ASBO Announces Certification Commission (June 29, 2009)

Reston, VA—

June 29, 2009—

The Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) named 11 industry experts to the association's first-ever Certification Commission. The following members come to the table with more than 190 years of collective experience, represent the diverse responsibilities of school business management, and hail from all over the United States and Canada:

Chair: Bambi Statz, Ph.D., RSBA, Coordinator of the School Business Management Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater (WI)

Members: George Ambeault, RSBA, Secretary/Treasurer, Greater Victoria School District, (BC); John Crafton, Executive Director, Massachusetts ASBO (MA); Avery Embry, Chief Financial Officer/Director of Finance, Talladega County Board of Education (AL); Jason Hale, Ed.D., CPA, Director of Business, New Castle County Vocational Technical School District (DE); Christine Lee, CA, CSBO, Director of Finance, Lethbridge School District No. 51 (AB); Bill Lynch, Chief Financial Officer, Associated School Boards of South Dakota (SD); Mindy Stooksbury, RSBA, Director of Fiscal Services, Maryville City Schools (TN); Marsha Tangen, RSBA, Chief Financial Officer, DavenportCommunity School District (IA); Jane Trammell, Business Manager, Texhoma Independent School District (TX)

Public Member: Brian O. Brent, Ph.D., CPA, Associate Dean and Professor & Chair of Educational Leadership, University of Rochester, Warner Graduate School (NY)

Ex Officio Member: Pam Weber, CAE, Director of Certification, ASBO International (VA)

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