Panfilo Contreras Retires as Executive Director of ASBA In early July, Executive Director Panfilo Contreras retired after 13 years with ASBA. Prior to heading the association, Panfilo was on the school board of the Flowing Wells Unified School District for nearly 12 years. He served on the ASBA board of directors in various leadership positions for four years, including as president of ASBA in 1995. Prior to joining ASBA, Contreras was Program Manager for the Family Assistance Administration of the Department of Economic Security in Tucson for 18 years. A native Arizonan, Contreras has been active in many community organizations. He was a member of the Tucson-Pima Metropolitan Education Commission and
served on the Tucson Mayor’s Education Task Force. He is past president of the Tucson Chapter of the Arizona Hispanic Community Forum. Other affiliations include president on the board of directors of the Hands Across the Border Foundation; executive committee and board of directors of the Arizona Business and Education Coalition; the oversight board of Expect More Arizona; and the board of directors of the American School Foundations Alliance. “On behalf of the ASBA Board, I want to thank Panfilo for his 13 years of service and for the many positive things he has done for ASBA,” said the association’s President Dee Navarro. “We wish Panfilo the very best in his future endeavors and well-deserved retirement.”
ASBAIT Has Successful Marketing, Financial Year ASBAIT’s Trustees heard good news about the insurance trust’s marketing success for the 2011-2012 Fund Year and the financial success achieved for the 2010-2011 Fund Year at a meeting in June. ASBAIT will have 100 percent of its current members renewing for 2011-2012. They will add an additional 10 percent more employees to the 26,000 currently enrolled. The new employees and dependents come from four new schools – Higley USD, Marana USD, Eastern Arizona College and Littlefield USD. ASBAIT Trustees also approved an Excess Contribution Refund totaling more than $2 million to members who have participated for more than 12 months through May 31, 2011. Eligible schools are receiving a minimum of 10 percent and up to 50 percent of the May 2011 contribution depending on their loss ratio. The ECR was made possible by the low fixed cost (less than 9 percent) and lower than expected claims cost (negative trend) for the 2010-2011 Fund Year.
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