Kathie Manning accepted the Director of Business Services position with Payson Unified School District July 1, 2011.  Upon acceptance, Kathie and Richard Manning located to Payson from the Valley.  They quickly acclimated to the small-town lifestyle of Payson and are happy to call Payson “home”.

Kathie’s experience in Arizona school finance includes serving school districts of varying sizes since 1988.  She has been a member of various groups, such as Arizona Association of School Business Officials, Association of School Business Officials International, Government Finance Officials Association, Education Finance Reform Group, which assist her in remaining up to date on education finance issues and the effects related to PUSD.  Since Kathie’s employment with PUSD in 2011, PUSD has applied for and been successful in receiving consecutive annual awards for Excellence in Financial Reporting.

Involvement in the community is an important part of Kathie’s lifestyle.  She is a member of Rim Country Rotary.  Kathie’s personal passions include riding her horse and competing in local gymkhanas hosted by Brownsville Western Heritage.  One of her favorite benefits of local competition is meeting the students of PUSD, who also compete.  Small-town living affords the opportunity of getting to know others on a personal level.