Scottsdale school district governing board
Parent-Endorsed CandidateS
Representing our shared values as Scottsdale parents
Donna Lewis
Donna is the mother of 3 Arizona public school graduates – and as an award-winning educator with 40 years of experience, she knows firsthand what students need to thrive. She is committed to providing quality education for all students, collaborating with parents as partners, and protecting our tax dollars, property values, school assets and the children of our community.
Matt Pittinsky
Matt Pittinsky represents the parents of Scottsdale. As an entrepreneur and parent of 3 students formerly in SUSD, his priorities include ensuring the school board works in a non-partisan manner, advocating for students and the shared interests of the Scottsdale community, and using strategic research and planning to strengthen SUSD public schools.
Mike Sharkey
As a parent with a career in higher education, Mike Sharkey is focused on three things: Protecting the Scottsdale community and schools, representing Scottsdale with the upmost integrity and hiring and retaining the best educators. With Mike on Scottdale Unified’s School Board, he will seek new innovative opportunities that best serve our students.
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About our Process
We wanted make sure the school board candidates we endorsed shared our values as Arizona parents, grandparents, teachers, and community members. This means ensuring the candidates we support are willing to put the hard work to make our dreams for our kids a reality. And above all, we wanted to make sure anyone we supported would be committed to listening to parents and community members.
Our candidate endorsement process started with sending a survey to each of the school board candidates. We wanted to hear from the candidates in their own words about their plans for the children of Arizona. The survey was composed of questions from parents and community members. Then, the parents and community members on our endorsement committee came together to review those survey responses and choose the candidates we felt best represented the needs and values of Arizona schools and students.
