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Matt Holliday
 
4,420 votes
16.41%
- Party: Republican
 - Occupation: Banking
 - Shippensburg University, B.S.B.A. in Accounting and Finance
 - Senior Vice President and Senior Trust Officer at Univest National Bank and Trust Co.
 - Board President of North Penn YMCA
 - Souderton Area School District Strategic Planning Committee Member
 - Harleysville Baseball Little League Coach
 - Father of a son who is age 7 and a daughter who is age 5 who both attend Lower Salford Elementary School
  
Priorities:
- Volunteer my time and expertise to maintain Souderton as premiere school district.
 - Be open minded and make decisions that are in the best interest of our entire community.
 - Make decisions that balance the need to provide our children with a high level of education while controlling the costs for our taxpayers.
  
 
Jill Basile
 
4,279 votes
15.89%
- Party: Republican
 - Occupation: Medical Aesthetician
 - Independant Contractor
 - Contracted by physician practices to manage aesthetic patient services.
 - Pennsylvania State licensed Medical Aesthetician; Certified in various medical grade lasers, aesthetic products and procedures.
 - Active classroom volunteer at Oak Ridge Elementary School working hands-on with children in education.
 - Former big sister with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America.
 - Harleysville resident and mother of two children ages 7 and 2.
  
Priorities:
- To ensure tax dollars are spent wisely and balanced with quality education.
 - Work collaboratively with the administration, fellow board members and the community to make Souderton Area Schools a premier public school system.
 - To maintain a thorough and efficient education for our children.
  
 
William J Brong
 
4,215 votes
15.65%
- Party: Republican
 - Occupation: Construction Manager
 - Degree in Structural Engineering
 - State certified Carpentry instructor
 - Current  School Board Director since December 2005
 - Chairperson for the Boards Operation Committee
 - Vice-Chairperson for the North Montco JOC
  
Priorities:
- As a Board member I haved worked to reduce school tax increases from the historic 8% range to 3% range, and last year's 0%.
 - As a current Board member, I will continue on my mission that all students receive the highest level of education now and in the future.
 - I will continue to balance the educational commitment to our children while taking the needs of the taxpayers into account.
  
 
Bernard "Bernie" (Currie) Currie
 
4,182 votes
15.53%
- Party: Republican
 - Occupation: Retired
 - President Delta Industries International, Inc.
 - President Souderton Area School Board
 - Member of SASB Finance Committee, Education Personnel Committee
 - Member of Strategic Planning Committee
 - Member Souderton Education Foundation
 - BA, St. Charles, Phila.; MBA University of Penna., Wharton School
  
Priorities:
- Bernard  Currie will continue to keep taxes low
 - while finding more ways to improve educational outcomes for all students.
 - We will continue to do these in the spirit of Policy Governance rather than micro-managing
  
Joanne Murray
 
2,556 votes
9.49%
- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Historian/Archivist, Drexel University College of Medicine
 - M.A., Public History, Loyola University; summa cum laude
 - Administrator/faculty appointment, Drexel University College of Medicine
 - Principal Investigator, academic/technology research projects
 - Leadership Institute Award, U. of WI at Madison, 2009
 - Member, Lower Salford Historical Society
 - 2 daughters:  Genevieve Grossman, 7th grade, Indian Valley Middle School; Gillian Grossman, 3rd grade, Oak Ridge Elementary
  
Priorities:
- Strike a balance between fiscal responsibility and educational responsibility.
 - Improve communication, providing transparency to all stakeholders.
 - Recapture the SASD's positive momentum and re-focus on education.
  
Judi Whitmire
 
2,488 votes
9.24%
- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Waitress
 - B.S. Chemistry, Penn State, Suma Cum Laude, 1982
 - Post-graduate studies, Secondary Ed., Chestnut Hill College
 - Lederach Tea Room, 2003-Present
 - Hands Across The District Coordinator, 2002-Present
 - Hands Across The District Volunteer, 1994-Present
 - Parent Representative, various SASD Committees
  
Priorities:
- Maintain quality programs for ALL students
 - Improve communications
 - Provide a  voice from a mom's point of view on the Board
  
David J. Spause
2,416 votes
8.97%
Andy Bachman
2,374 votes
8.81%
  
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