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2008-2009 ABEC Board of Directors
Officers
- PRESIDENT: Dave Howell, Director, State Government Relations — Wells Fargo (E)
- PAST PRESIDENT: Charles Jirauch, Partner — Quarles & Brady LLP (E)
- VICE PRESIDENT - BUSINESS: Christopher Smith, Manager, Government & Regulatory Affairs — Cox Communications (E)
- VICE PRESIDENT - EDUCATION: Greg Wyman, Superintendent — Apache Junction Unified School District (E)
- SECRETARY: Panfilo Contreras, Executive Director — Arizona School Boards Association (E)
- TREASURER: Robin Berry, Superintendent — Palo Verde Elementary School District (E)
Education
- Amphitheater Public Schools — Vicki Balentine, Superintendent
- Arizona Education Association — John Wright, President (E)
- Arizona School Administrators — Roger Short, Executive Director
- Arizona State Board for Charter Schools — Deanna Rowe, Executive Director
- Arizona State University — Eugene Garcia, Vice President for Education Partnerships
- Arizona Teacher of the Year (2001) — John Mulcahy, CTE Director (Peoria Unified School District)
- Casa Grande Elementary School District — Frank Davidson, Superintendent
- Catalina Foothills School District — Mary Kamerzell, Superintendent (E)
- Center for the Future of Arizona — Sybil Francis, Executive Director
- Deer Valley Unified School District — Virginia McElyea, Superintendent
- Isaac Elementary School District — Carlos Bejarano, Superintendent
- Maricopa Community Colleges — Maria Harper-Marinick, Vice Chancellor for Academic & Student Affairs (E)
- Mesa Unified School District — Debra Duvall, Superintendent (E)
- Peoria Unified School District — Denton Santarelli, Superintendent
- Phoenix Elementary School District — Myriam Roa, CEO (E)
- Phoenix Union High School District — Kent Paredes-Scribner, Superintendent
- Pima County School Superintendent — Linda Arzoumanian
- Salt River Project — Karen Fisch, Manager, Community Outreach
- Tucson Unified School District — Elizabeth Fagen, Superintendent
- Yuma County School Superintendent — Tom Tyree
- Yuma Union High School District — Antonia "Toni" Badone, Superintendent
Business
- APS/Pinnacle West — Martin Shultz, Vice President Government Affairs (E)
- Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce — Harry Garewal, President & CEO
- Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce — Julie Pastrick, President & CEO
- Greater Phoenix Leadership — Jim Zaharis, Vice President Education (E)
- IBM — Kathy Mitton, Software Group Manager
- Intel Corporation — Shelly Esque, Director, Global Corporate Citizenship (E)
- Medtronic — Bob Enderle, Director, Human Resources
- Orcutt/Winslow Partnership — Herman Orcutt, Managing Partner (E)
- Pearson — Jason Dance, Vice President, West Region
- Southern Arizona Leadership Council — Ron Shoopman, President (E)
- State Farm Insurance — Kim Hicks, Vice President, Operations
- Sundt — Richard Condit, Chief Administrative Officer
- The Boeing Company — Mary Baldwin, Manager, Global Corporate Citizenship
- The Rodel Charitable Foundation of Arizona — Carol Peck, President & CEO
- UnitedHealthcare — Eileen Klein, Vice President, Government Relations (E)
- WESTMARC — Jack Lunsford, President & CEO
Liaisons
- Arizona Department of Education — Margaret Garcia Dugan, Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Arizona State Board of Education — Vince Yanez, Executive Director
- Office of Governor Napolitano — Lauren Kielsmeier, Education Policy Advisor
Emeriti
- Arizona Association of School Business Officials — John Fung, Executive Director
- Arizona State Board of Education — Matt Diethelm, (Retired member)
- Arizona State University Office of University Partnerships — Robert Donofrio, Executive Director
- Chandler Unified School District — Camille Casteel, Superintendent
- Cox Communications — Kevin Moran, Vice President, Human Resources
- Fowler Elementary School District — Randy Blecha, Superintendent
- Litchfield Elementary School District — Tom Heck, Superintendent
- Northern Arizona University - AZ K-12 Center — Penny Kotterman, Associate Director
- Payson Unified School District — Herb Weissenfels, Superintendent (retired)
- University of Arizona Senior Faculty Fellow — John Pedicone, SALC vice president
(E) denotes an executive committee position
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