FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 23, 2025
Contact: Jackie Wallenstein
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ASBO International Awards Scholarships to Rising Leaders
Reston, VA – The Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO International) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Emerging Leaders Scholarship. The scholarship, sponsored by Security Benefit, recognizes school business professionals with five or fewer years in the field and helps them develop into tomorrow's leaders, with $2,000 to attend ASBO International’s 2025 Annual Conference & Expo in Fort Worth, Texas, in October.
“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. “The 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/National Director of Education & Affinity Relationships for Security Benefit, says, “Security Benefit recognizes the importance of investing today in the leaders of tomorrow. We are proud to support the 2025 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 2025 Emerging Leaders Scholarship recipients are:
Deborah Anderson, Director of Business Services, Louisiana
Matthew Bollwerk, Purchasing Manager, Missouri
Shyela Chapman, Director of Fiscal Services, Oregon
Brian Cook, Grant Manager, Maryland
Hannah Davis, Director of Finance, Ohio
Whitney DeWolf, Business Manager, Oregon
Jocelyn Humpe, Professional Accountant, West Virginia
Andrew Nicodemus, Business Manager, Indiana
Josephine Awino Odhiambo, Budget Analyst, Massachusetts
Dominic Sategna, Director of Finance, New Mexico
Nicolas Senak, Chief Financial Officer, Kentucky
Jennifer Shattuck, Accounting Manager, Michigan
Heather Skinner, Accounting Manager, Arizona
Mary Stevens, Accountant, Michigan
Bryan Stewart, Chief Financial Officer, Louisiana
Kristie Sussino, Assistant School Business Administrator, New Jersey
Vanessa Uhalde, Director of Fiscal Services, Oregon
William (Connor) Weiler, Financial Controller, Wyoming
Emily Westrum, Accountant, Minnesota
Samantha Young, Business Services Accountant, Texas
Learn more about ASBO International’s Emerging Leaders Scholarship at asbointl.org/Scholarship and the Annual Conference & Expo at asbointl.org/ACE
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About ASBO International
Founded in 1910, the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO Intl.) is a nonprofit association offering programs, resources, services, and a global network to K–12 finance and operations decision‑makers. Our members manage budgeting, procurement, facilities, human resources, technology, transportation, food service, healthcare, and more, upholding the highest standards of school business management and driving the effective use of educational resources. Through professional certifications, advocacy, and year‑round development opportunities, ASBO International equips school business officials to deliver operational excellence and support student success. Learn more at asbointl.org.
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.