Anderson elected secretary of ASBA

At the Arizona School Boards Association’s annual business meeting Dec. 11, Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board President Torri Anderson was elected secretary of the association.

Anderson has been on ASBA’s board of directors and will now serve as secretary of the executive committee. Jesus Rubalcava of Gila Bend becomes the ASBA president. Kathy Knecht of Peoria was voted president-elect, and Julie Bacon of Paradise Valley was elected treasurer.

“It’s going to be great working with cases, and the ASBA staff is great,” Anderson said.
The ASBA is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization that provides training, leadership and essential services to governing boards statewide.

“I think me being on the board will help Maricopa,” Anderson said. “It will be amazing for me to learn what goes on at other districts.”

In January, ASBA hosts a series of Board Operations and Leadership Training Seminars (BOLTS) in Tucson, Phoenix and Flagstaff for newly elected and continuing school board members to learn “the mechanics of effective boards.”

***ADVERTISEMENT***The ASBA Board of Directors comprises the five-member executive committee as well as one currently serving school board member from each county in the state (county directors), with the exception of Maricopa and Pima counties, which have two county directors each due to their much larger populations.

County directors are typically elected by peers from their own county; appointments are made when mid-term vacancies occur.

Also represented with seats on the board are ASBA’s Black and Hispanic-Native American Indian caucuses, and any Arizona school board member who serves on the board of the National School Boards Association. ASBA is a federation member of NSBA.