Academy Board

Board Meetings:

The Board of Directors has cancelled a Regular Meeting scheduled for December 22, 2025.

Click here to view the cancellation notice for the Regular Board Meeting.

All meetings are held in the School's Team Lounge at 6 p.m, unless otherwise stated.

The board will only meet on these dates if there are sufficient agenda items or issues exist which require immediate Board action.

Any person with a disability who needs accommodation for participation in these meetings should contact Tanner Maten at 616-243-6221, at least five days in advance of the meeting, to request assistance.

Board Members:

Eric Thomas-Ferrell

Eric Thomas-Ferrell
President

Eric works in Information Technology/ IT Operations. He has been married for 6 years and has 3 children, and has been a board member of the Heartside Downtown Neighborhood Association. He also volunteered for the Garfield Falcons Fundraising Team, and his hobby is relaxing and studying Web Development (HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, and MySQL).
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Josiah Roggenback
Vice President

Josiah has worked for Trinity Health Saint Mary's hospital as a Respiratory Therapist and Sleep Technologist for 9 years and has been in healthcare overall for 13 years, stating that it is truly interesting and honoring to serve people during the times of some of their greatest needs. He, his wife and their daughter, (who attended NBCA between 2017-2022) recently moved to Cedar Springs after living in SW Grand Rapids for almost 8 years. He is active in his local church regarding attendance and being involved with various events. Being a member of the New Branches Charter Academy board has been motivating, enlightening and meaningful to him, and taking part to both help manage and work with NBCA students, families, and staff is both an honor and a privilege. He always enjoy getting outdoors however and whenever he can. (He actually briefly pursued a career in the National Forest Service years ago) Also, and more specifically, he loves and treasures time with his family. It doesn't have to be an exciting event or plan, but just enjoying the little things with family members is always a blessing to him.
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Jeff VanDyke
Treasurer

Jeff is married with four children (the oldest two being married), and works as the Director of Finance Shared Services at Gordon Food Services. He loves being involved in his community, and serves not only New Branches' Board of Directors, but the Elder Board at Tabernacle Community Church. Among his many hobbies are traveling, playing golf, and finding new restaurants in his local area. He loves to spend time with his family, and couldn't be more excited to be a part of the New Branches Charter Academy family.

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Angie Shadix
Secretary

Bio coming soon!

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Jason Googins
Director

Bio coming soon!