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2008 President:
Rich Crandall

2008 Clerk:
Mike Hughes

2008 Members:
Lynn Burnham
Cindi Hobbs
David Lane

Governing Board President,, Rich Crandall was elected to the Governing Board in 2004. He is president of CN Resource, a nationwide child-nutrition consulting firm. He is also a partner and chief financial officer of Crandall Corporate Dietitians. As of January 2007, Rich also serves as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives for District 19 in Mesa. Rich earned bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting at Brigham Young University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame, summa cum laude. Rich and his wife Patrice have seven children, all of whom attend Mesa Public Schools. His community activities include Mesa Baseline Rotary, Bringing Hope to Single Moms, and a former Director of Mesa Bank. He served on the MPS Planning and Boundary Design Advisory Committee and the Community Curriculum Advisory Panel. Rich has also served as president of the Arizona Management Society, the Marriott School of Management Alumni Board, and as co-chair of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association of Phoenix. Rich's term on the MPS Governing Board expires December 31, 2008.

Clerk, Mike Hughes has been a member of the MPS Governing Board since 1994. He has been executive director of A New Leaf since 1983. Before that, Mike was executive director of Helaman House Inc. and worked as a special education director in MPS for two years. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University and received a master’s in education from Nova University. Mike is a member of the city of Mesa’s Gang Prevention Steering Committee and serves on the Board of Directors of the East Valley Boys and Girls Club, Helaman House, Family Life Center and East Valley Art Academy. He is a member of Kiwanis of the Superstitions. Mike and his wife, Mary Margaret, are the parents of five children. Mike’s Governing Board term expires December 2010.

Lynn Burnham was elected to the Governing Board in 2004. Lynn was born and raised in Mesa and attended Mesa Public Schools. He is president of Copperstate Concrete, Inc., and earned a bachelors of science degree in business administration from Arizona State University. Lynn lived in Italy for two years. He speaks Italian and Spanish. Lynn and his wife, Jenny, have seven children who are Mesa Public Schools students or graduates. His community activities include the Mesa Grande Community Alliance Steering Committee, the Boy Scouts of America, the Emerson Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization and School Improvement Advisory Council, the Westwood High School Parent Group and the district Community Curriculum Advisory Panel. Lynn's term on the MPS Governing Board expires December 31, 2008.

Cindi Hobbs has been an MPS Governing Board member since 2000. She attended elementary and high school in Scottsdale and earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education from ASU. Cindi and her husband, John, have three children. She was involved in the Parent-Teacher Organizations at Alma and Booker T. Washington elementary schools and served on the Rhodes Junior High Parent Advisory Council. She has been a member of the Dobson High Parent Advisory Council since 1992. Cindi was a member of the district's School-Year Calendar Committee from 1992 to 1996, the year she joined the district's Planning and Boundary Design Advisory Committee. Cindi now serves on the Board of Directors of the Mesa Foundation for Educational Excellence. She has been a Mesa American Little League volunteer for 10 years. Cindi’s term on the MPS Governing Board expires Dec. 31, 2008.

David Lane took office in January 2007. He and his wife have seven children, including three Mesa Public Schools graduates and three current students. David is a technician training instructor for Chapman Chevrolet in Tempe and attended the University of California San Diego. He served as the chairman for the Mesa Citizens for Responsible Public Policy in support of the district's 2005 bond issue. He is active in the district with the Special Needs Parent Advisory Council, parent-teacher organizations and the Mesa Advocates for Quality Schools; and in the community with the Boy Scouts of America, the Mesa Community College Commission on Excellence in Education and the Mesa Leadership Training and Development. David's term will expire in December 2010.