Western Division Staff

After 45 years in Christian education as a teacher, principal, ACSI regional director, and general “travel guy”, Jerry retired, looking for that life of leisure putting around the house and hanging out with grandkids. But that is not what retirement looks like in his world. In the last two years, he has finished an Ed.D. in educational leadership, signed on as an interim Headmaster for a large Classical Christian school, stepped onto the board of a Christian school in Russia, volunteered for domestic and international accreditation work, and was voted onto an emerging state Christian school consortium board. Still married for almost 50 years, serving in his church, and occasionally seeing the grandkids, retired life is filled with service and opportunity.

Jim has served as Head of School in 5 different schools over a period of some 45 years. He holds a Master’s of Science with a concentration in Faith Based Education from Cal Baptist University.  He also holds an ACSI Professional Educator’s Certificate at the Superintendent Level. His experience has included founding a K-8 Christian school; serving on the ACSI Board of Directors and several Accreditation teams. His most recent responsibilities include serving as Field Director for the greater San Diego County as well as holding Round-Table groups for Christian leaders. Jim has a wife, who has been actively involved in the Christian school movement as a conference speaker; two married children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.  His favorite verse is Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.”

After serving in various leadership capacities in Christian Schools in the Seattle area and overseas, Laird is the incoming Dean of the College of Education at Northwest University in Kirkland.  His leadership experiences include Principal at moderately sized EE-8th grade schools, serving as Head of School at comprehensive K-12 grade schools as well as leading an Advancement department at one of the largest schools in Western Washington. He has experience in HR, Board relations, vision-casting, and building teams to advance the mission of Christian schooling. Feel free to reach out to him for encouragement, counsel, and prayer. 

Rohn holds a BA degree from Hope College and a MA degree from Goddard College. Rohn was a Christian School administrator in Santa Rosa for 12 years, an ACSI Regional Director for 25 years, and has been a ACSI Field Director for 7 years. Rohn has also been a certified leadership/life coach for 7 years. His interests include photography, camping, snow skiing and gadgets. He has been married to Jane for 52 years!

Ted Clark has served as a teacher, coach, guidance counselor, athletic director, principal and superintendent in several Montana schools for almost three decades. For the past six years, he has been the superintendent at Helena Christian School in East Helena, Montana.  Ted is the ACSI Field Director for Idaho and Montana. He recently retired from the MT Air National Guard after 28 years of service.  Ted has been married to his wife, Stacey for 30 years and they have two children, Gabrielle and Ryan.

Timothy Lugg earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1979 from Los Angeles Baptist College (now The Master’s University) and his Master of Divinity from Western Conservative Baptist Seminary (1999). In 1982 he was hired to teach at Grace Academy in Marysville, WA. He was named the Administrator/Principal at Grace Academy in 1998 and remained in this position until retirement in 2022. He has also served on the board of the Washington Federation of Independent Schools, on the ACSI Regional Council, and the ACSI Northwest Accreditation Commission. He and his wife, Renée, have five grown children and 15 grandchildren. 

Weston is a native Coloradoan.  He has been married to Kristin for 27 years and has two adult daughters Emily and Katie.  He went to college at Colorado State, where he earned a business degree.  Weston became a Christian at a Promise Keepers event in Boulder in 1994.  After spending 16 years working in banking, he changed careers and started his dream job as Executive Director at Dayspring Christian Academy in 2012.  He believes in serving and has been on various boards.  He is currently serving on the Colorado Association of Private Schools, High Plains Housing Development and the Bright Futures boards.  In his spare time, he loves to read, fly fish and "try" to archery hunt for big game.

David Seidman, a California native, has been in Christian education for over 30 years. He received his bachelor’s degree and teaching credential from Vanguard University, and his Masters in Administration from Azusa Pacific University. He taught History, Government, and Economics before moving into administration as a Dean of Students, Vice Principal of Curriculum, Principal, and Head of School. As the Head of School for Hawthorne Christian Academy in New Jersey, a Preschool through 12th grade school, he worked with ACSI to found ACSINJ, New Jersey's legal and legislative advocacy organization for Christian schools. David is the Head of School for Calvary Christian School in Santa Ana. David looks forward to helping the Christian school community understand and navigate the challenges we face in supporting our mission to prepare students academically, and to inspire them to become devoted followers of Christ. He loves spending time with his family, traveling, reading, and is always looking to join a good game of basketball.

Tim has been married 28 years to Lynne and is blessed to have three adult children who were blessed by Christian schools. He accepted Jesus while studying business at UC Berkeley. Tim has served in Christian school Administration for 28 years. He is passionate about developing leaders and building a culture that is healthy and dynamic. Tim’s hobbies include: outreach, traveling, mountain biking, and training for triathlons.