The purpose of LACA is to develop, support, and provide leadership in administrative, educational, and network technology for the member boards of education while striving to surpass customer expectations.

  Home About LACA  Contact LACA  Search   Apply for a LACA Account  Current Projects
 


Building Administration

EMIS Coordinators

Fiscal Staff

Library


Special Education Directors

Superintendents

Teachers

Technology Coordinators

LACA Staff



AUP

BeAR

D3A2

DASL

DLOTS

EIS

EMAIL

EMIS

Exchange

Filtering Services

FISCWeb

GAAP


Library

IVDL (Video)


LAMA

MailMarshal

Master Schedule Builder

Netmeeting

Network

Outlook Web Access

Password

Progress Book

PRTG

Reflection

Safari/UDMS

Spam

SSEM

Symantec

USAS

USASDW

USASWeb

USPS

USPSWeb

WebCast

Web Hosting

Web2

Jon Bowers
Executive Director
jbowers@laca.org
(740)  345-3400 x 223

Jon joined LACA in 2001 to oversee the development of video services.  After graduating from Miami University with a degree in Operations Management, he moved to Japan to study intercultural communication; he spent nine years there teaching English as a Second Language.

 

Chad Carson
Director of Technology
ccarson@laca.org

(740)  345-3400 x 215

Chad first started with LACA in 1994. His role is to oversee the technical aspects of LACA, including mainframes, servers, network equipment, and software applications.  Chad holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Ohio University.  He also holds Cisco CCNP and CCDP certifications.
 

 

Jeff Davis
Director of Operations
jeffdavis@laca.org
(740)  345-3400 x 222

Jeff has been with LACA since October 2005. He has received his Bachelor's Degree in Computer Information Systems from Devry University. Prior to joining LACA, Jeffrey Davis worked with companies like Wal-Mart, Leapfrog, Donato's Pizza and Paramount Companies. His current role is to manage the Student Services Team and support the LACA Staff.
 

Joey Alexander
Network Manager
jalexander@laca.org

(740)  345-3400 x 216

Joey has been with LACA since December of 1997. He received an Associates Degree in Geographics from Hocking College in 1997. He also has received certificates in programming and wiring from Novell. Joey's primary responsibility is the wide area network (WAN). He is also backup for the local area network (LAN) support to the local districts.  He also holds Cisco CCNP and CCDP certifications.


 

 

Trish Baker
Media Resources Coordinator
pbaker@laca.org
(740)  345-3400 x 214

Trish has been with LACA since October of 1996. She has an Associates Degree in Library Science from Ohio Dominican College. She was a library aide at Willis C. Adams Middle School in the Johnstown-Monroe Local School District for seven and a half years before coming to LACA. Her primary responsibility is to provide support for the INFOhio project. This includes technical support and training for all aspects of the Sirsi K-12  library automation software and technical support and training for electronic resources.

 

 

Jerry Eby
Student Applications Manager
jeby@laca.org

(740)  345-3400 x 210

Jerry is a graduate of Washington State Community College with an Associates Degree in Computer Programming. Jerry was on the Presidents List, Dean's List, and was a member of Phi Theta Kappa. He is Student Services Manager and is responsible for technical support on DASL, ProgressBook, SSEM, SIS and EMIS.

 

 

Melody Hewitt
Fiscal Services Coordinator
mhewitt@laca.org

(740)  345-3400 x 212

Melody has been with LACA since February of 1997. She has a Bachelors in Business Management from Otterbein. Melody worked for over ten years as the business manager for several small companies where she was responsible for all the accounting and payroll procedures. Her primary responsibility is to provide support and training to the Treasurer's office staff. This includes accounting, payroll, equipment inventory, and GAAP.

 

 

Mary Knicely
Administrative Applications Manager
mknicely@laca.org

(740)  345-3400 x 211

Mary is a 1987 graduate of Cedarville College with Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Accounting and Computer Information Systems. Mary was the Assistant Treasurer at Tri-Valley Local Schools for 2 1/2 years and Treasurer at West Muskingum Local Schools for 1 1/2 years prior to coming to LACA in May of 1992. Mary's primary responsibility is to assist the districts in implementing the EMIS data and helping the districts to correct errors and interpret reports. Because of her background, she is backup support for Fiscal applications. Mary is also responsible for installing all the State Software releases.

 

 

Meghan McLeish
K-12 Special Services Coordinator
mmcleish@laca.org

(740)  345-3400 x 219

Meghan is a graduate of Malone College in Canton, Ohio with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Arts with an emphasis in Public Relations. She is supporting the Special Services Education Module (SSEM) Application at both the local and the state level, as well as assisting with local ProgressBook support.

 

 

Helen Morris
Administrative Assistant
hmorris@laca.org
(740)  345-3400 x 225

Helen has been with LACA since March 2003. She has an Associate Degree in Computer Technology from Columbus State. Helen comes from Huntington Bank and Lucent Technologies.

o

 

Elizabeth Petty
K-12 Classroom Data Manager
epetty@laca.org

(740)  345-3400 x 224

Elizabeth has a bachelor's degree from The Ohio State University in Human Development and Family Studies.  This past year she started taking graduate courses towards a master's in Education.  She is the K-12 Classroom Data Coordinator at LACA and is responsible for training and support for teachers using ProgressBook interface software.  

 

 

Dave Stein
Network Coordinator
dstein@laca.org

(740)  345-3400 x 217

David joined LACA in December 2003, following eight years of service with AT&T and Bank One. As Network Coordinator, he provides local area network server management and supports the LACA wide area network. David holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering from DeVry Institute of Technology

 

 

Bobbie Warthman
Educational Applications Manager
bwarthman@laca.org

(740)  345-3400 x 213

Bobbie has been with LACA since September of 1998. She is a graduate of Logan High School and Tri-County Joint Vocational School where she received a Vocational Certificate in the field of Office Services.  Her primary responsibility is to provide technical and user support and training for the INFOhio Project, the Sirsi-K12 automation software, and other educational software packages supported by LACA.

 

 

Barbara Wesley
Student Services Support Coordinator
bwesley@laca.org

(740)  345-3400 x 220

Barbara is a graduate from Ohio University with a Bachelor's in Business Administration majoring in Management Information Systems.  Barbara comes from a non-profit organization where she worked with local government entities to secure federal and state grant funding.  Barbara is responsible for the training and support of  the Student Information System called DASL.