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ABEC Board of Directors

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

Co-CEO Culture Rocket LLC

Education

Arizona Association of School Business Officials
Brian Mee, M.Ed., Executive Director

Arizona School Administrators, Inc.
Dr. Paul Tighe, Ed.D., Executive Director

Arizona School Boards Association
Justan Rice, Executive Director

Arizona State University
Dr. Carole Basile, Ed.D., Dean and Professor, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

Cave Creek Unified School District
Bill Dolezal, Superintendent

Challenge Charter School
Wendy MillerPrincipal and CEO

Cochise County Schools
Dr. Jacqui Clay, Ed.D.,
Superintendent

Glendale Union High School District
Brian Capistran, 
Superintendent

Liberty Elementary School District
Dr. Cort Monroe, Ed.D.,
 Superintendent

Maricopa Unified School District
Dr. Tracey Lopeman, Ed.D,
Superintendent

Phoenix Union High School District
Thea Andrade,
 Superintendent

Scottsdale Unified School District
Dr. Scott Menzel, Ph.D.Superintendent

Southwest Technical Education District of Yuma (STEDY)
Thomas TyreeSuperintendent

Washington Elementary School District
Dr. Paul Stanton, Ed.D., Superintendent

West-MEC (Western Maricopa Education Center)
Scott SpurgeonSuperintendent

Business

ADM Group, Inc.
Ben Barcon, Principal

Calderon Law Offices PLC
Ernest Calderon, Attorney

Imagine Learning
Monica Gilfillan, Account Executive

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Steve PoulinProject Director

Orcutt|Winslow
Vispi KaranjiaManaging Partner

Pilkington Construction
Clint HarringtonPresident

Primary Consultants, LLC
Paul Ulan, Principal

RL Jones Insurance Services
Shelley Mellon, Owner/Broker

Southern Arizona Leadership Council (SALC)
John PediconeDirector

SPS+ Architects
Scott Moellenberndt,  Education Liaison

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
D. Lew Clark, Managing Partner

Community Organizations

Healthy Future US
Dr. Scott Turner, Ed.D., President & CEO

Valley of the Sun United Way
Dr. Melissa Boydston, Ed.D., Sr. VP Community Development & Engagement

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