Greg Zadow, owner of Green Ridge Physical Therapy & Wellness in Sisters, on Tuesday won the Sisters School Board’s open Position 2 seat, easily topping Lachlan Leaver, the academic director at J Bar J Youth Services in Bend.

“I hope to hit the ground running and figure out the best way to serve,” Zadow, 45, said Tuesday night. “We need to get the process moving forward for hiring the new superintendent.”

Former Sisters Superintendent Jim Golden resigned to take the same position at the Greater Albany School District.

Zadow will serve a two-year term.

“It’s important to have a good mix of educators and people that have been educators and someone in the community on the other side of things,” Zadow said. “The school system adds life to a town and is a big connecting point for the whole community.”

Position 4

The school board’s most contested race was a three-way battle for Position 4.

Incumbent Stephen King, the CEO and president of OpenMake Software who was appointed to the board in August, was leading Steve Mathews, a retired art teacher, at press time. Karan Swaner, a retired foreign service officer, who also ran for King’s seat, was in third.

Jeff Smith, who was appointed to Position 3, a four-year term, last December, ran unopposed for his seat on the school board. Smith, a former college professor, also served on the school board from 1999 to 2011. Amanda Clark also won election without facing a challenger. She will serve out a two-year term in the board’s Position 5.

—Reporter: 541-617-7829,

beastes@bendbulletin.com.