FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 18, 2021
Contact: Molly Barrie
866.682.2729 x7075
mbarrie@asbointl.org
ASBO International Awards Scholarships to Rising Leaders
Ashburn, VA –The Association of School Business OfficialsInternational (ASBO) is pleased to announce the recipientsof the 2021 Emerging Leaders Scholarship. The scholarship, sponsored by
Security Benefit, awards school business managers who have fewer than five
years of experience with $2,000 to attend ASBO International’s Annual
Conference & Expo. The 2021 conference will be held in Milwaukee, WI, in
October.
“ASBO International is committed to
supporting promising new professionals as they develop into our leaders of
tomorrow,” ASBO International Executive Director David Lewis says. “The
Emerging Leaders Scholarship is one way to honor that commitment by providing
those new to the school business profession with targeted professional
development and a network of mentors to guide them in their careers.”
“We are proud to support the 2021 ASBO
Emerging Leaders Scholarship,” notes Don Wiley, Vice President & National
Director, Affinity Market Relationships, for Security
Benefit. “We have been a leader in the education space for six decades,
and firmly believe that it is critical to train and mentor our school business
leaders of tomorrow.”
The 2021 Emerging Leaders Scholarship
recipients are:
Ciara Corley, SFO, Director of Finance, Cahokia
Unit School District 187, Cahokia, IL
Jericah Dawson, CPA, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Stillwater
Public Schools, Stillwater, OK
Birdevinder (Rickie) Dhillon, Chief Business
Officer/Director of Human Resources, Kepler Neighborhood School, Fresno, CA
Sarah Duncan, Director of Business
Services, Clinton Community School District, Clinton, WI
Megan Hanichak, Accounting Supervisor,
Eastern Lebanon County School District, Myerstown, PA
Gustavo Ibarra-Perez, Manager of Finance and Accountability, Tulsa Honor Academy Charter
School, Tulsa, OK
Audra Kahl, Comptroller, Espanola Public
Schools, Espanola, NM
Kim Knight, Executive Director of
Business Services, Dieringer School District, Lake
Tapps, WA
Claire Olson, Executive Director of Business, Nine Mile Falls School District 325/179,
Nine Mile Falls, WA
Jacob
Schweitzer, Business Manager, Garretson School District 49-4,
Garretson, SD
Alison Tyler, Chief Operations Officer,
Academy of Health Sciences Charter School, Rochester, NY
Natasha Valencia, Administrative Coordinator,
Program Analysis, Prince William County Public Schools,
Manassas, VA
Aaron Whittle, Finance Officer, Casa Grande
Elementary School District, Casa Grande, AZ
Renee Williams, Executive Director, Community Schools, Boulder Valley
School District, Boulder, CO
Stacy Williams, Treasurer, Beaver Local
School District, East Liverpool, OH
Abby Winstead, Director of Finance, Union
Public School District, Union, MS
Lauren Wolfe, Business Services Manager,
Corvallis School District, Corvallis, OR
Ashley Zhang, Accounting Supervisor, Mesa
County Valley School District 51, Grand Junction, CO
The
mentors for the 2021 scholarship recipients are:
Lisa Bjorklund,
Director of Business, Central Valley School
District 356, Greenacres, WA
Jeff Johanning,
Business Manager, Lancaster Community Schools,
Lancaster, WI
Learn more about ASBO International’s
Emerging Leaders Scholarship at asbointl.org/Scholarship and the
Annual Conference & Expo at asbointl.org/ACE