Emily Mitchell-Marell was elected in May 2023 to the Onteora school board. She lives in Glenford and is an Independent Education Counselor (IEC), focusing on college counseling. Emily is a parent of a boy at Woodstock Elementary School and a girl still in nursery school. Emily graduated from Onteora High School in 1999. Emily graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from Boston University, and a Master of Arts in Education Administration and Policy from Portland State University as well as a certificate in college counseling from UCLA. She worked for twelve years at New York University as an academic advisor, reads a lot of books, drives her kids around a lot and is involved with the Woodstock Elementary School Parent Teacher Association (PTA).