Page 8 - The Edge - Summer 2019

By Don Harris
No Stranger to AASBO, Brian Mee Is New Executive Director

Brian Mee, the new Executive Director of the Arizona Association Barragan said. “He has loads of experience in school districts
of School Business Officials, is no stranger to the school business and charter schools. Additionally, he has served on the AASBO
profession. Board as President, as well as the ASBO International Board
He has been an active member of AASBO for more than 30 years, as President. He also has experience as a vendor working with
served as President in 1999, and has held school business positions AASBO and its members. Brian has a great appreciation for
for several Arizona school districts. Mee becomes the fifth Executive the organization and has thoughts and ideas about what’s next
Director of AASBO. He succeeds David Lewis who accepted a for AASBO to keep us moving forward. For those reasons, the
position as Executive Director of ASBO International. AASBO Board unanimously approved him to be our Executive
Lewis served from 2011 until April of this year. John Fung was Director.”
Executive Director from 1997-2011; Creta Sabine, 1985-1997; and Barragan noted that bringing Mee on board to lead AASBO
Bill Lovett 1975-1985. has an added benefit: “It’s really nice to know that Brian is
Jill Barragan, AASBO President, said the AASBO Board posted as excited about starting as the Board is excited about him
an announcement with job description and qualifications in becoming our Executive Director.”
early March, about a week after David Lewis announced that Prior to his selection as AASBO Executive Director, Mee
he’d be moving to the Washington D.C. area to accept the ASBO was Senior Analytics Advisor for Forecast5 Analytics Inc,
International position. and was with the company since 2016. He has also served as
“Candidates who met the qualifications were interviewed
and Brian Mee rose to the top for a number of reasons,” Continued on page 10

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