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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S INTERVIEW

BY DON HARRIS
Meet Jim Migliorino,

AASBO's New Executive Director
Don Harris

Jim Migliorino, who assumes the position of "I enjoyed my time on the board and continued to
Executive Director of the Arizona Association serve in some capacity and on various committees,"
of School Business Officials effective July 1, Jim said. "I really felt I was able to help the
brings to the position decades of experience in organization at that time, to provide direction
the multifaceted operation of public schools in and with other members of the board to continue
Arizona. AASBO's greatness."

Jim, who served as President of the AASBO Board "AASBO helped me be a better
of Directors in 2006-07, said he joined AASBO school business official."
33 years ago at the start of his career because he
knew the organization would provide him with
oppportunities to improve the skills he would need "I have told people on multiple occasions that
to succeed. every AASBO event I attended or participated in,
I learned something, even when I may not have

"I was new to profession, and I needed to gain expected it. It happens frequently as you learn
knowledge to be effective at the district where I from each other."
was at the time," Jim recalled.
He joined the Deer Valley Unified School
He started volunteering in various AASBO District in July of 2005, and served as Associate
capacities, which eventually led to his four-year Superintendent of Fiscal Services since 2007. With
commitment to the AASBO Board of Directors, a solid background in school finance issues, Jim
including President. feels that will help him in his new role as AASBO
Executive Director.

"Because my continued involvement with AASBO,
I understand AASBO's mission as set by my
predecessors," Jim said, "I have worked in this
profession, and I know how to prepare the next
generation of school business officials."

Reflecting on his immediate predecessor, Brian
Mee, who passed away in an untimely manner
last year, Jim recalled "the unfortunate and tragic
circumstances that the position of Executive
Director became open."

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