The Monument View Montessori Charter School Board of Directors will be comprised of five to seven members, and it will always include a majority of parents. The Board will be elected by the parents/guardians of the students attending Monument View Montessori Charter School and will operate according to the by-laws laid out by the school’s operating committee.
The MVMCS Board of Directors meets ten times a year, usually on the fourth Thursday of each month, at 5:30 pm. Contact our Office Manager at 970-858-3798 for details. We use virtual meetings for the majority of our meetings. Here is a list of the meeting dates for the 2025-26 School Year:
- 8/28, 9/25, 10/23, 12/4, 1/22, 2/26, 3/26, 4/30, 5/28.
Board of Directors
Scott Ingram (President, Treasurer)
September 2024 – September 2026
Scott Ingram is the marketing director for a student travel and education company that takes students to communities in countries around the world. He previously was a field instructor for gap year programs and taught English in a high school in Nagasaki, Japan. He and his wife, Liesel, moved from Ridgway, CO, to Grand Junction in 2017 for the warmer winters and larger community. They welcomed their daughter, Juniper, in 2017 and their son, Ren, in 2019. They are excited to continue a Montessori education for their children in the Grand Valley.
Contact: s.ingram@mvmcharter.org
Loren Albright
May 2025 – May 2027
Reece Carpenter
January 2025 – January 2027
Reece moved to Grand Junction in 2015 for work, after serving in the Marine Corp and earning his BS in Geology. He has been with the Bureau of Reclamation for 10 years, helping manage water resource allocations and dam safety standards. Outside of work, Reece enjoys the outdoor adventures of Colorado with his wife, child, and two dogs. He welcomes the opportunity to serve on the board at MVM, where his daughter has been enrolled for the past five years.
Shae Lynn Watt
December 2025 -December 2027
Shae Lynn Watt has a wide-ranging professional background that includes work as a farmer, doula, and public health data analyst. She now helps organizations strengthen community systems through consulting work with her husband, Kevin. Across each role in her career, she is guided by a commitment to bringing both her head and her heart to her work—pairing science with empathy in service of community well-being.
Shae Lynn has lived in Fruita since 2018 and serves on the board of the Counseling and Education Center in Grand Junction. She and Kevin have two children, Kevin Jr. and Thomas, a third grader at Monument View Montessori. Their family chose Monument View because they value the autonomy, curiosity, and rich relationships they see cultivated in the classroom, qualities that continue to deepen their appreciation for Montessori education.
Nick Nipple
Dakota Hunt
January 2026 – January 2028
Dakota Hunt was born in Wyoming and raised on a cattle ranch near the Teton Range, where she developed a deep appreciation for hard work, creativity, and the outdoors. She moved to the Grand Valley in 2014 to attend Colorado Mesa University, earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. Dakota is self-employed, teaching piano lessons, working as a freelance graphic designer, and creating and selling her own handmade art and products. She and her husband are raising three daughters; their oldest is in kindergarten, and their second will be joining Pre-K this fall. As a parent, Dakota values fostering independence, creativity, and confidence in children, which is what drew her family to Montessori education and the school community.
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