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Total Credits: 9
Cathy is the Executive Director of the Minnesota Association of School Business Officials (MASBO), bringing more than two decades of experience in school finance to the role. Prior to joining MASBO, she served as Director of School Finance at the Minnesota Department of Education, overseeing areas including school funding, levy certification, financial audits, aid payments, budgeting, special education, and facilities. Cathy previously held leadership roles with Duluth Public Schools, the Arrowhead Regional Computing Consortium, and Lake Superior School District, and taught school finance as an adjunct instructor. She holds a bachelor’s degree in management from the College of St. Scholastica and is a longtime contributor to MASBO and Minnesota’s school finance community.
Paul Ferrin is currently the supervisor of the special education funding and data workgroup at the Minnesota Department of Education. He has worked at the department for 5 years in various roles including monitoring special education expenditures and providing data analytics to the special education funding workgroup.
Jenna has served as CEO of Palmer Bus Service since 2015. She grew up cleaning buses and drove bus her senior year in high school and went on to become a high school teacher. Jenna sees herself as a servant/leader and believes that surrounding herself with great people is of utmost importance.
Michael Hart joined PTMA in July 2020. He leads the Municipal Advisory practice for the firm in the state of Minnesota focused on public school districts. His experience includes leading school districts through the financial aspects of bond issues and referendums for both capital projects and operating funds as well as long term financial planning. Mr. Hart hold his Series 7, 50, 53, 54 and 63 securities licenses.
Kaylynn Johnson is an associate attorney with Ratwik, Roszak & Maloney, P.A. Kaylynn practices in the areas of labor and employment law, school law, special education law, and litigation.
Deb graduated magna cum laude from Augsburg University with a B.A. in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting and finance. She was an auditor for 4 1/2 years for the Minnesota Department of Transportation, and has 16 years of experience as a Supervisor of Accounting for two different school districts. Deb has worked at Minnesota Department of Education since December 2014 in the Division of School Finance.
Sarah Miller has 12 years of experience as a Director of Business for three Minnesota schools and as a consultant to Minnesota charter schools. She also spent 16 years with the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), working with the Financial Management and Budget Facilities teams. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. She also serves as an MDE representative for Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
Cindy started her career at ARCC (RMIC Region #2 in Duluth) in 1998. ARCC is a Regional Management Information Center with 30 public school district members. Cindy started as the Administrative Assistant, worked as a Finance, Funding and Management Specialist and is now the Excecutive Director of ARCC. Cindy also serves as the President of the MASBO Board of Directors. Her favorite things to do at work include bank reconciliations, projecting students and listening to stakeholders to connect them with the human resources they need.
