AACPS Re-elects Board President, Names New Vice President

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD -- The current board of education president for Anne Arundel County Public Schools has been re-elected and a new vice president elected. The officers were voted into office at the board's recently held July annual meeting.

Terry Gilleland was selected as president for another term and Michelle Corkadel was voted in as vice president. Gilleland was elected board president in February after previously serving as vice president of the board. A Millersville resident, Gilleland also served as the student member of the board during the 1994-1995 school year while as a senior at North County HIgh School. A former state delegate, Gilleland has served on the Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation’s board of directors and holds active volunteer leadership roles with Future Business Leaders of
America, HOPE For All and Faith into Action.

Corkadel was elected in November to represent District 7 on the board. She began serving a six-year term on Dec. 3. A resident of Edgewater, Corkadel has served the community and a variety of civic and nonprofit organizations as a volunteer. She has been a member of the board of directors for her community organization and served on the board of the Crofton Regional Community Center. She also has been the Sunday School superintendent at the church she and her family attend. Before joining the board, Corkadel served as a constituent services officer for then-County Executive Steve Schuh.

Also serving on the board are Candace C.W. Antwine of Jessup, Melissa Ellis of Millersville, Eric Grannon of Davidsonville, Julie Hummer of Laurel, Robert C. Leib of Harwood, Dana Schallheim of Severna Park and Student Member Rida Alvi.