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Radnor Chester Road, Suite C300 | Radnor, PA 19087 Phone: (610) 230-2150 | Fax: (610) 230-2151 Aetna is proud to support the Philadelphia Area Independent School Business Officers Association. www.fisherphillips.com Atlanta Baltimore Boston Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Columbia Columbus Dallas Denver Fort Lauderdale Gulfport Houston Irvine Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Louisville Memphis New Jersey New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Portland Sacramento San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington, DC ©2019 Aetna Inc. 2017279 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT and/or savings, including: shared/combined backroom in addition to providing hardware, software, and other operations, shared service contracts, shared course models technical services, are some of the myriad ways PAISBOA SHINING A LIGHT ON COLLABORATION and/or deep academic and co-curricular collaborations.” is evolving as a learning organization. LOOKING AHEAD THANK YOU OUR MISSION relationships with our longstanding vendor partnerships, and continues to look at new partnerships to support the needs Collaboration does not just happen! With intention and com- PAISBOA’s mission, to stimulate and sustain a passion for PAISBOA (the Philadelphia Area Independent School of member schools and to enhance the overall member mitment, collaborative ventures must be nurtured to suc- providing services and opportunities to empower Business Business Officers Association) is a regional association of experience. ceed. PAISBOA is committed to making space for collabora- Officers to excel, and our core values of integrity, transpar- independent school and university Business Officers tion by encouraging interaction with other organizations as ency, and loyalty, are a strong foundation on which to build committed to achieving leveraged strength through group Well known in the independent school community as a well as providing meeting rooms for groups to work together. collaborative relationships and a learning organization that purchasing, professional development, and best practices connector and collaborator, PAISBOA nurtures our time- As we traverse the collaboration process and actual imple- is poised to evolve and change to meet the needs of our for the Business Office. Comprised primarily of a volunteer honored partnerships while exploring new ways to mentation of the ADVIS/EE Ford Grant findings, it is my hope members today and in the future. We are appreciative for team of Business Officers working for the common good of collaborate in the Delaware Valley region and beyond. that PAISBOA will model the collaborative spirit and evolve a committed board of directors, a solid leadership team, all members, PAISBOA’s mission is to stimulate and sustain a PAISBOA and Cal-ISBOA (California Independent School as a learning organization. Continuing to support all aspects engaged members, and responsive vendor partners. passion for providing services and opportunities to empower Business Officer Association) will be moving to a new data of business operations for schools and universities, investigat- Thank you for being a part of our learning community, for Business Officers to excel. Our purpose is to create savings in collection tool for the PAISBOA Annual Survey, and believe ing ways we can share back office services, creating robust sharing your knowledge and expertise with each other, and both time and money while providing useful resources and our partnership on the actual survey, data collection, analy- online and in-person networks, and improving professional for helping each other meet the daily challenges of the expanded knowledge to our members. sis, and programming is an important value to our schools. development series for all our affinity groups are ways in business office in independent schools and universities in which PAISBOA will enhance learning for all members. the Philadelphia region. As we close out our third decade, we find that the ideas Once again, PAISBOA partnered with MISBO (Mid-South that brought us together and formed the foundation of Business Officers Association) and Commonfund to gather Topics related to accounting, finance, and endowment PAISBOA – cooperative purchasing of health insurance, members and vendor partners at the NBOA Annual management, a focus on safety and security that is custom- group purchasing of business insurance, and consortium Conference in San Diego. This reception is always a highlight izable and scalable, and assisting schools in assessing their purchasing of goods and services – are as important to our for members who enjoy connecting with each other, needs for technology and cybersecurity with help from ATLIS independent school and university members today as they networking with colleagues from other parts of the country, (Association for Technology Leaders in Independent Schools) Aggie Malter, Ed.D. were at PAISBOA’s inception. Our mantra of “one for all and and meeting up with potentially new vendor partners from and various PAISBOA Preferred Vendors (PPV) that bring Executive Director all for one” and our covenant with each other: integrity, different disciplines. professional development programming to our members transparency, and loyalty, still ring true as we find new PAISBOA, PAIS (Pennsylvania Association of Independent ways to work together to ensure a premier educational Schools), and NBOA (National Business Officers Association) Take advantage of the power of the flock! experience at all member independent schools and have teamed up to create a program to address one of the universities in the Philadelphia region (New Jersey, most complex parts of the school accreditation process – Pennsylvania, Delaware). documentation for long-range financial planning. Using The NBOA Long-Range Financial Model, schools can create a PROGRESS customized ten-year budget model that enhances reporting 2018-2019 PAISBOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS for school leadership, and is perfect for the accreditation Keeping in mind the association’s primary goal: To enhance protocol used in the region. Financial sustainability is one EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2018-2019 PAISBOA SERVICES CORPORATION the value and experience of PAISBOA membership, of the hallmarks of a healthy independent school, and Mark Gibbons, Chair Joseph VanBernum, Chair resulting in association growth and long-term sustainability, PAISBOA, PAIS, and NBOA are committed to ensuring that the board of directors and staff of PAISBOA have completed our members are prepared for the challenges of today and Carolyn Hapeman, Vice-Chair Tom Devine, Secretary several important infrastructure projects to support mem- tomorrow. Tom Devine, Secretary Lisa Carbone Warren, Treasurer ber engagement: implementation of an integrated data- Lisa Carbone Warren, Treasurer Frank Aloise PAISBOA and ADVIS (Association of Delaware Valley base, website, and communication system; the PAISBOA David Gold Career Center; and the implementation of a platform for Independent Schools) continue to cooperate around the BOARD MEMBERS Adam Wojtelwicz online meetings, webinars, and professional development theme of financial sustainability, enabling our member Carol Beaton