Board Members

Dr. Johnson received his bachelor’s degree in construction from the College of Engineering at Arizona State University in 1980 and has been a licensed architect in Arizona since 1996. He subsequently earned a master’s degree and a doctoral degree in educational supervision and administration at ASU. His professional experience includes working as a Project Engineer and as a Project Manager on a variety of construction projects including heavy civil, industrial, and institutional facilities. He has also worked as a consultant in facility planning, land acquisition, design and construction, and construction claims resolution. Dr. Johnson has served in several advisory positions including the strategic planning committee for the United States Postal Service Facilities Department and the technical advisory committee and the alternative construction delivery methods rules committee for the Arizona School Facilities Board. He has a history of service to youth and received the Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of America in 2006.   Dr. Johnson currently serves as Associate Superintendent for Business Services in the Laveen Elementary School District.   Architect Representative. Term expires January 2013.

Patricia received a PhD in Geography from the Ohio State University in 1975 and is currently professor of geography at Arizona State University where she served as departmental chair from 1984 to 1991. Her research centers on issues of migration, retirement communities, and environmental change in metropolitan Phoenix. She is especially interested in the use of science for real-world decision-making. She is a past President of the Association of American Geographers and former member of the Population Reference Bureau’s Board of Trustees, currently serves as the Chair of the College Board’s Advanced Placement Human Geography Committee, and was recently appointed to the National Research Council’s Committee on Geography which provides independent advice to society and to government at all levels on scientific, technical, and policy matters related to geography and geographic analysis. At ASU, she is the co-Director of the Decision Center for a Desert City which studies water management decisions in the face of growing climatic uncertainty in Greater Phoenix. She holds an honorary doctorate of science from Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1998. Demographer Representative. Term expires January 2012.

Penny Allee Taylor has engaged in a variety of tax issues over the past 20 years though her work at the U. S. Senate, the Maricopa County Assessors Office, and over the past 14 years as a Corporate Public Affairs Administrator for Southwest Gas. Penny has been an active member of the Arizona Tax Research Association and is on their Public Policy and Tax Practitioners Subcommittees. Penny is a native Phoenician and attended Paradise Valley Schools and has a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts majoring in Political Science. Penny participates in numerous community and civic organizations including: the Governor’s Merit Awards Board; Governors Climate Change Advisory Group; Arizona Chamber of Commerce Tax, Environment, and Budget Committees; Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Tax, Environment, Education, and Fiscal Accountability Committees; Phoenix Community Alliance Board Member; Phoenix Rehabilitation Appeals Board; Phoenix Design Review Board; Phoenix Census Committee, (Chair, Business Subcommittee); Phoenix Citizens Bond Committee; Valley Citizens League, (President); Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists; and the Arizona Bicycle Club. Taxpayer Representative. Term expires January 2010.

Vicki Salazar is the Associate Superintendent for Financial Services for the Arizona Department of Education. Vicki has over nineteen years experience in education, with an emphasis on financial administration. She has served as the key staff member to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and Executive Staff on budget and legislative issues for the past twelve years, implementing and directing educational service, responsibilities focused on educationally related policies, legislation, school finance and fiscal accountability.

Teacher Representative