LeAnn Wood

1st term, elected in 2022

Biography

LeAnn Wood is a wife, mother, and grandmother. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science in Zoology with an emphasis in teratology, or the study of birth defects. She has spent the last 25 years as a parent volunteer supporting the public education of her five children and advocating for all children. For the past ten years, she has focused on education legislation and policy while serving as the Utah PTA Education Commissioner and Utah PTA Advocacy Vice President. LeAnn has served on numerous state education committees as a parent representative, such as the Accountability Redesigned Advisory Committee, Assessment and Accountability Policy Advisory Committee, State Assessment Parent Review Committee, and the School Fees Task Force. For the past six years, she has also served as the Secretary for the Utah Public Education Coalition.

Apart from her educational advocacy, LeAnn has also spent many years working for and volunteering with the Boy Scouts of America as a Camp Program Director. She also served on the National Cub Scout Committee and the National Advancement Committee. LeAnn and her husband, Darren, live in Kaysville, where she spends her free time reading and traveling with her family. Her favorite vacations include visits to National Parks and Caribbean cruises.

Utah State Board of Education Conflict of Interest and Ethics Statement

LeAnn Wood
Kaysville
Phone: (801) 661-2247 | leann.wood@schools.utah.gov