Cory Gerdts
Board Member and Acting Headmaster
Cory Gerdts has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Chicago. He is the Director
of Innovation and Customer Solutions for Protein BioSolutions and has worked in
Biotech for 10 years. He is also a small business owner in Clear Lake and is serving
as Acting Headmaster at Clear Lake Classical. Cory and his wife, Emily have one child and reside in
Clear Lake and are passionate about supporting classical and Christian education in North Iowa.
Jaime Copley
Board Member
Jaime is a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa and a long-time resident of Clear Lake. For more than 18 years, Jaime has worked at KIMT. A former award-winning anchor/executive producer, Jaime currently leads the newsroom as news director. She and her daughter, Gabrielle, share a love for learning, reading, new adventures together and time spent with family. Jaime is passionate about classical education and has seen how God has used it to richly bless her child and others.
Board Member
Jaime is a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa and a long-time resident of Clear Lake. For more than 18 years, Jaime has worked at KIMT. A former award-winning anchor/executive producer, Jaime currently leads the newsroom as news director. She and her daughter, Gabrielle, share a love for learning, reading, new adventures together and time spent with family. Jaime is passionate about classical education and has seen how God has used it to richly bless her child and others.
Gabriel M. Haugland
Board Member
Gabriel M. Haugland is a graduate of the University of Iowa and Drake Law School.
He is a licensed attorney and serves as a JAG Officer (military attorney) in the Iowa National
Guard in the rank of Major. He is also a Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan)
where he led a 32-man Infantry platoon in combat. He and his wife Carolyn live in Clear Lake and
have two children.
Brian Lund
Board Member
Brian J. Lund loves classical education and seeing it blossom in the lives of children and families.
He studied at Bethel University, The Bethlehem Institute, and Westminster Theological Seminary,
California. He has been excited to work peripherally with classical schools in three different states.
Brian lives in Garner, IA with his lovely wife and three children, where he serves as minister of Word
& Sacrament at Zion Evangelical & Reformed Church.
Greg Nicholas
Board Member
Greg Nicholas is a lifelong resident of Clear Lake and is a graduate of St. Olaf College
and the University of Iowa law school. Greg and Julie have three children and six grandchildren. They are active in the music ministry, AWANA, Adult Sunday School and small groups at Clear Lake Evangelical Free Church.
Greg is a board member of International Messengers and the Caring Pregnancy Center.