Board Member Biographies and Contact Information
Gretchen Meier, President
(845) 733-5217
gretchen.meier@pinebushschools.org
Term expires: June 30, 2025
Meier is a physical therapist and co-owner of Pine Bush Physical Therapy. She is a member of the district’s Audit Committee and Health and Safety Committee, and is involved with the No Place For Hate Committee and the Pine Bush High School Excelsior Academy. Her two children attended Pine Bush schools. Meier is serving her third term on the school board.
Cara Robertson, Vice President
(845) 978-0619
cara.robertson@pinebushschools.org
Term expires: June 30, 2026
Robertson is a graduate of Pine Bush High School and earned a business degree from Lynn University in Florida. She is a retired self-employed school bus contractor. In her third term on the school board, Robertson is a member of the district’s Audit Committee and the All Night Graduation Party Committee. She has two children who have graduated from Pine Bush High School.
Erik Buckley
erik.buckley@pinebushschools.org
Term expires: June 30, 2025
Buckley is a graduate of SUNY Orange and works with students with emotional and behavioral disabilities, autism and developmental disabilities for Rockland BOCES. He is a life-long resident of the area serving his first term on the board of education. Buckley and his wife have two children who attend Pine Bush schools.
Dori Johnson
(845) 800-2692
dori.johnson@pinebushschools.org
Term expires: June 30, 2025
Johnson has a bachelor’s degree in geology and a master’s degree in earth science education, both from SUNY New Paltz. She is a teacher in the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District and has two children in the Pine Bush School District. This is her third term serving on the board of education.
Kristi Kheiralla
(908) 310-2305
kristi.kheiralla@pinebushschools.org
Term expires: June 30, 2026
Kheiralla holds a nursing degree from St. Luke’s School of Nursing in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, from which she was the class valedictorian. She has worked as a registered nurse at Lenox Hill Hospital and the Hospital for Special Surgery and is currently a stay-at-home mom. She has two children in district schools. She is currently in her second term on the board.
Ross Tompkins
(914) 850-1512
ross.tompkins@pinebushschools.org
Term expires: June 30, 2024
Tompkins attended SUNY Orange and SUNY Dutchess studying business management and human resources, as well as real estate development. He is a graduate of Pine Bush High School Class of 1982 and his three children attend district schools. Tompkins has more than 30 years in the banking and real estate businesses and co-owns the Pineapple Day Spa. He is active in scouting, Pine Bush Relay for Life and several professional organizations. This is his second term on the board.
Matthew Watkins
(845) 744-5386
matthew.watkins@pinebushschools.org
Term expires: June 30, 2024
Watkins received an associate’s degree in marketing from SUNY Delhi and a bachelor’s degree in general business from Penn State University. Watkins serves as a councilman in the Town of Shawangunk and as a trustee for the Pine Bush Area Public Library. This is his second full term on the board; he also served from May 2016 to June 2017. He and his wife have three children, two who have graduated from Pine Bush High School and one currently attending PBHS.