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AASBO BOARD AND STAFF

BY FRANCIE WOLFE-BAUMANN, IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Get To Know Your AASBO Board and Staff

Francie Wolfe-Baumann
Dysart Unified School District
Director of Finance
Years working in school business: 18
Years as an AASBO Member: 18

Q: What is your favorite thing about your career?
A: When I worked in the private sector, I would
stay somewhere for a few years, complete
projects, implement changes, and then feel ready
to move on. I think I was always looking to make
a real difference. Working for a school district,
I am never bored and appreciate the impact I
get to have in my district. I don’t just come to
work to do a job. I get to contribute to something
meaningful. There may not be students giving me
thank you cards or apples on my desk, but I know
the work I do helps create opportunities for them. [Francie Wolfe-Baumann pictured with her family on
Supporting those opportunities, whether through vacation during a London heatwave.]
new programs, streamlined resources, or helping
my team and Cabinet, is what makes my work Q: Where is the next place on your bucket list and
fulfilling.
why?
A: Mexico City is up next. I want to experience
Q: What is your favorite family vacation? the culture, the history, and the food that make
A: I always appreciate the times my husband, it such a vibrant place. We’re taking this trip
son, and I get to travel. Since the pandemic, with our friends who are like family, the Santa
we’ve made a conscious effort to visit places and Cruzes. We haven’t traveled together since the
do things we’ve always talked about. While I kids were younger, and now we’re going with
enjoy a good Disney trip and really liked our first those same kids as adults. It might be our last big
Disney Member Cruise, our trip to the UK is still family vacation together, but I know it will be
my favorite. Photo attached. I had always wanted one to remember and enough to carry us into our
to visit England, and it did not disappoint. The empty nester years as we start planning our next
people, the food, the history, and the experience adventure.
were everything I hoped for in our trip. Maybe
one day I’ll take a “vacation” there and just decide
to stay.

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