Board Biographies

Kim Miller
Mrs. Miller is one of the original founders as well as the first and current President of the Board of Directors. As a member of the board she developed the initial and current budgets, wrote grants on behalf of Ridgeview, oversaw the business services, and develops the schedule. She also holds a paid job at Ridgeview as the registrar and Business manager. She held the first meeting and began organizing Ridgeview in the fall of 1999. She had been gathering information on charter schools and charter law since enrolling her children the first Core Knowledge charter school in Fort Collins, Liberty Common School, in 1997. She served on the first accountability committee at Liberty Common School and then chaired the committee for the next two years. She handled the enrollment for Liberty and was an interim office manager in 2000. She also developed the school schedule for Liberty Common School from the fall of 1998 through spring 2001. She graduated from Colorado State University in 1986 with a B.S. in occupational therapy, passed the board exams, and holds the title of OTR. She worked as an occupational therapist at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado, from 1986 - 1993, at which time she had her fourth child. She began practicing occupational therapy again in 1995, working in burns, head injuries, strokes, including geriatric rehabilitation until 1999. From 1979-2000 she also owned a gymnastics school where she choreographed and coached gymnastics. She was board president for the GymKats gymnastics team and was instrumental in facilitating fundraising participation in bingo that generated $100,000.00 per year from 1997-1999. She was also the president of the local MADD chapter from 1986-1988. She has been married for 26 years. Her oldest daughter graduated from CSU in May 2007; her twin daughters graduated from Ridgeview in 2007: Katelyn is attending Kansas University and Kelly is attending Ashland University in Ohio. Her son is a junior at Ridgeview.

Lisa Hoffman
Lisa Hoffman is a current Board Member at Ridgeview Classical Schools where she has two children attending, one in 10 th grade and one in 11th grade. She started her career by graduating with an Electrical Engineering degree from Montana State University in 1983. She has a 20 year career in engineering working on various projects ranging from the launch of a Space Telescope to the development of Embedded Processors. Activities during this time included both technical and managerial responsibilities, as well as coordination between various disparate groups. In 2005, she and her husband moved to Fort Collins to attain a better environment to raise their children. At that time, she quite working and became a volunteer at the school. By spending time in the resource room, she was exposed to and learned about the school operation and curriculum.

Patrick Quadrel
Mr. Quadrel was a member of the original Ridgeview Board of Directors and has two children currently attending the school: a daughter, who was in the inaugural Kindergarten class, and a son who entered Kindergarten in 2005. Mr. Quadrel graduated from Rutgers University in 1983 with a B.S. in economics. In 1986 he became a CPA and received his M.B.A in finance and business policy from the University of Chicago in 1987. He has over 20 years of experience in accounting, investing, and finance as an auditor, controller, financial analyst, proprietary trader, and business manager. He has worked in a variety of entrepreneurial, not-for-profit, investment bank, and international corporate settings. In addition to serving on the Ridgeview Board of Directors, Mr. Quadrel is a youth soccer coach and holds a CSYSA-USSF National D coaching license. He has lived in Fort Collins since 1993.

Paul Heyliger
Mr. Heyliger has been associated with RCS since the Fall of 2003 when he enrolled the oldest of his five children after 9 years of home-schooling. All five of his children have either graduated from or are currently enrolled in RCS. Mr. Heyliger is currently Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University, and he has served in the same department since 1988. He earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1981 and his M.S. in Structural Engineering and Solid Mechanics in 1983 (both from CSU), and his Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Virginia Tech in 1986. He also held a post-doctoral research position at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado from 1986-1988, and has served as a visiting faculty member at University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Stuttgart. He has also been a research fellow at NASA-Glenn Research Center. As of this writing (2009), he has been married to his wife, Janette, for 26 years. They walk or hike together regularly.

Jacque Bermal
Jacque Bermal has been involved with Ridgeview Classical Schools for nine years. She was an original “100 hour volunteer” working to get Ridgeview off the ground in 2001. She participated in the original hiring committee and grant writing efforts for the school. She has been on the Accountability Committee for three years, has participated in the Parent Advocacy Committee, and has volunteered in many classroom activities for her three kids. Jacque has been married 14 years to Jamie Bermel, the CSU Men's Golf Coach, and they have three kids: Emily (7th grade), Jack (6th grade), and Charlie (4th grade). She received her Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Sport Science from the University of Georgia in 1990 and her Master of Science in Physical Therapy from Washington University in St. Louis in 1992. She practices physical therapy part-time at the Northern Colorado Rehabilitation Center, working with a variety of patients (trauma, orthopedic, medical, and her favorite neurological patients, such as spinal cord injuries, head injuries, and strokes). She loves outdoor activities and sports, particularly golf, volleyball (both playing and coaching the RCS 6th, 7th, and 8th grade girls), hiking, travel, and reading. Jacque has enjoyed watching Ridgeview grow from infancy to maturity and is excited to continue contributing to the constant improvement and sustainability of our school by serving on the Board.