Tana Perkins Reneau biography: 13 things about Blaine, Washington woman

Tana Perkins Reneau is a former teacher and a resident of Blaine, Whatcom County, Washington, United States. She was born in Kennewick, Benton County, Washington.

Aside from Kennewick, Reneau has lived in other parts of Washington including Blaine, Benton City and Othello. She previously lived in Dallas, Texas, USA and Beaverton, Oregon, USA.

Reneau is a former leader of YoungLives, a program of the North Whatcom County Young Life ministry. Here are 13 more things about her:

Tana Perkins Reneau

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1. She has six children, four of whom are adopted. At least one of the children lives with an expressive language disorder that affects motor and verbal skills.
2. In 1990, she graduated from Kamiakin High School in Kennewick.
3. In 1994, she graduated from Linfield University in McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
4. From 1996 to 1998, she attended Washington State University in Pullman, Whitman County, Washington where she earned her master’s degree in teaching.
5. In 1998, the Kennewick School District hired her. From 1998 to 2010, she taught elementary school and worked one summer as a school administrator in Kennewick.
6. From 2008 to 2010, she attended Washington State University where she earned her PhD in educational leadership.
7. In 2019, she unsuccessfully ran for the Blaine School Board.
8. In 2011, she moved to Blaine.
9. In 2018, she entered Northcentral University in Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA to earned a doctor of education in special education leadership.
10. In 2021, she opened a candy company called Better Buttermint Co., where she employed young adults with developmental disabilities.
11. On May 19, 2023, she filed for an open seat on the second district of the Blaine School Board. She was supposed to face Ben Lazarus and Dean Berkeley in the primary election is in August 2023.
12. On June 2, 2023, she was arrested by Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office deputies and was found to have in her possession a vial of prescription pills for a prescription that was not hers. She was booked into the Whatcom County Jail in Bellingham, Whatcom County and charged with drug possession, three counts of child rape and four counts of child sexual assault.
13. She was 51 years old when she attended a preliminary court hearing on June 5, 2023. Her bail was set at $500,000.