Lots of citizens have filed statements of interest to run for various School Governing Boards in Pima County. Here’s the current list from the Pima County School Superintendent’s website:
2022 Statement of Interests – Pima County Schools – Tucson, AZ
UPDATE: Filing period from June 11 to July 11, 2022 and some candidates have already filed: http://www.schools.pima.gov/elections/2022-filed-candidates,
Ajo Unified (3 seats)
- Marie Ellen NaVeaux – filed
- Hazele (Trish) Olsen – filed
- David Lesko – filed
- Rodney Hopkins
- Carolynn Rodriguez – filed
- Windy Robertson – filed
Altar Valley (2 seats)
- Shanee Page – filed
- Chris Isabel – filed
- Blake Epley – filed
Amphitheater Unified (2 seats)
- Molly Horrocks
- Susan Zibrat – filed
- Matt Kopec – filed
- Mona L. Gibson – filed
- Jeffrey Spencer Utsch – filed
Baboquivari Unified (3 seats)
- Juan C. Buendia – filed
- Kathleen Vance – filed
- Sylvia Hendricks – filed
Catalina Foothills (3 seats)
- Bart Pemberton – filed
- William R. Morgan – filed
- Amy B. Krauss -filed
- Amy Sue Bhola – filed
- Grace R. Jasin – filed
- Gina Mehmert- filed
- Tom Davis
Continental Elementary (2 seats)
- Sheldon Zatkin – filed
- Michael Lee Norman – filed
- Thomas Berezny (withdrawn)
- Ruth Amarillas – filed
- Stephen Oesterle – filed
- Eloise Wender Clendenin – filed
Flowing Wells Unified (2 seats)
- Kristine Hammar – filed
- Kevin Daily – filed
- Brianna Hamilton – filed
Marana Unified (2 seats)
- Michelle Barbara Montanaro
- Jill Truslow
- Kathryn Mikronis – filed
- Abigail Hlavacek – filed
- Jeremy Felton
- John Lewandowski (withdrawn)
- Tom Carlson
- Mikail Roberts – filed
- Matthew Fredericksen
Sahuarita Unified (2 seats)
- Kevin Opalka – filed
- John R. Sparks – filed
- Raul Anthony Rodriguez – filed
- Amy Petersmarck- filed
- Kathryn Zanin- filed
Sunnyside Unified (2 seats)
- Rafael De La Rosa J
- Consuelo Hernandez – filed
- Roberto S. Jaramillo – filed
- Michael Navarro
- Michael Doherty
Tanque Verde Unified (2 seats)
- Thomas Trask – filed
- John P. Lee – filed
- Beth Peterson – filed
Tucson Unified (2 seats)
- Jennifer Eckstrom – filed
- Val Romero – filed
- Brieanna E. Chillious – filed
- Luis A. Gonzales – filed
- Karla Bernal Morales (withdrawn)
- Rebecca Zapien – filed
- William Soland – filed
Vail Unified (2 seats)
- Bill Liebich
- Anastasia Tsatsakis – filed
- Angelica Hemme – filed
- Stacy Olinger (withdrawn)
- Geraldine A. Kleber – filed
- Jayme M. Morris – filed
- Jennifer Anderson – filed
- Justin Walker – filed
- John Hughes Jr.
- Leroy Arnold Smith Jr. – filed
- Edward Dirk Buster – filed
- Michael Louis Maietto
- Brent Nichols
- Shaun Cahill
“Questions? Contact Elections Director Matt Stamp at 520-260-3305 or matthew.stamp@pima.gov.”
Petitions with nominating signatures are due 5 p.m. on July 11, 2022, so stay tuned to see who will be running in the General Election of Nov. 8, 2022. These are non-partisan, unpaid positions.
Carolyn’s notes: For the 2 open seats on TUSD — (members Adelita Grijalva & Leila Counts are stepping down).
Jennifer Eckstrom is the former Chief of Staff for then District 2 Pima County Supervisor Ramon Valadez (Democrat) and was also Mayor of South Tucson. She is the daughter of former District 2 Pima County Supervisor Dan Eckstrom (Democrat).
Val Romero is the Independent who ran against Democrat Ward 6 Councilman Steve Kozachik in Nov. 2021 ; Luis A. Gonzales served one term on the PCC Governing Bd. and is a former State Senator; and Karla Morales was Director of Multicultural Advancement at UA till recently, and is now VP at Arizona Technology Council. UPDATE: Karla has withdrawn her interest.
In Sunnyside School District, incumbent Consuelo Hernandez is also running for new LD 21 House, for one of 2 House seats, one being vacated by her brother LD 2 Rep. Daniel Hernandez Jr.(running for CD 2 in Congress). Her brother also served in both seats at one time. Her other sister is Alma Hernandez, current LD 3 House Rep. (also running for re-election in new LD 20).
In Amphi School District, incumbent Matt Kopec, former LD 9 House legislator and aide to the Ward 3 Council office is running for re-election.
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UPDATE: Some of these school bd. candidates have already filed their nomination petitions: http://www.schools.pima.gov/elections/2022-filed-candidates. I’ve updated this post, and will try to do so along the way, pending time available of course. Some candidates will not be able to gather enough signatures to meet the filing deadline, and some have already withdrawn.
Filing period ends July 11, so if you want to check on who’s running, refer to that website link. And the race is on…
Added more names for Ajo, Flowing Wells, Sunnyside, Tucson Unified and Vail school district. Lots of interest in these education positions in 2022. 11 people running for 2 seats in Vail, which indicates a lot of interest in these seats.
Just added another candidate to the TUSD Governing Bd. race – Rebecca Zapien, a political newcomer as far as I know, along with Brieanna E. Chillious. Hopefully some group (LWVGT?) or neighborhood assn. will be a forum of these 6 TUSD candidates seeking the 2 open seats.
Aloha Carolyn, I hope your doing awesome. We appreciate the work you are doing. I just need to make a correction to your article. Val Romero is not a Republican, I know this because, I am Val Romero, and I ran on the City Council ballot as an (I). I have been Registered Independent for multiple years, I believe, I left the Democrat party in 2001 to become Independent. I would appreciate an edit to your article. Mahalo in advance. Val Romero
Val, I sincerely apologize for listing you as a R. I should have checked as I was covering that City Council race,but forgot that you were an Independent. Thanks for correcting me and I have updated the blogsite. Glad you saw the article and contacted me.
Aloha & Mahalo
Thanks for this valuable information, Carolyn.
You bet. Though the list isn’t complete or finalized, it gives the readers a chance to know who’s running. I will report again after the filing deadline of July 11. Filing period for nomination petitions starts June 13. Another name was added to the Ajo School Bd. list of candidates this morning, so I updated the list.