have two children, a daughter in graduate school at UTK and a son at MTSU.
Both children attended Kingsport City Schools from kindergarten through graduation, and Mrs. Upshaw is still an the technical staff at Groupon, where he currently develops software for their iPhone and iPad
activevolunteerinseveralprograms.
Susan Lodal
BOE Vice-President
E-mail: slodal@k12k.com
Susan Lodal was first elected to the BOE in 2003 and is currently
serving in her fourth four-year term on the Board. She was elected
Board vice-president in 2013.
Mrs. Lodal is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana and received her
Bachelor of Science degree in MedicalTechnology from Purdue University.
While serving on the Board, Mrs. Lodal has received numerous awards and honors, including the 2014
Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) Scholars Circle Award, 2013 Ambassadors for Education
Certified, Master, Diamond and Platinum Level Awards, and is the immediate past President of the TSBA
(Treasurer 2012, Vice President 2013, President-Elect 2014). She received the National School Boards
Association Distinguished Service Award (2007, 2010, 2012), the 2010 C. Hal Henard Distinguished Service
Award, and was named to the AllTennessee School Board by theTSBA in 2010.
She has served as the chairperson of the Tennessee Legislative Network and member-at-large of the
TSBA Board of Directors (2007-2008) as well as being a member of the Legislative Affairs Committee of
the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Lodal is a Master (LevelV) School Board Member, the highest
designation bestowed by theTSBA.
Mrs. Lodal volunteers as a tutor in two elementary schools and is an active member of the Waverly
Road Presbyterian Church food pantry. Prior to running for the Board, she was the Director of Children’s
MinistriesatWaverlyRoadfor13yearsandactiveinschoolPTSAsforover16years. Sheisthecurrentpast
chairperson of the HungerTaskforce of the UnitedWay of Greater Kingsport.
Mrs. Lodal and her husband Peter have lived in Kingsport since 1977 and have three grown children, all
graduating from Kingsport City Schools.
Todd Golden
BOE Member
E-mail: tgolden@k12k.com
Todd Golden was appointed to the BOE in 2014 to complete a
one-year term of service due to a Board member resignation.
He was elected to the Board in 2015 for his first four-year term
ending in 2019.
Mr. Golden has called Kingsport home for 17 years. A native of Albany, Georgia, he attended
Brigham Young University - Idaho, studying business development and completed a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Technical Sales from Weber State University in Ogden, Utah.
After completing college, Mr. Golden worked for Hewlett-Packard in the Bay Area of California as
a territory sales manager and was promoted to be the corporate trainer for the southeastern U.S.
and Puerto Rico. It was during this time that he elected to move to Kingsport, TN. He has been an
integral part in establishing and executing the annual Day of Service in theTri-Cities, taught classes
at the Kingsport Renaissance Center on business development and Spanish, served as a volunteer,
full-time Christian missionary in Columbia for two years, and speaks fluent Spanish.
Mr. Golden and his wife Melissa have five children, two pre-schoolers and three that attend
Kingsport City Schools.
BOE Member
E-mail: ehyche@k12k.com
Eric Hyche was appointed to the BOE in 2014 to complete a one-
year term of service due to a Board member resignation. He was
elected to the Board in 2015 for his first two-year term ending
in 2017.
Mr. Hyche is a native of Kingsport, graduating as valedictorian of Sullivan Central High School in
1983. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Tennessee Tech University, where
he was the 1987 Derryberry Award winner.
After completing college, Mr. Hyche married Angie Duncan, another Kingsport native, and relocated
to Atlanta, GA, where he obtained a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech
University and worked for NCRand Iterated Systems. In 1998, Mr. and Mrs. Hyche moved back to
Kingsport and began working remotely for Seattle-based RealNetworks. In April 2013, he joined
apps. Mr. Hyche is a past president of the Preston Forest Community Association and a deacon at
Northeast Church of Christ. He also enjoys writing software for personal projects, reading, bicycling,
and acting in community theater productions.
Mr. Hyche and his wife Angie have two daughters, who both attend college.
Dr. Karen Reed-Wright
BOE Member
E-mail: kreed-wright@k12k.com
Dr. Karen Reed-Wright was elected to the BOE in 2015 and is
serving in her first four-year term on the Board.
Dr. Reed-Wright is a lifelong resident of Kingsport and a product
of Kingsport City Schools. Karen attended ETSU where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Secondary
Education majoring in history. She returned to college to add an elementary certification and to
earn a Master’s degree as a Reading Specialist. Later, she returned to ETSU again to earn her
Doctorate degree in Leadership and Policy Analysis. These degrees built the foundation for her
career with Kingsport City School and later as an associate professor at Virginia Intermont College.
During her years with Kingsport City Schools, Karen was an elementary and middle school teacher, a
peer evaluator, a staff development coordinator, a reading coach, and served as an interim principal.
For eight years she worked as the Literacy Coordinator and was a communications coordinator when
the new Washington Elementary was first opened. During this time, Karen also traveled within and
outside the state as a consultant providing workshops in both reading and mathematics. She also
served as a member of theTennessee Reading Panel, selecting guidelines for reading and language
arts for school systems across the state.
While a classroom teacher, Karen achieved Career Ladder III distinction and in 2000, at the White
House, President Clinton presented her with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching
Mathematics and Science. Karen is a National Board Certified Teacher (1999) and was selected as a
YWCA Woman of Distinction in the Field of Education (2007).
Karen and her husband, JimWright, have a daughter, Peyton.They are members of First Presbyterian
Church, Bays Mountain Park Association, Friends of Allandale, and Netherland Inn/Exchange Place.
Karen worked as a volunteer for Fun Fest for several years and was the Chairman of Fun Fest 1990.
Dr. Reed-Wright enjoys reading, walking, attending sporting events, and traveling to Massachusetts
to visit her daughter and son-in-law.