Our Leadership

Drason Sillin holds his Masters of Public Administration from Franklin University with a focus on Non-Profit Administration and a Bachelors of Science in Public Safety and Emergency Management. As a career security professional, Drason has worked for everything from fortune 100 companies to the Columbus Zoo. Initially a reluctant homeschooling dad, Drason has embraced and supported ELCC after seeing the amazing difference it made in the lives of his own three sons. Drason is pleased to be able to serve ELCC as the Board Moderator and looks forward to another fantastic school year. Drason has served on the ELCC Board since 2010. email

Chrisy Huy (Term Ending 5/31/2022) is homeschooling mom of Aiden. She is married to Dave and her older son, Alex, graduated a few years ago from Tri Valley. Christy enjoys bringing some sunshine to co-op each week and getting to know all the kids, her goats and 4H club, and is an avid quilter. Christy has homeschooled for 9 years and enjoys using BJU curriculum. She served as the security coordinator at co-op from 2015-2020 and as a Doyenne since 2020. Christy is looking forward to another great year at co-op where she will be also serving as one of our Co-Directors.

Heather Stokes (Term Ending 5/31/2023) lives in the Licking Valley area with her husband George, their 4 children, Grandpa, and a variety of goats and other animals. She and her family are active in 4H and love this homeschooling community. Her oldest daughter, Layla, graduated from ELCC in 2021. Heather has served at co-op in a variety of classes, teaching and assisting, and has served as our Hospitality Coordinator since 2018. Heather oversees residual fundraisers like Kroger Cares, Amazon Smile, and Clever Crazes.

Carrie Whitehead (Term Ending 5/31/2023) Lives in Alexandria, Ohio with her husband Craig and thier three sons. Carrie has attended ELCC since 2015 and has served in a variety of classes and positions, most noteably as our Facilities Coordinator since 2017. Carrie is often seen at co-op cleaning, mopping, and keeping our facilities in order. Her heart for service and co-op shines through her continuing efforts to keep co-op a clean and happy place for all of our children. Carrie oversees building maintenance.

Jan Rorhbaugh (Term ending 5/31/2022) lives in Utica, Ohio and is a wife and mother, homeschool mom who has been teaching Sunday School since she was 16. She has a Bachelors of Christian Education and is only 1 class shy of a Deaf Studies Certificate. She currently serves on the ministry team at Truth Tabernacle teaching and ministering to a variety of age groups from toddler to adult classes. She is also part of our church's praise and worship team and work with the organization and secretary-type work for our church. She loves all kinds of crafts from painting to wreath making to repurposing furniture. Jan oversees our Scholarship program and our Scrip Program.

Amanda Sillin (Board President) is a homeschooling mother of three sons who have all graduated from ELCC, and has two neices that she is currently homeschooling. Amanda served as the Director of ELCC from 2011 - 2021 and has led numerous trainings and been involved in advocacy efforts to help homeschooling families across Ohio. Amanda holds a degree in Health and Human Services and worked as a Chemical Dependency Counselor and Case Manager before becoming a full-time homeschool mom. Over the years she has taught a variety of classes including science, history, Spanish, sewing, and language arts. Amanda greatly enjoys empowering homeschooling families so that they can fulfill their calling to homeschool and connecting families to resources to help them on their journey. email

Coleen Slagle (Board Vice President) is a homeschooling mom of 5, four who are grown and Samuel who is still at home. Her daughter Autumn graduated from ELCC in 2017. Coleen resides in Newark, is a Master Gardener, and enjoys spending time with her 7 grandkids! Coleen has attended co-op since 2011 and has helped in a variety of classes, from preschool and Kindergarten through high school life skills. She served as the ELCC Treasurer from 2015 - 2018 and as Vice President of the Co-op board and Co- Director since 2019. Coleen loves encouraging homeschooling moms with a ready smile and willingness to pray for each family. email

Cammy Brown (Secretary - Term Ending 6/30/2023) was homeschooled "as a kid in the 80’s when it wasn’t cool yet." and has homeschooled her 4 children, with her oldest graduating from ELCC in 2020. Cammy is a former RN and small business owner and says she would "never survive a desk job." Cammy and her family have attended ELCC since 2015 and Cammy has served as our PE teacher, our Administrative Coordinator from 2017 - 2019, and our Co-op Secretary since 2019. When she isn't serving at ELCC she and her husband Eric can be found running their Perry County hobby farm. Cammy also enjoys shuttling Amish Children to school, working at Sophie's, and engaging in various hijinks with her outdoor loving family. She loves exercise and the building of friendships through sports and games and still leads our PE classes for Middle and High school.

Lisa VanTillburg (Treasurer - Term Ending 6/30/2023) has been a homeschooling mom for 10 years. She has been a teacher in co-ops for most of those years. She has taught science, gym and cooking in past years, but her real love is history. Lisa comes from a long line of teachers. Her great-grandmother taught in a one room schoolhouse, her grandmother was a well-loved 3rd grade teacher in the Hilliard School District and her mother is a professor at a college in Arizona. She is mom to 5 children, 3 are teenagers here at ELCC, 2 grandchildren and many, many, furred, feathered, and scaled kids. Lisa has attend co-op since 2018 and has taugh classes at co-op since 2019. In her spare time, Lisa loves to bake and many of her creations are enjoyed in her history classes.