Ray Sigafoos
District 1
Mr. Sigafoos has lived and worked in Prescott for 53 years, all of the time as a resident of District 1. He is a 1969 graduate of Northern Arizona University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting. He has been a licensed Certified Public Accountant since 1971.
Mr. Sigafoos brings a strong knowledge of educational funding and fiscal management and fully embraces open, public and shared governance. He believes in using data driven decision making, mixed with common sense. He will bring further diversity and broader financial experience to the existing Board. He brings a strong knowledge of higher education. Mr. Sigafoos is an independent thinker, yet he exhibits a collegial manner with others.
Mr. Sigafoos has significant experience as a Board member. He served on the Board of Directors and as Treasurer of the Prescott Fine Arts Association from 1984 until 1987. He served on the Phippen Art Museum Board from 1991 to 2004, chairing the Board from 1999 to 2004.
Mr. Sigafoos served on the Board and as Treasurer of Primavera School from 1976 until 1980. Beginning in 1981 through 1984 he was a member of the Board of the Yavapai Community Hospital Association which at the time operated Yavapai Regional Medical Center. He was the Chair of the Hospital Board in 1983. Mr. Sigafoos served on the Board of Trustees of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University from 1981 to 2009, serving as the Chair of the Finance Committee for 26 years and as member of the Audit Committee.
Mr. Sigafoos is a distinguished Rotarian, serving as a Charter Member and Past President of the Frontier Rotary Club.
District 1: Badger, Bagdad, Castle Hot Springs 1 and 2, Congress, Copper Basin, Hidden Valley, Hillside, Holiday/Well Fargo, Kirkland, Mile High, Miller Valley East and West, Montana, Mountain Club, Northside, Pine Knoll, Pine Lakes, Ponderosa, Prescott Heights, Prescott Northwest, Prescott South, Prescott Southwest, Prescott West, Rincon, Rose Lakes, Senator, Skull Valley, Taylor Hicks, Thumb Butte/Dearing Pk, Walnut Grove, White Spar, and Yarnell
Term Expires: December 31, 2018