League of Education Voters C4

Board of Directors

We are looking for new Board members! If you would like to express interest in serving on the Board, we will add your name to our queue for review in Summer 2026.

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Dr. Marcus Pimpleton, Chair

Dr. Marcus J. Pimpleton is an award-winning instructional leader and arts educator committed to ensuring that all students receive an exemplary education that prepares them for success in college, career, community, and life. In his 25-year career in public education, he has had the opportunity to lead and learn in a variety of capacities at the building and district levels. He began his career as a music teacher at his former middle and high schools in Seattle. He presently serves as board chair of the League of Education Voters and as Principal of The Center School, an arts-infused college preparatory high school housed in the heart of the arts-rich Seattle Center.

Dr. Pimpleton has served on superintendents’ cabinets with the Yakima School District as their Executive Director of Racial and Educational Justice and later with the Marysville School District as their Executive Director of Secondary Schools. He has also held high school principal roles with the Quincy and Mukilteo School Districts. A teacher to his core, Dr. Pimpleton continues to spend each summer as he has for the past twenty-five years, teaching musicianship, leadership, and showmanship to the 200+ members of the Seattle All-City Marching Band and training the staff of college students and future educators that support them. He was the 2020 recipient of the Washington Association of School Administrators’ Howard M. Coble Scholarship, which honors underrepresented leaders pursuing central office roles. He has also been honored with a Washington State Golden Apple Award from Cascade Public Media and the Phillip B. Swain Excellence in Teaching Award from the A+ Alliance for Education.

Outside of his formal public school leadership work, Dr. Pimpleton is active as a music educator and band clinician, serving as Director of the Around the Sound Community Band – a community concert band open to musicians of all ages and skill levels that was recently honored to perform at Carnegie Hall.  In addition to his work with the LEV Board, Dr. Pimpleton is an equity officer on the board of directors for the Washington Music Education Association and a board member with Honk! Fest West – a community-based nonprofit dedicated to the activation of public space through energetic musical performance.

Pui-Yan Lam, Secretary

Pui-Yan Lam is an immigrant from Hong Kong and has been a resident of Spokane for more than 20 years. She works as a professor of sociology at Eastern Washington University, where she has previously served as department chair, associate dean, director of Faculty Commons, and vice-president and president of the Faculty Organization. She has also served in community organizations such as Spokane Community Against Racism, Asians for Collective Liberation, Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, Greater Spokane Progress, and Refugee and Immigrant Connections of Spokane. She is currently an executive board member of the Spokane Regional Labor Council.

Becky Nissen, Treasurer

Becky has lived in the Yakima area for over 40 years. She is a graduate of West Valley High School, Yakima Valley Community College, and Central Washington University graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting.

Becky has 33 years supporting School Districts in the areas of Finance and Payroll. She was hired by Yakima School District in October 1989, as the Cash Accountant/Retirement Specialist supporting both Payroll and Finance. In October 1991, she accepted a position with ESD 105 as a Fiscal Specialist for the Regional Data Center supporting Districts in both ESD 105 and ESD 123 service areas. In October 2000, Becky returned to Yakima School District as the Director of Payroll/Employee Safety. In July 2008, Becky was promoted to Director of Finance. In July 2019, Becky was promoted to Executive Director of Finance. Becky retired on 8/31/22 to become the full-time caregiver for her new grandson!

Becky was an active member of the state and national organizations for school business officials, serving on committees and teaching classes. She was appointed in 2019 by the Washington Association of School Business Officials to the State School District Accounting Advisory Committee.

Becky loves the Yakima community and enjoys supporting organizations through volunteer work. She is a 2003 graduate of Leadership Yakima. Over the years she has served on many nonprofit boards including West Valley Child Care, Yakima Humane Society, Voices for Children, and Kiwanis Club of Yakima. Serving on behalf of children in the Yakima Area is both her passion and career!

Becky and her husband Pete live West of Yakima. When not working or volunteering, you can find them kayaking, snowshoeing, hiking, enjoying great food, attending a WSU football game (Go Cougs!!), at a concert, or on a driving exploration around Washington. Becky is a hobby photographer, quilter, and grandma extraordinaire!

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