About Us
Leadership
Dr. Carol G. Peck, President and CEO
Staff
Charmaine Bolden, Program Specialist
Susan Brahs, Clerical Assistant
Chelsea Carpenter, Clerical Assistant
Mary Lou Chavez, Program Administrator
Kathleen Davis, Receptionist/Assistant
Sylvia Mejia, Program Administrator
Sentari Minor, Program Specialist
Howard Paley, Program Administrator
Frieda Pollack, Communication Specialist
Dr. Jim Rice, Program Administrator
Kim Rimbey, Professional Development/Math Administrator
Rick Stephen, Program Administrator
Nancy Westlake, Administrative Assistant
Bobbie Wood, Grants Facilitator
Board of Directors
Don Budinger, Chairman & Founding Director
Bill Budinger, Founding Director
Susan Budinger, Founding Director
Chip Weil, Member
Bert Getz, Member
Steve Seleznow, Member
Advisory Council
Mark Bonsall, SRP
Dr. Karen Butterfield, Arizona Department of Education
Gene D'Adamo, The Arizona Republic
JoAnn Holland, Wells Fargo Foundation
Dr. Manuel Isquierdo, Sunnyside Unified School District
Dr. Mari Koerner, Arizona State University
Dr. Judy Mohraz, The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust
Janice Palmer, Arizona School Boards Association
Jim Pitofsky, Arizona Community Foundation
Greg Stanton, Attorney General’s Office
Merl Waschler, Valley of the Sun United Way
Dr. James Zaharis, Greater Phoenix Leadership