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116th Annual Arizona PTA State Convention 2022 - PROGRAM

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Anna King
National PTA President

Anna King has over 20 years of leadership experience at all levels of PTA, including Oklahoma PTA president and National PTA vice president of membership. She is the 57th president of National PTA.

Currently, Anna is the secretary for Frederick A. Douglass High School PTSA in Oklahoma City and is a board member of the Douglass Law and Public Safety Academy. She loves volunteering at the high school in her community and working beside students as they use their voices to create change and make an impact.

Outside of her PTA service, Anna is also involved in many community activities. She is the Oklahoma Moms Demand Action School Safety co-leader and member of the WestEd Advisory Board, Equity Advisory for the Oklahoma State Department of Education and Kiwanis Club of South Oakland County.

Anna feels strongly that being an inclusive association is the key to better serving students, families and communities across the country. Under her leadership, PTA will focus its work in three key areas: growth in mission and membership, leadership development and organizational effectiveness. These areas will have an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion for justice; the PTA brand—which includes culture and communications for a new era; and advocacy for impact at all levels.

Anna believes that it’s a heart for servant leadership that inspires people to do noble work that calls for them to offer the best of themselves, through humility and courage. She also believes that ALL children deserve to learn in a safe and welcoming environment, no matter who they are or where they come from.

Anna and her husband Glenn have a family-owned mobile catering business. She is a mother of three—Annalishia, Anthony and Glenn II—and a proud Nana of 11 grandchildren.

Donovan Drake

Client Relations Specialist

AIM Insurnace

Donovan Drake has been with AIM part time on and off for years but joined Full Time during July of 2021. Donovan focuses on providing excellent customer service and helping you make the best decisions for your organization. Donovan now lives in Richardson, Texas and loves spending his free time drinking coffee and hanging around his friends and family.

Marle Ethelbah
Community Outreach and Education Coordinator
Arizona Attorney General's Office

Marle Ethelbah is an ASU graduate, with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work. After graduation, she decided to teach English in Japan. That is where she developed a passion for education and public speaking. Upon her return to the United States, Marle worked for nonprofit organizations who helped at-risk populations. The Attorney General's Community Outreach section offers her the uniqueopportunity to combine her desire to give back to her community and love for pursuing knowledge.

Speakers & Presenters

Denise Albright
Founder & She.E.O of Denise Albright®

Denise is a married mom of (3) school-age firecrackers, humorist, illustrator & a lifelong entrepreneur who lives the life she serves.

In 1999, at the age of 28, she founded & later sold her first company, a personalized social stationery business. After selling, she took “time off” to start her family but continued to license her humor & illustrations to companies like American Greetings & Trader Joe’s, in between play dates & diaper changes.

In 2016, just weeks after delivering her 3rd (& final) child, Denise launched an organizational stationery company with a single product, the Reminder Binder® Planner. What started on her kitchen table then, is now a multi-million dollar company powered by a small but mighty team of women who help bring to life products that serve the needs of women seeking more balanced lives. Every product is thoughtfully designed to help streamline tasks to create more joy and less stress in our everyday lives.

Carly Adams
Tidy Revival

Carly Adams is a home organizer and owner of Tidy Revival, based in Sacramento, CA. She helps her clients and students get organized at home, through one-on-one work, and in her course community, the Clutter-Free Home Process.

Tidy Revival uses decluttering as the foundation of everything they do. Carly focuses on teaching small, easy action steps that fit into your existing schedule to create lasting organizational systems that others in your household can help upkeep. Carly believes firmly that organization is a learned skill because she grew up chronically disorganized in nearly every aspect of her life. Through hundreds of hours of research and implementing systems along the way, she found so much peace and simplicity in her day-to-day routines that she wanted to teach others to do the same. In 2017 Tidy Revival was born.

These days, Carly is a self-proclaimed “organizational nerd” that loves to geek out on the topic regularly on the Tidy Revival Blog. When she’s not working, she can be found relaxing at home, collecting houseplants, snuggling her dog Gimli and enjoying takeout with her husband Corey.

Paige Hanson
Chief of Cyber
Safety Education
NortonLifeLock

As chief of cyber safety education, Paige Hanson serves as an expert on consumer and digital safety. She is a certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist™, holds a certificate in Identity Leadership from the University of Texas at Austin, Center for Identity, and has 15 years of experience in identity management. Hanson’s expertise covers a range of identity fraud and cyber security topics. Additionally, in partnership with FBI-LEEDA, Hanson designed a national identity theft training program for law enforcement that has been produced across all 50 states to over 17,000 law enforcement officials, representing over 6,000 agencies.Hanson is also a liaison with National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA), and has assisted in training over 3,000 victim advocates and military personnel. Hanson speaks regularly at events nationwide to increase awareness around identity theft, and her expertise has been sought by numerous media outlets.

Eleonora Sanchez
Relationship Manager for Mountain American Credit Union

Eleonora Sanchez is the Select Employer Group Business Development Manager and Public Relations Regional Ambassador over Arizona’s West Valley area at Mountain America Credit Union. In this role, she is responsible for increasing awareness about the financial organization in her market and working with employer groups to extend credit union benefits through these partnerships. With more than 15 years of media relations and marketing experience and 10 years in the financial industry, Eleonora is known for her financial literacy efforts to help school districts with underserved students and for building relationships of trust with hundreds of local businesses, chambers of commerce and community leaders to help them understand Mountain America’s role in helping them achieve their financial dreams.

Born in Tucson, Arizona, Eleonora is a native Spanish speaker. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking with her two fur babies, reading and listening to Audible books.

The Be Kind
People Project

The Be Kind People Project is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit focused on initiating positive social change in youth, K-8th grade. BKPP’s performance-based programs are designed around the BE KIND Pledge, a set of skills that create and reinforce a culture of kindness in schools. Dance performances, supplemented by the BE KIND Academy - 75 resources and lessons available monthly for educator use - create a framework that integrates academics, social skills, healthy habits, and emotional wellness. The Be Kind People Project has engaged over 6 million students and their teachers in classrooms nationwide since its inception 10 years ago.

Carolee graduated with her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from University of Phoenix in 2009. She has worked in the financial services industry for the past 16 years. During her career, she has held many roles including being a Small

Business Manager, Branch Manager, Financial Service Representative and her current position as a SEG Relationship Manager for Mountain America Credit Union.

Carolee currently resides in Mesa, Arizona with her 15 year old son, 3 dogs. and 2 cats.

Carolee Rodriguez
Relationship Manager for Mountain American Credit Union

Manny Padia
Produce Positivity

Manny Padia has been playing in the field of Parks & Recreation for 20+ years, and is currently a Recreation Coordinator Sr. for the City of Glendale. He has worked in several Municipalities including the Cities of Glendale, Phoenix, and Chandler. Manny is involved with the Arizona Center for After School Excellence, is a National Ambassador for the Afterschool Alliance, and has served on a Parks & Recreation Advisory Commission as well as a PTA Board. He is a Speaker with his business, Produce Positivity, and has been a featured trainer at several conferences, commencements, and workshops around the state of Arizona.Manny Graduated from Glendale Community College with his AA Arizona State University with a B.S. in Recreation & Tourism Management and from Northern Arizona University with an M. Ed. in Educational Leadership.

Primary Presenter: Tracey Beal

Founder & CEO of School Connect

School Connect

As Founder & CEO of School Connect Tracey Beal helps local schools build dynamic partnerships among business, faith, government and non-profit organizations. This model of strategic collaboration helps schools accomplish measurable goals while fostering win/win partnerships. In the spring of 2015 the US Department of Ed and AZ Department of Ed recognized the exceptional results of the collaborative model at Palo Verde Middle School in the Washington Elementary School District. To date School Connect has facilitated partnerships in 700 public & charter schools in Arizona. School Connect hosts a yearly summit at Grand Canyon University where top leaders from each of these sectors gather to learn best practices about collaboration with schools. The School Connect model is now being used in Lafayette, LA, San Antonio, TX, Oklahoma City,OK, Chicago, IL, Appleton, WI, Stanislaus, CA, Orange County, CA, Fort Wayne, IN. Tracey also serves as a pastor at Pure Heart Church. She is a member of the AZ 21st CCLC Vision Team, Superintendent Hoffman’s Technology Council, The Arizona Broadband Network Task Force, Leadership West, the Global Leadership Summit Team, ACE Mentoring Board, Grand Canyon University Advisory Board and the Phoenix Mayor’s Youth & Education Commission. Tracey is married to David and has 4 grown children and 7 grandchildren

Secondary Presenter: Dr. Jennifer Johnson

Assistant Vice-President of

Academic Alliances

Grand Canyon Education

Bio:  Dr. Jennifer Johnson currently serves as the Assistant Vice President for Academic Alliances for Grand Canyon University, providing leadership support to K-12 public district schools in Arizona and across the United States. Jennifer co-facilitates the Superintendents Collaborative Network, a program to mentor new Arizona superintendents. In addition, Jennifer and her teammates on the K12 Educational Development team provide educators and students with opportunities to better understand the college-going process and advance their education all the way through a doctoral program. Prior to joining GCU, Jennifer served as the Deputy Superintendent at the Arizona Department of Education and superintendent of the Glendale Union High School District. Dr. Johnson earned her Ed.D from ASU in educational leadership and public policy, her M.A. in curriculum and assessment from California State University and her B.S. in Speech/Theatre/English education from Northern Arizona University