ABEC Leadership

President & CEO

Tracey Benson

CHAIR
Vispi Karanjia
Grace Design
Managing Partner
(Term July 2024 - June 2026)

VICE CHAIR, BUSINESS
Shelley Mellon
RL Jones Insurance Services
Owner/Broker
(Term July 2024 - June 2026)

VICE CHAIR, EDUCATION
Thomas Tyree
STEDY (Southwest Technical Education District of Yuma)
Superintendent
(Term July 2024 - June 2026)

TREASURER

Tracey Lopeman
Maricopa USD
Superintendent
(Term July 2025 - June 2027)

SECRETARY

Barbara Remondini
Wickenburg USD
Superintendent
(Term July 2025 - June 2027)

PAST CHAIR
Paul Ulan
Primary Consultants
Principal
(Term July 2024 - June 2026)

Arizona Educational Foundation
Kim Graham, CEO
(Term July 2025 - June 2027)

Arizona State University
Dr. Carole Basile, Dean, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
(Term July 2024 - June 2026)

Arizona School Administrators
Dr. Paul Tighe, Executive Director
(Term July 2024 - June 2026)

Casa Grande Elementary School District
Dr. Adam Leckie, Superintendent
(Term July 2025 - June 2027)

Arizona School Boards Association
Ellen White, Executive Director
(Term July 2025 - June 2027)

Cave Creek Unified School District
Bill Dolezal, Superintendent
(Term July 2024 - June 2026)

Challenge Charter School
Wendy Miller, Principal and CEO
(Term July 2024 - June 2026)

Cochise County Schools
Dr. Jacqui Clay, County Superintendent
(Term July 2025 - June 2027)

CORE Construction
Todd Steffen, President, Mountain Region West
(Term July 2025 - June 2027)

GenTech Foundation
Dalton Abbitt, Executive Director
(Term July 2025 - June 2027)

Healthy Future US
Dr. Scott Turner, President & CEO
(Term July 2025 - June 2027)

McCarthy
Andrea Ramos, Senior Project Director
(Term July 2025 - June 2027)

Phoenix Union High School District
Thea Andrade, Superintendent
(Term July 2024 - June 2026)

Scottsdale Unified School District
Dr. Scott Menzel, Superintendent
(Term July 2024 - June 2026)

Southern Arizona Leadership Council
Dr. John Pedicone, Director, Education Policy
(Term July 2025 - June 2027)

SPS+ Architects
Scott Moellenberndt, Education Liaison
(Term July 2024 - June 2026)

West-MEC
Dr. Scott Spurgeon, Superintendent
(Term July 2024 - June 2026)

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
D. Lew Clark, Managing Partner
(Term July 2024 - June 2026)

WestEd
Kate Wright*, Senior Director, State Education Services
(Term July 2025 - June 2027)

* Denotes ABEC Public Policy Advisory Council Chair