Greater Latrobe Partners in Education Foundation (GLPIEF) is pleased to welcome new board member Pam Mt. Joy.\u00a0 Pam has been volunteering for GLPIEF since its inception in 2012.<\/p>\n
Mt. Joy says, “I am deeply honored to join the GLPIEF and continue the support of the Foundations tremendous work being done to benefit the students of GLSD.\u00a0 My husband, Ray and I were co-chairs of the A+ Campaign which was the major fundraiser for GLSD capital improvements in the areas of academics, arts and athletics.\u00a0 Since my husband\u2019s passing this year, I truly welcome the opportunity to join the Foundation Board to continue the supportive efforts Ray and I have believed in for so long.\u00a0 Volunteering my time to support the educational growth of the students in my second home of Latrobe is my honor and will carry on what Ray and I valued together.”<\/p>\n
Pam Mt. Joy is a graduate of Texas Tech University where she studied elementary education.\u00a0 After college, Mt. Joy worked in corporate marketing, teaching in Spring Independent School District and then took time to be a stay-at-home mother to her son Tyler.\u00a0 In 2003, Pam began to work at Xeray Systems, an oil trading business, as the Office Manager.\u00a0 Her husband Ray had founded the business in 1995 and they worked side-by-side until their retirement in 2013.\u00a0 Pam has been a dedicated volunteer in her native Texas especially in the areas of education.\u00a0 Her experiences included being the Co-President of The Woodlands High School Quarterback Club which is a nonprofit that supplemented the football program and provided scholarships to players.\u00a0 Pam is also a founding and current board member of The Woodlands High School Art Trust\u00a0which was modeled after the GLSD Art Conservation Trust.\u00a0 Since its inception, The Woodlands High School has purchased 30 paintings for the high school.<\/p>\n
Pam\u00a0is joining the volunteer board of directors comprised of parents, alumni, and civic and business leaders committed to effectively governing the Greater Latrobe Partners in Education Foundation.\u00a0 The board includes David B. Arnold; Robert Demangone; Dr. Rhonda Laughlin: Dana L. Marcinko; Michael J. Rossi; Bradley E.Smith, Esq.; Dorothy M. Staffen; Lester R. Sutton; Judith A. Swigart and Maryann White-Helfferich.\u00a0 The officers of the GLPIEF Board include Jessica S. Urbanik, president;\u00a0<\/strong>Julie L. Jones vice president; Keith M. Visconti, treasurer and James R. Okonak, secretary.\u00a0\u00a0GLPIEF\u2019s mission is to ensure the highest level of education innovation supporting GLSD students, faculty and staff with community involvement in a partnership of lifetime learning through philanthropic and volunteer opportunities. \u00a0 To learn more about the GLPIEF please visit\u00a0www.glpief.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Greater Latrobe Partners in Education Foundation (GLPIEF) is pleased to welcome new board member Pam Mt. Joy.\u00a0 Pam has been volunteering for GLPIEF since its inception in 2012. Mt. Joy says, “I am deeply honored to join the GLPIEF and continue the support of the Foundations tremendous work being done to benefit the students of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glpief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glpief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glpief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glpief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glpief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glpief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glpief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glpief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glpief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glpief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}