The SSES Governing Council

  • Cindy Stong - Governing Council President

    Cindy is an accomplished mechanical engineer with three decades of experience at The Boeing Company. Now retired, she holds B.S.M.E. and M.B.A. degrees and remain firmly committed to engineering and education. She is the president of the Governing Council and Founder of the Sacramento School of Engineering and Science. She also serve as a Global Judge Advisor for FIRST® Robotics, where she trains Judge Advisors worldwide. Lastly, as a past officer and current member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), she actively promote the profession's advancement.   

  • Erica Garcia - Vice President

  • Ann DeRoy - Secretary

    Ann DeRoy is currently employed as the Director of Starbase @ Holloman AFB,  she is a retired New Mexico public schools administrator and educator.  She most recently served as the Director of Religious Education at Holloman AFB Chapel.  She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Flickinger Center for the Performing Arts and most recently has been honored to serve as the secretary for the governing council of SSES Charter School. In her spare time, she sings, plays guitar, leads youth group, and loves every minute with her precious family and friends.

  • Racquel Labadie - Member

    Racquel Labadie is a mother of three and proud military spouse. She and her family have lived in the Alamogordo area since January of 2024 and is pleased to call this wonderful community home. Ms. Labadie’s professional background is in education and child development, completing her undergrad in Secondary Social Science Education and graduate degree in Administration. A career civil servant, she has worked for the Department of Defense for over a decade in positions of support for military members and their spouses and in advocacy of military-connected children. Ms. Labadie also serves as Secretary of the Otero County Big Brothers, Big Sisters Resource Board, member of the Holloman Resident Council and chairs the Holloman Education Advisory Council. She is a life-long student of science and believes that in nurturing our innate curiosity of the world we can inspire appreciation and action in protecting it.

  • Joe Burton - Member