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 2026-27 School Year:

8/27, 10/1, 11/1, 12/4, 1/21, 2/25, 3/25, 4/29, 5/27.

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

Loren is a Dad, a gardener, a rafter, and a runner. Loren’s daughter, Parker is in her second year as a preschooler at MVM. Loren is anticipating his son, Kai, starting this fall. Loren is happy to serve as a parent and neighbor.

Lia Dickey

August 2026 – August 208

Lia and her family moved to the Colorado from California in 2025. She and her husband, Cody, are raising their two children and together own and operate a local landscaping business.

Lia has a professional background in recruiting and onboarding for a healthcare robotics company, along with college coursework and experience in early childhood education. Her interest in child development and education grew while living in California, when her daughter began attending a bilingual Mandarin Montessori school.

Bilingual in English and Spanish, Lia was especially drawn to the way Montessori encourages language, independence, and a love of learning. She enjoys incorporating Montessori principles and bilingual learning into her own home and is excited to continue deepening her understanding of the Montessori approach at MVM.

Lia is excited to serve on the MVM board, become more involved in the school community, and support its continued growth.

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

October 2024 – October 2026

Nick is a Colorado native, born in Alamosa. He achieved his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Colorado State University before moving to Los Angeles. After a five-year stint working for an electrical company and as executive protection in Hollywood, he moved to Mesa County where he works at U.S. Tractor & Harvest, Inc. Since 2010 he has been a network administrator for all five locations in Colorado. He is based in Fruita but sometimes has to travel as far as Craig or even Alamosa to work on the computer systems in the company. Most importantly he is married to Marney and has a son, Ryan. Currently, Ryan is in the Monument View lower elementary class. You may recognize him as the tallest student in the class pictures!

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.