About ABEC

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