Early Career
Scanlan was born in Littleton, Colorado, and graduated from Columbine High School. Currently a resident of Dillon, Colorado, and a resident of Summit County since 1995, she holds a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in nonprofit organization management from Regis University. While in school, Scanlan worked as a ski lift operator and children's ski instructor in Keystone, Colorado to help pay college expenses.
Since 1994, she has worked for the Keystone Center, a nonprofit focusing on science education and dispute resolution, by 2007 becoming their Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In that capacity, Scanlan oversaw both Keystone's administrative offices and Keystone Science School's campus-based programs.
Scanlan, who had served with the Summit School District Accountability Committee, was appointed from among ten applicants to fill a vacancy on the Summit School District Board of Education in April 2004 and was elected to a full term in November 2005, taking the highest vote total among the seven candidates for three school board seats. She was named the board's vice-president in November 2005 and then named its president in November 2007. During her tenure on the board of education, Scanlan was critical of standards set by the No Child Left Behind Act, and was a proponent of greater engagement with the local Spanish-speaking community. In 2007, Scanlan served on a state commission on education that provided recommendations to Gov. Bill Ritter on improving Colorado public schools. She also served (as of 2008) as president of the Mountain Boards of Cooperative Educational Services.
Scanlan is married; she and her husband, Tim, have three daughters, Catherine, Julia, and Elise, who attend Summit County public schools.
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