COLLEGES REPRESENTED

Mesa Community College - Red Mountain Campus
and Scottsdale Community College

COMMUNITY COLLEGE EXPERIENCE

Maricopa County Community College District, Maricopa County, AZ

• MCCCD Governing Board Secretary, 2012
• Elected to MCCCD Governing Board in 2010
• Dual enrollment instructor East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) 2001 - 2003

PUBLIC SERVICE

Community

• Town of Fountain Hills Planning & Zoning Commission 1991 -1995
• Fountain Hills Unified School District Governing Board 1996 - 2010
• Arizona State Board of Education Professional Practices Advisory Committee 2003 - 2012

Personal Interests

• Hobbies include sports, hiking, sailing, landscaping, and carpentry
• Kiwanis Club of Fountain Hills
• Golden Eagle Foundation Charter Member
• Fountain Hills High School Football Game announcer 1992 - present

EDUCATION

• University of Wisconsin - Stout (Pre-Architecture)
• University of Minnesota (Architecture)
• University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire (Bachelor of Business Administration) 1973
• Scottsdale Community College (Technical courses)
• Northern Arizona University (MEd - Career & Technical Education) 2005

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

• Owner - Saarco, Inc. General Contractor (Chetek, WI) 1974-1978
• Controller - Gerhardt & Berry Construction (Reno, NV) 1978-1980
• Owner - SMC, Inc. (Fountain Hills, AZ/Sacramento, CA) 1980-1996
• Editor - Open Systems Publishing (Tempe/Fountain Hills, AZ) 1996-2001
• Teacher/Administrator - East Valley Institute of Technology (Mesa, AZ) 2001-2006
• Real Estate Investment Manager (Fountain Hills/Overgaard, AZ) 2006-present
• Governance Consultant - Retreat Facilitation 2011-present

RESIDENCE, E-MAIL, AND VOICE MAIL BOX

• Resides in Fountain Hills, Arizona
• Hometown: Chetek, Wisconsin
• e-mail: dana.saar@domail.maricopa.edu
• Cell: 480-221-5638 (first preference for messages)
• Voice Mail Box (for messages only): 480-731-8364