Tippi Foley joined the Perry Board of Education in May 2016. She has 24 years experience in education. Tippi spent her first twelve years in education at Auburn Career Center where she held positions as a Teacher, Career Pathways Counselor, and Enrollment Specialist serving eleven school districts throughout Lake and Geauga Counties. Prior to her work at Auburn, Tippi was an instructor for the Dr. James H. Porter Center for Science & Mathematics, she also coached softball and soccer for Madison High School. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from Kent State University in 1992 with a major in Psychology, her teaching license from Lake Erie College, and Master's in Educational Administration from Cleveland State University in 2007.

Tippi comes from a family of five children and has lived in Lake County her entire life. She and her husband Derek have lived in Perry for the last 17 years where they raised their three children; Austin 26, Andrew 21 and Emily 14.