Page 36 - The EDGE Winter 2024 WEB

Get to Know Your AASBO Board and Staff
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 35

and circumstances. We flew in a few days before the for success as well as the well-being of all staff and
conference officially convened and had a great time students. It's equally fulfilling to know that this work
visiting so many of the monuments, museums, and other directly supports the educational goals of the district
areas of great historical significance. I really enjoyed and enhances the learning experience for students and
hearing my daughter applying what she had learned in the entire district community.
school to this enrichment experience.
Q: If you had a warning label, what would yours say?
Q: What is your favorite thing about your career? A: I didn't think that I had a warning label so I consulted
A: One of the most rewarding aspects of my career as a my wife on this one. Without hesitation she said that
school business official has to be personally witnessing it would read, "CAUTION: LOUD!". I initially took
the positive impact of the effective use of resources offense to this, and she elaborated that everything that
on our school district. I enjoy the challenge of finding I do is loud. I'm loud when I sleep, eat, talk, laugh, and
innovative solutions while ensuring that resources even whisper. She added that I'm even loud when I'm
are allocated efficiently to support the best possible trying to be quiet.
learning environments. Both of my children attend a
Crane school, and it's incredibly rewarding to see how Dale Ponder, AASBO's Immediate Past President
these efforts directly contribute to their opportunity Crane Elementary School District, Chief Finance & Operations

TOGETHER,

WE MAKE AN

IMPACT

BUILDING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

#1
Education Builder in the Nation
by BD+C Giants 400 Report 2023

www.coreconstruction.com

|
36 THE EDGE WINTER 2024