ABEC Board Officers
Chair
Vispi Karanjia
Managing Partner
Orcutt|Winslow
Past Chair
Paul Ulan
Principal
Primary Consultants
Vice Chair, Business
Shelley Mellon
Owner/Broker
RL Jones Insurance Services
Vice Chair, Education Thomas Tyree Superintendent
STEDY Southwest Technical Education District of Yuma
Treasurer
Paul Stanton
Superintendent
Washington Elementary School District
Secretary
Kristi Wilson
Superintendent
Buckeye Elementary School District
Education
Arizona Association of School Business Officials
Brian Mee, M.Ed., Executive Director
Arizona Education Association
Marisol Garcia, President
Arizona School Administrators, Inc.
Dr. Paul Tighe, Ed.D., Executive Director
Arizona School Boards Association
Dr. Sheila Harrison-Williams, Ed.D., Executive Director
Arizona State University
Dr. Carole Basile, Ed.D., Dean, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Buckeye Elementary School District
Dr. Kristi Wilson, Ed.D., Superintendent
Cave Creek Unified School District
Dr. Cort Monroe, Ed.D., Superintendent
Challenge Charter School
Wendy Miller, Principal and CEO
Cochise County Schools
Dr. Jacqui Clay, Ed.D., Superintendent
Dysart Unified School District
Jim Dean, Superintendent
Glendale Union High School District
Brian Capistran, Superintendent
Littleton Elementary School District
Dr. Roger Freeman, Ed.D., Superintendent
Maricopa County Schools
Steve Watson, Superintendent
Mesa Public Schools
Dr. Andi Fourlis, Ed.D., Superintendent
Phoenix Union High School District
Dr. Chad Gestson, Ed.D., Superintendent
Pima County Schools
Dustin Williams, Superintendent
Tucson Unified School District
Dr. Gabriel Trujillo, Ed.D., Superintendent
Washington Elementary School District
Dr. Paul Stanton Ed.D., Superintendent
West-MEC (Western Maricopa Education Center)
Scott Spurgeon, Superintendent
Yuma Union High School District
Gina Thompson, Superintendent
Business
ADM Group, Inc.
Ben Barcon, Principal
Boxlight (formerly EOS Education)
Aleksandra Leis, Sr. VP Professional Development
Buckeye Valley Chamber of Commerce
Deanna Kupcik, President & CEO
Calderon Law Offices PLC
Ernest Calderon, Attorney
Cox Communications
Gene Carl, Manager Government, Education, & Hospitality
Economic Independence LLC
Richard Condit, President
Edgenuity
Monica Gilfillan, Arizona Account Executive
Hallman & Affiliates, P.C.
Hugh Hallman, Managing Director
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Steve Poulin, Project Director
McKone Strategies, LLC
Tommy McKone, President & Owner
Orcutt|Winslow
Vispi Karanjia, Managing Partner
Pilkington Construction
Clint Harrington, President
Primary Consultants, LLC
Paul Ulan, Principal
RL Jones Insurance Services
Shelley Mellon, Owner/Broker
SPS+ Architects
Scott Moellenberndt, Education Liaison
Sodexo School Services
Megan Eddington, Director of Business Development
Southern Arizona Leadership Council (SALC)
John Pedicone, Director
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
D. Lew Clark, Managing Partner
Community Organizations
Center for the Future of Arizona
Dr. Sybil Francis, Ph.D., President & CEO
Healthy Future Arizona
Scott Turner, President & CEO
Valley Interfaith Project
Joe Rubio, Lead Organizer