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Statewide Advisory Council

Jim Pitofsky, Chairman
Arizona Community Foundation

Antonia Badone
Yuma Union High School District

Vicki Balentine
Amphitheater Public School District

Cathleen Barton
Intel

Susan Carlson
Arizona Business and Education Coalition

Don Covey
Maricopa County Education Service Agency

Suzan DePrez
Mesa Public Schools

Deb DuVall
Arizona School Administrators, Inc.

Sarah Ells
Parent

Julie Engel
Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation

Paul Eppinger
Arizona Interfaith Movement

Rhian Evans Allvin
First Things First

John Fisher
Stand for Children

Sybil Francis
Center for the Future of Arizona

Antonia Franco
Helios Education Foundation

Rebecca Gau
Office of Governor Janice K. Brewer

Rufus Glasper
Maricopa Community Colleges

Edmundo Hildalgo
Chicanos Por La Causa

Becky Hill
Consultant

Dave Howell
Wells Fargo

Naomi Karp
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona

Lisa Graham Keegan
Education Breakthrough Network

Jim Lee
Paradise Valley Unified School District

LuAnn Leonard
Hopi Education Endowment Fund

Diane McCarthy
West-MEC

Melanie McClintock
Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence

Tammy McLeod
APS

Bruce Merrill
Arizona State University

Jacob Moore
Generation Seven Strategic Partners, LLC

John Morales
Yuma Private Industry Council

Andrew Morrill
Arizona Education Association

Robyn Nebrich
Arizona Students’ Association

Colleen Niccum
Raytheon Missile Systems

Karen Nicodemus
KA Nicodemus Consulting Services, LLC

Teena Olszewski
Arizona GEAR UP

April Osborn
Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education

Janice Palmer
Arizona School Boards Association

Katie Paquet
Arizona Board of Regents

Ann-Eve Pedersen
Arizona Education Network

John Pedicone
Tucson Unified School District

Darcy Renfro
Science Foundation Arizona

Jean Richmond-Bowman
Flagstaff 40

Eileen Sigmund
Arizona Charter Schools Association

Jeff Smith
Balsz School District

Brian Spicker
Valley of the Sun United Way

Jill Stamm
New Directions Institute for Infant Brain Development

Nigel Taplin
Tesseract School

Suzanne Taylor
Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Lindsay Wheeler DeFrancisco
Teach for America – Phoenix

Kathy Wiebke
Arizona K-12 Center

Vince Yanez
Arizona State Board of Education

Jim Zaharis
Greater Phoenix Leadership

Carl Zaragoza
Leadership for Educational Equity

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Show your appreciation for a teacher who changed your life in the comments below! With Teacher Appreciation week coming to a close, it is important to remember that great teachers change our lives forever, and one week is never enough … Read more »

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