
Meet the Team
The Valley Schools leadership team is committed to member satisfaction, ensuring that districts are receiving the highest quality employee benefits delivered with consistent communication and dedicated leadership.
Decades of experience
Our leadership team has been serving school districts in either administrative, financial or public service positions for over 30 years. You can trust every decision made is with the best interest of the district, students and staff in mind.
Personal understanding of your needs as a district
For the many years our leadership team has worked in or with Arizona school districts, there have been many legislative changes directly impacting budgets and those changes lead to the need for strategic action, to maintain the highest quality learning environment. Since these decision makers have been hands on through the evolution of Arizona’s financial climate, they have a personal understanding of your needs as an employee and as a district.

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Management Board:

Tom Boone
Chairman/CEO

Laura Felten
Vice-Chair

Bill Maas
Secretary/Treasurer

Mike Barragan
Board Member

Ted Carpenter
Board Member

Jim DiCello
Board Member

Ken Hicks
Board Member

Jim Migliorino
Board Member
Leadership Team:

Deborah Baker
VSWCG Director

Tom Bock
Administrator Valley Schools Insurance Trust

Jerry Cipriano
Director School Services

Gail Clemens
Finance Director
Prior to joining Valley Schools Management Group, Gail was manager of the client accounting services department for Fester & Chapman P.C. The department was responsible for preparing compilations, including the monthly compilations for the four Valley Schools entities. Other services included payroll, sales tax and general accounting. Gail was also responsible for preparing tax returns for the Firm’s corporation, partnership, individual and fiduciary clients. She was with Fester & Chapman P.C. for 25 years.
Gail obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Accountancy from Arizona State University and graduated Summa Cum Laude in May 2004. She received her CPA certification in September 2006.

Dan Davison
Chief Financial Officer

Patrick Dittman
Executive Director Contract Administration

Tom Elliott
Executive Director Member Services

Sheri Gilbert
Marketing Director

Kendall Taylor
Wellness Director

Christy Todd
Senior Account Executive