Contact Us

Financial Operations

 

Address

Utah State Board of Education
PO Box 144200
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4200

School Finance

Deborah Jacobson
Assistant Superintendent of Operations

Phone: (801) 538-7627 | E-mail

Sam Urie
School Finance Director

Phone: (801) 538-7545 | E-mail

Noralee Green
Administrative Services Manager

Phone: (801) 538-7756 | E-mail

Nestor Rodriguez
Economist

Phone: (801) 538-7827 | E-mail

Sage Palica
Fiscal Data Analyst

Phone: (801) 538-7718 | E-mail

John Palmer
School Finance Specialist Manager

Phone: (801) 538-7623 | E-mail

Kody Wright
School Finance Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7965 | E-mail

Laura Wilson
School Finance Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7633 | E-mail

Ron Litchfield
State Pupil Transportation Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7577 | E-mail

Dale Frost
Minimum School Program Administrator and Fiscal Policy Analyst

Phone: (801) 538-7606 | E-mail

Brett Baker
Minimum School Financial Analyst

Phone: (385) 295-7934 | E-mail

Rebecca Nielsen
Grant Manager

Phone: (801) 538-7666 | E-mail

Louis Carpio
Financial Analyst
Phone: (801) 538-7593 | E-mail

Sara Harward
Grant Compliance Officer

Phone: (801) 538-7881 | E-mail

Dean Dykstra
Construction and Facility Specialist

Phone: (801) 538-7939 | E-mail

Cole Shakespear
Fiscal Monitor Manager

Phone: (801) 538-7576 | E-mail

Neil Stevens
Fiscal Monitor Team Lead

Special Education
Phone: (801) 538- 7819 | E-mail

Jacob Dick
Fiscal Monitor
Phone: (385) 295-7875 | E-mail 

Merilee Wendell
Fiscal Monitor
Title Programs
Phone: (801) 538-7977 | E-mail

Jeff Conley
Fiscal Monitor

Career and Technical Education (CTE)
Phone: (801) 538-7859 | E-mail 

Clint Hoke
Fiscal Monitor

Adult Education, Enhancement for At-Risk Students (EARS), Gang Prevention, Youth-In-Custody (YIC), Anti‐Bullying
Phone: (801) 538-7805 | E-mail

Cory Erekson
Fiscal Monitor

Special Education
Phone: (801) 538-7713 | E-mail

Cory Starley
Fiscal Monitor
Phone: (801) 538-7564 | E-mail

Jeff Wilcox
Fiscal Monitor
Phone: (801) 538-7539 | E-mail

Matthew Nye
Fiscal Monitor

Phone: (385) 295-7881 | E-mail

Joe Hovey
Fiscal Monitor
Transportation, Student Health and Counseling, Title II, Part A, Title IV Part A
Phone: (801) 538-7653 | E-mail

Barbie Faust
Fiscal Monitor
School Fees

Phone: (801) 538-7690 | E-mail

Scott Crapo
Fiscal Monitor
School Fees

Phone: (801) 538-7840 | E-mail

Internal Accounting

Sue Mak
Assistant Finance Director of Accounting

Phone: (801) 538-7829 | E-mail

Brian Ross
Assistant Finance Director of Budget
Phone: (801) 538-7701 | E-mail

Kathy Olson
Financial Manager

Phone: (801) 538-7860 | E-mail

Annette Cottle
Financial Manager

Phone: (801) 538-7985 | E-mail

Chandler Briggs
Financial Manager

Phone: (801) 538-7626 | E-mail

Diane Sutton
Financial Manager

Phone: (801) 538-7839 | E-mail

Sherry Gale
Financial Manager

Phone: (801) 538-7815 | E-mail

Timothy Welch
Financial Analyst

Phone: (801) 385-7915 | E-mail

Sarah Grisenti
Financial Analyst

Phone: (801) 538-7955 | E-mail

Ohim Kim
Grants Financial Analyst

Phone: (385) 295-7885 | E-mail

Shaunna Ford
Travel Coordinator

Phone: (801) 538-7672 | E-mail

Melissa Harrington
Travel Specialist

Phone: (801) 538-7531 | E-mail

Vacant
Section Accountant

Student Support
Phone: (801) 538-7625 | E-mail

Sara Croft
Section Accountant

Special Education, Policy and Communication, Trust Lands
Phone: (801) 538-7795 | E-mail

Nathan Ghelli
Section Accountant

Charter Schools, Financial Operations, Indirect Cost Pool (ICP), Information Technology (IT)
Phone: (801) 538-7610 | E-mail

Sheri Johnson
Section Accountant

Teaching and Learning 
Phone: (801) 538-7569 | E-mail

Stephanie Richards
Section Accountant
Assessment, Data and Statistics, Utah State Board of Education
Phone: (801) 538-7831 | E-mail

Elna Shelley
Section Accountant

Career and Technical Education (CTE), Teaching and Learning
Phone: (801) 538-7847 | E-mail

Kim Waggoner
General Services Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7628 | E-mail

Purchasing

Adam Herd
Director of Purchasing and Contracts

Phone: (801) 538-7879 | E-mail

Stephanie Day
Contract Analyst

Phone: (801) 538-7538 | E-mail

Joseph Borrack
Contract Specialist 
Phone: (801) 538-7641 | E-mail

Michael Iwasaki
Purchasing Manager

Phone: (801) 538-7621 | E-mail

M’lissa Holt
Purchasing Agent

Phone: (801) 538-7789 | E-mail

Alyssha Roseman
Purchasing Agent

Phone: (801) 538-7603 | E-mail