HSC Board of Directors
We encourage anyone with an interest in HSC to join us at our quarterly board meetings. Contact HSC for specific scheduling information and directions if you would like to attend any meeting. Contacting the HSC BoardPlease contact the entire board only if the entire board needs to read your comments or questions. Questions sent to the entire board go through a process to determine the responsibility for replying. You will get a quicker response if you can direct your question to a specific board member or committee chair. If you're not sure which individual to send your question to, use HSC's general email address . All Board of Directors email addresses are listed below. Board Terms and Election ProcedureBoard members serve three year terms. Read about how to become a board member. | |
Leslie BuchananPresident - contactI am Leslie Buchanan. I live in the Sierra Nevada mountains with my husband and four children, Damon (1991), Jacob (1992), Logan (1996) and Rowan (2003). We always homeschooled our kids until Damon decided to attend high school this past year. This gave us a chance to look at new ways to learn and teach. It has also helped me to appreciate the freedom our homeschooling gives us. Freedom to do fun and interesting things, while allowing the boys to learn in the ways that suit them best. Our family enjoys camping, gardening, listening to various types of music and acts of daring on the trampoline. Together we care for two dogs, two white rats and five cats. When we lived in the Central Valley I served my local support group as a newsletter editor and a board member. Now I am growing an inclusive support group in our new area, with the help of some wonderful families. I have volunteered for HSC as a county contact, e list moderator, a conference volunteer and a conference staff member. I am excited to be part of an organization that is helping preserve educational choice for families. |  |
Kim Cameron-SmithSecretary - contactI live in Livermore with my husband, Philip, and our three children: Aidan (1998), Claire (2003), and Dominic (2006). Prior to homeschooling, I spent many years in various academic pursuits. I have an M.Phil. in Medieval Literature, a Masters in Theology/Religion, and a J.D. All that learning comes in handy homeschooling! I am a licensed attorney, and an active member of the California State Bar. We decided to homeschool initially for academic reasons, but we soon discovered that the best part of homeschooling is the lifestyle. As a family, we have a rich world colored with many fascinations, grand experiments, and wonderful homeschooling friends. Best of all, I have come to know my children in a profoundly deep way. I attended my first HSC Conference the August we started homeschooling. HSC is a marvelous example of an organization that thrives because of the passion and commitment of its members, all of us dedicated to one common goal: the good of our children. In addition to being on the Board of Directors, I am an attorney on the HSC Legal Staff. |  |
Sarah SampleTreasurer - contactI live in the Central Valley of California, between orange groves, olive trees, and the Sierra Nevada foothills. My husband, Dave and I have two children, Tyler (14) and Erin (11) and we share our 5 acres with dogs, cats, pygmy goats and honey bees. My involvement with HSC began when we were just starting to homeschool Tyler, and I found out about an upcoming camping trip to Refugio State Beach. While I joined HSC for the camping, I have come to appreciate ALL the work the this organization does for homeschooling families and I have volunteered at conferences, helped with campouts, answered the 888-phone line, and have been a county contact for Tulare County for many years. I believe that true learning takes place when you are actively involved in things that interest you, and since we all know that children pay more attention to what we do than what we say, I have tried to set a good example! Over the years I have held several positions for LLL, ran my own business, learned to snowboard, was one of the founders and am the business manager of a homeschool charter, and on occasion I still stay up all night to finish a good book. I struggle to make sense of the physical and mental disabilities that challenge my children and just as often I am awestruck by their beauty and strength. |  |
Kathy Smith My husband Ben and I live in Chico, Ca and have six kids Paul and Joey (1989), Sarah (1991), Sydney (1994), Evie (1995), and Sean AKA Bug (1997). Just recently our oldest son moved out. We have always homeschooled, sometimes through a charter school, sometimes on our own, whatever seems right at the time. Our teens have utilized community college, in fact at 16, Paul and Joey were done with homeschooling and going to community college full time. I suspect you would term our family unschoolers, since we tend to support our children's plans and goals more than our own. There are plenty of things that Ben and I want the kids to know, but generally since we're always very excited about learning, the kids are excited too. As our children have gotten older, we've seen their tendency to specialize. Even in a family where there's a heavy interest in science they have different areas of fascination: medical research, animal behavior, engineering, etc. Plus, we have our artist. It's amazing to me how confident and full of self-knowledge a teen can be who has had the gift of time. I see that very commonly in teen homeschoolers no matter their method of homeschooling.
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