Tonja is the Superintendent for the Linn Benton Lincoln Education School District. She earned her B.S. in Human Development and MAT in Elementary Education from Oregon State University. She obtained her administrative licenses through the University of Oregon. She has worked in four of the twelve LBL ESD component districts, Lebanon, Scio, Corvallis, and Albany. She has held a variety of educational positions including child development specialist, Title I reading specialist, elementary principal, curriculum director, and assistant superintendent. She loves to travel, read, grow flowers, and bird watch.