FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 1, 2024
Contact: Jackie Wallenstein
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ASBO International Awards Scholarships to Rising Leaders
Reston, VA – The Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Emerging Leaders Scholarship. The scholarship, sponsored by Security Benefit, awards school business professionals who have fewer than five years of experience with $2,000 to attend ASBO International’s 2024 Annual Conference & Expo in Nashville, Tennessee, in September.
“ASBO International is committed to supporting promising new practitioners on their journey to becoming our school business leaders of tomorrow,” ASBO International Executive Director Jim Rowan says. “ASBO’s Emerging Leaders Scholarship provides those relatively new to school business with professional development, networking, and mentoring opportunities to guide them as they grow and develop in their careers.”
Don Wiley, Vice President and National Director of Affinity Market Relationships for Security Benefit, says, “Security Benefit recognizes the importance of investing today in the leaders of tomorrow. We are proud to support the 2024 ASBO International Emerging Leaders Scholarship program and to help ensure these school business professionals have the resources they need to serve their districts and students.”
The 2024 Emerging Leaders Scholarship recipients are:
Tiffany Bonfiglio, Chief Financial Officer, Pryor, Oklahoma
Michael Carter, School Business Administrator, Lockport, New York
Martin Da Costa, Chief School Business Officer, Palatine, Illinois
Alexandra Dye, Director of Business Services, Waunakee, Wisconsin
Raeann Grubbs, Budget and Grant Coordinator, Nicholasville, Kentucky
Samantha Katz, Accounts Payable, New Egypt, New Jersey
Jeremy Loe, Staff Accountant, Spokane, Washington
Ken Londregan, School Business Administrator, Oceanport, New Jersey
Staci Longest, Director of Finance and Budget, King William, Virginia
Amber Lowell, Finance Clerk, Proctor, Minnesota
Lauren Lucius, Business Manager, Stratford, Wisconsin
Kiran Markos, Finance Operations Manager, Portland, Oregon
Molly Martin, Accounting Supervisor, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Heather McElligott, Payroll Supervisor, Yorktown, Virginia
Elizabeth Munson, Director of Business Services, Columbus, Wisconsin
Karen Tidwell, District Treasurer, Strawberry, Arkansas
Haofeng Wang, Business Manager, Batesville, Arkansas
Robb Warmouth, Assistant Business Manager, Larksville, Pennsylvania
Matthew Whitford, Business Administrator, Caldwell, New Jersey
Tracy Williams, Human Resources Director, Dover, Pennsylvania
Learn more about ASBO International’s Emerging Leaders Scholarship at asbointl.org/Scholarship and the Annual Conference & Expo at asbointl.org/ACE24
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About ASBO International
The Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) provides programs, resources, services, and a global network to school business professionals who are the finance and operations decision makers in school systems. Our members manage school budgeting, purchasing, facility operations and maintenance, human resources, technology, transportation, food service, healthcare, and other areas of education administration and operations. ASBO International promotes the highest standards of school business management, professional growth, and the effective use of educational resources.
About Security Benefit
Security Benefit Corporation (“Security Benefit”), through its subsidiary Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (SBL), a Kansas-based insurance company that has been in business for more than 131 years, is a leader in the U.S. retirement market. Security Benefit together with its affiliates offers products in a full range of retirement markets and wealth segments for employers and individuals and held $47.8 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2022. Security Benefit, an Eldridge business, continues its mission of helping Americans To and Through Retirement®. Learn more at www.securitybenefit.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter.