Current trustees Brenda McGown and Laura Schneider each won a third term on the TRS Board of Trustees as a result of this year’s members’ election.

The four-year terms begin July 1.

Retired teacher trustee McGown, of Bowling Green, worked in Warren County Public Schools and was the 1988 Kentucky Teacher of the Year.

McGown earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees and her Rank I at Western Kentucky University. Her career included being a mathematics teacher, an assistant principal for curriculum and budget, team leader at the Region 2 Service Center and a participant in the Distinguished Educator Program.

Active teacher trustee Schneider, of Walton, is a humanities and journalism teacher at Simon Kenton High in the Kenton County School District. She also taught at Berea Community High. Schneider was the 2013 National Education Association Foundation Kentucky Teacher of the Year.

Schneider earned a bachelor’s from WKU and a master’s from Eastern Kentucky University.

The Board of Trustees consists of 11 members: seven people elected by the membership (four active teachers, one retiree, two lay trustees); two appointed by the governor with investment experience; the state treasurer; and the state education commissioner.

(Posted June 2025)