Pawlowski was appointed by Knowles to the State Board of Education in 1998. Previously, she served as president of the Alaska Parent Teacher Association and a member of the National PTA's Parent Involvement Commission. With 24 years of volunteerism in schools, museums, and community associations, Pawlowski is a past recipient of Volunteer of the Year honors from the Anchorage School District. She also was an active member of the Education Coalition, a collection of parent, teacher, school board and school administrator groups that has worked closely with the state board and the Department of Education on Gov. Knowles' Quality Schools initiative. Education is a topic which concerns not only parents, but all Alaskans, as the future of our state lies in the quality of schools that we provide.
Members serve five-year terms.