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UASP Board of Directors

2024-25 Academic Year


Naomi Varuso
President

Naomi currently practices as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist in Jordan School District. She completed graduate studies at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. Naomi is an active member of NASP and has attended both state and national level conferences. She is excited for the chance to partner with other driven school psychologists to continue moving the profession forward.


April Zmudka
President-Elect

April is an early career school psychologist in Canyons School District. Working as a school psychologist has further ignited her passion toward improving school psychologists' role as a valued systems-level member of every school. April is passionate about sharing the many impactful ways that school psychologists can support and improve schools. Her passions include all things special education law, providing professional development to teachers, supporting students with high behavioral needs, and parent training. She hopes that her fierce love of public speaking and professional development will allow her to be another strong advocate in the UASP community.


Sterling Stauffer
Past-President

Sterling is a practicing school psychologist in Washington County School District. He has served on various teams developing district RTI, EL, PSW, and MTSS policies, practices, and supports. He has served on the legislative, PR and Tech, Research, and Publications committees within UASP and is excited to continue advocating for and supporting school psychologists throughout the state.


Tami Gear
Treasurer

Tami has been a member of UASP and NASP since 2001. She previously served UASP as president, treasurer, and trustee. Tami currently works at the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) as the Fiscal Data and Access Coordinator, overseeing the Special Education budgets for the state and Student Support state program budgets.


Gable Munn
Recording Secretary

Gable is a school psychologist intern who has served as a student representative for the Idaho School Pscyhology Association, and is interested in continuing to advocate for school psychologists and be involved at the association level in Utah.


Rovi Hidalgo
Corresponding Secretary

Rovi Hidalgo graduated from the University of Utah in 2020 and is a school psychologist and board certified behavior analyst in Davis School District. Rovi grew up in Wendover, Utah, and enjoys spending time with her family and dog, playing video games, and exploring cuisines. Her areas of interest include the implementation of schoolwide behavior interventions and supports and participating in problem-solving committees. During her service on the board, Rovi hopes to connect with and inspire other upcoming school psychologists and students to explore the field.


Bethanie Monsen-Ford
NASP Delegate

Over the years Bethanie has been an active member of UASP and held the following roles: Student Representative, District Representative, and Board Member. She currently works in Davis School District as a School Psychologist and Related Services Supervisor. She resides in Davis County with her husband and "fur-kids". She has a passion for supporting students, families, and school staff and strives to unite professionals in an effort to provide the best support possible in our community.


Krista Liles
2023-2025 Trustee

Krista is a school psychologist with experience in a variety of roles including disability advocate, psychiatric technician, autism aide, and behavior support technician. She is passionate about promoting the mental health and academic success of all students as well as helping the adults in our profession feel seen and appreciated.


Miiko Masse
2023-2025 Trustee

Miiko is a school psychologist intern in Washington County School District. She is interested in improving equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts in Utah and has presented on her research comparing the results of social skills training through both an online live synchronous format and the traditional in-person format at national and international conferences.


Nancy Miramontes
2023-25 Trustee

Nancy is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Counseling Psychology and Special Education Department at Brigham Young University. Nancy dedicates her time to preparing graduate students for careers in School Psychology where they will work collaboratively with educators and parents to address children's and adolescents' behavioral health and learning needs. Nancy is passionate about working with ELL communities and advocating for best and equitable practices for all learners.


Madi Beckstead
2024-2026 Trustee

Madi is an early career school psychologist who has served as a university student representative and has assisted with the UASP newsletter through collaborating with students to provide information for the Student Spotlight, as well as helping with the Fall UASP conference. She wants to engage in advocacy for school psychologists and learn more about the field as she becomes an emerging early career school psychologist.


Haley Kirk
2024-2026 Trustee

Haley is a school psychologist in Jordan School District. She has served in a variety of roles including working in elementary, middle school, and now serving the district’s virtual schools. She is passionate about data-based decision making and collaboration.


Kevin Labresh
2024-2026 Trustee

Kevin Labresh is a practicing school psychologist in the Davis School District. Kevin is passionate about advocating for the field of school psychology, facilitating collaboration among colleagues, and promoting healthy self-care habits. He is active on various school psychology social media platforms and serves as a moderator of ‘Said No School Psychologist Ever’ a Facebook group composed of 15,000 school psychologists, where colleagues can come together, exchange resources, and share a laugh or two.


Kirsten Mele
2024-2026 Trustee

Kirsten has worked as a school psychologist since completing her graduate work in 1996. Currently she works in Davis School District where she has been a mentor for new employees for 7 years, participated in a committee to define the role of the School Psychologist in Davis, helped align the Davis Evaluate system with NCSP standards for School Psychologists and worked as a trainer for the Think Social curriculum. Her goal is to promote the importance of the profession of school psychology in the educational system.


Savanna Parady
2024-2026 Trustee

Savanna has previously served as a graduate student representative for UASP, and has enjoyed attending meetings and getting to know students across the state. She is an early career school psychologist in her internship with Nebo School District. Savanna is passionate about autism research, and has presented her research on verbal cognitive domain differences in females with autism at both a national and international level. Her other passions include creating a community that allows her fellow school psychologists, and the students that she works with, to thrive.


Julia Rollins
2024-2026 Trustee

Julia has undergraduate and graduate degrees from BYU. She lives in Orem with her husband and two kids, and has worked in Provo School district for 14 years. The last few years she has been doing a Psych Tip of the Week and collaborating with BYU on research that has brought her back to NASP attendance which was an awesome experience. Both of these made her want to be further involved in her state association.


Alex Wheatley
2024-2026 Trustee

Alex has worked as a licensed school psychologist for over three years in Provo. He loves working with teens and young adults, especially in alternative settings. He specializes in helping his school teams with transition assessment and planning. He has experience with using Polyvagal and EMDR principles in school-based counseling, assistive technology, and video modeling. He loves to read and learn new things, whether that be professionally or in his personal life.

Board Meeting Schedule for 2024-25

 Full Board Meetings Committee Meetings
 August 12, 2024
September 
 October 14, 2024 November
 January 13, 2025 February
 March 10, 2025 April
 May 12, 2025
   

Board meetings are held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. via Zoom

  UASP Board meetings are open meetings - all members are welcome to attend!

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