EVSC Foundation Board

Sally Becker, EVSC Board of School Trustees

An Evansville native, Sally Becker is a graduate of Bosse High School where she was editor of the school newspaper, The School Spirit.  This experience under an excellent teacher launched a career in journalism upon graduation from Northwestern University where she studied journalism as well as political science and history.  While at Northwestern, Sally also received her secondary teaching license.  She taught two years in Evansville and suburban St. Louis before entering broadcast journalism in Evansville with the NBC affiliate.  She was promoted to statehouse correspondent in Indianapolis and was invited to audition for NBC New York before deciding to marry instead. Ms. Becker has two children, both valedictory graduates of Harrison High School now living in Chicago as an attorney and business consultant respectively.

Long involved in public education, Sally says she never thought she’d be a school board trustee but feels on reflection all paths pointed her in that direction.  She’s a former president of the Public Education Foundation; the president of the parent support group for high-achieving students, Horizons; and president of the Harrison Athletic Boosters and Harrison Concert Choir patron.  For 12 years she worked in real estate management and otherwise served in college program administration.  In 2008 she published a memoir, Raising Them Alone, and is now preparing to be a certified family life educator.

About the EVSC Foundation, Sally believes “it is the legacy that will make the difference for excellence.  It will provide the funds to afford the best for our children.”