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Kim Rimbey, Ph.D.
President
Kim Rimbey, Ph.D.
President
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As a life-long desert dweller, Dr. Kim Rimbey serves Arizona’s teachers and leaders as they rethink K-8 mathematics teaching and learning. Kim has worked in both the private and public sectors, including Chief Learning Officer at the Rodel Foundation of Arizona and Chief Learning Officer & Co-founding Owner and CEO for KP Mathematics. She has worked in both urban and rural school districts as a teacher, math coach, district math coordinator, executive director of CIA - and most currently as the math director for school improvement in the Buckeye Elementary School District. She serves the math community through state and national boards and councils, including AML President Elect, AATM Advocacy Chair, CPAM Past President (the Council of Presidential Awardees in Mathematics), NCTM’s Professional Development Services Council, and the national STEM Teacher Leadership Advisory Board. As an award-winning teacher and leader, Kim’s passion for transformative efforts impacts K-8 classrooms every day.
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Jane Gaun
Past President
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Jane Gaun currently serves as the K-12 Mathematics Coordinator for the Flagstaff Unified School District. She oversees the development and implementation of mathematics curriculum and instruction and also coordinates and instructs professional development activities for teachers and administrators designed to strengthen mathematics teaching and learning. Jane facilitates the newly formed Secondary to Post-Secondary Mathematics Collaborative between mathematics instructors from FUSD, Coconino Community College, and Northern Arizona University. She has worked for the Coconino County Educational Services Agency providing learning opportunities for teachers throughout Northern Arizona and is an active member of the Arizona Association of Teachers of Mathematics where she serves as the STEM Collaborative Representative.
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Jennifer H. Fernandez
Southern Region VP
Jennifer H. Fernandez
Southern Region VP
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Jenifer H. Fernandez is the Math Program Specialist for the Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services in the downtown office of Tucson, Arizona. She obtained both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from The University of Arizona in Education and Mathematics Teaching and Leadership. She is dual-certified in Elementary and Secondary Mathematics with a Mathematics Specialist endorsement. Prior to her position at ADE, she was a mathematics teacher in the Tucson area for 15 years. Her years of teaching experience range from elementary grades through high school math. She has been a math professional development facilitator at the local, state, and national level since 2006. Her philosophy is rooted in that all students are capable of learning mathematics and it is our responsibility as leaders to empower educators to create a positive culture and mindset around mathematics education.
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Suzi Mast
Central Region VP
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Suzi Mast is a proud Arizona certified teacher and administrator for over 30 years. Suzi recently retired (for a hot second) from the Arizona Department of Education where she was the Director of K-12 Mathematics and Educational Technology for over nine years. Suzi has also been a middle school and high school teacher in Arizona, worked in the private sector in educational technology, and an administrator for a K-8 district leading math and science curriculum, instruction and assessment. Suzi specialists in Formative Assessment, MTSS and social and emotional learning in math with a focus on equity for all students. Suzi is also on the Board for AATM. Suzi is currently consulting and presenting in Arizona and on the national level.
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Lawrence Watson
Northern Region VP
Lawrence Watson
Northern Region VP
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Lawrence Watson is currently in his second year as an Assistant Principal at Flagstaff High School in Flagstaff, Arizona. Lawrence taught math at Winslow High School for seven years and at Flagstaff High School for six years before moving into an administrative position. Lawrence is serving in his third year as AML Northern Region Vice President. As a math teacher, he enjoyed the opportunity to find new and creative ways to teach and engage students. Now as an administrator he enjoys the opportunity to support other teachers in finding their own curricular courage and creativity and helping them discover how they can strengthen their own practice.
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Tara Fulton
Secretary
Tara Fulton
Secretary
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Tara Fulton currently serves as the K-8 Mathematics Coordinator for the Crane School District in Yuma, AZ. She has spent close to two decades as an educator having taught at both the elementary and middle school levels. With her deep passion for mathematics education, she currently works to provide professional development and support to district leadership and teachers across the state. She has served on state standard and assessment committees and was the project director for multiple federally funded MSP grants. She is the current board secretary for Arizona Mathematics Leaders and is a program committee member for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Centennial Annual. She cares deeply about the learning and teaching of mathematics and has been able to proudly serve as a representative for math educators across the state.
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Amy Rushall
Communications Chair
Amy Rushall
Communications Chair
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Amy Rushall has been a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Northern Arizona University since 1998 and currently serves as the director of the NAU Faculty Professional Development Program. She has been active in the professional development of K-12 teachers throughout her career, most notably
delivering the Intel Math program to K-8 teachers of northern Arizona through grants from the Arizona Department of Education. Ms. Rushall has been a member of the AML board since 2016. |
Katie Basham
Elections Chair
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Katie Basham currently serves as a K-8 Instructional Coach in the Buckeye School District having come to this position with over a decade of Instructional Coach experience across the South-West Valley. As an Instructional Coach, Katie motivates classroom teachers to see themselves as facilitators of thinking rather than “knowledge providers” in turn cultivating classrooms where students make sense of mathematics and persevere in problem solving. Katie feels passionately about teacher-directed, individualized support and differentiates her coaching and campus/ district professional development to reflect this passion. Even with more than twenty years in teaching, Katie sees herself as a lifelong learner and seeks foremost to motivate others. She has shared her passion as well as her knowledge at both the state and national level having served on state standard and assessment committees as well as having presented on differentiated coaching and effective math routines through both AATM & NCSM.
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Kris Cunningham
Treasurer
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Kris Cunningham currently serves as the Mathematics Content Specialist for the Phoenix Union High School District in Phoenix, AZ. She has spent close to two decades as an educator having taught at both the elementary and high school levels. With her deep passion for mathematics education, she currently works to provide professional development and support to district leadership and teachers across the state. She has served on state standard and assessment committees. She is the current board treasurer for Arizona Mathematics Leaders and Membership and Volunteer coordinator for NCSM.
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Anna Fermanis
Membership Chair
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Anna A. Fermanis serves on the AML Board as Membership Chair. She has worked in education for more than 20 years. She is currently the Instructional Services Director for Somerton School District, K-8 district in Somerton, Arizona, in charge of the development and implementation of mathematics and language arts curriculum and instruction. Anna coordinates and instructs professional development activities for teachers and administrators on understanding and implementing Arizona’s standards. She also develops benchmark assessments and oversees the district’s instructional calendar for both math and language arts. Additionally, she is active in numerous curriculum and professional development organizations and serves as a member on different boards throughout the state.
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Dr Amy McCarthy
Social Media
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Dr. Amy McCarthy has been an educator with the Chandler Unified School District since 2001. In her twenty years in education, she has taught junior high and high school mathematics and served the district’s secondary math specialist. Amy is currently the Dean of Students at Casteel High School. In addition, she is faculty associate at Arizona State University and a reviewer at EdReports. Amy jointed the AML board in 2019.
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Kristen Henninger
NCSM Representative Sponsor Chair
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Kristen Henninger joined the EdReports.org Content Review Team in October 2014. Currently a K-12 Math Curriculum & Instruction Coach at Peoria Unified School District and Interim Assistant Principal at Alta Loma Elementary School. Also an EdReports.org facilitator, writer, and reviewer as well a Klawe Fellow. My experience includes:
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Jennifer Flores
Professional Development Chair
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Jennie currently has been serving as the Professional Development Chair for the AML Board since 2019. She has also served previously as the Secretary for the AML Board. Jennie is the Math Coach for Phoenix Union High School District and has been an instructional coach with a focus on mathematics since 2013. Jennie has also supported mathematics at the state level with both standards and assessment review committees.
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Jeanette Scott
Webmaster
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Jeanette Scott has been in education for 20 years. She has served as a high school and community college teacher and is currently CTE Math Integration Specialist for Phoenix Union High School District. She is serving as the Webmaster for AML and is active in several organizations, including AATM, TODOS, NCSM, and NCTM. In 2013, she was selected as Chicanos Por La Causa Esperanza Award winner, honoring Latino teachers who inspire students of all backgrounds, play an active role in the school, and demonstrate a true commitment to the community.
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