David Raber
Interim Director

David Raber was appointed by Director Bell to serve as Deputy Director of Operations in May 2009.

Returning to the agency where he began his professional career in 1989, David has more than sixteen years of State Government experience as well as time spent working in the private sector. Prior to joining the ADOA Leadership Team, David worked in several executive-level managerial positions at the Arizona Corporation Commission. Joining the Commission Staff in 2004, he served as Deputy Director of the Securities Division, Director of the Corporations Division, and Director of a newly-created Safety Division. Before that, David served for six years (1998-2003) in various positions at the Governor’s Community Policy Office, most recently as the Deputy Director and Chief Financial Officer. David’s other positions include stints at the Arizona State Land Department and in the private sector with Del Webb Corporation in Scottsdale and Magma Copper Company in Tucson.

David is an Arizona native, raised in Phoenix. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Arizona State University in 1988 and is a Certified Public Accountant. David is married to Heidi and they have two teenage children. His son, Kyle attends ASU and his daughter, Nikki attends Arcadia High School. David enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, snow skiing, hiking and other outdoor activities.

Paulina Vazquez Morris
Assistant Director for Legal Services, Administrative Counsel

Paulina Vazquez Morris is the Assistant Director for Legal Services and Administrative Counsel. Paulina has a distinguished career in both public service and private industry. Most recently, Paulina served as an elected board member to the Maricopa County Special Health District. In 2004, she received over 60,000 votes to represent District 3 and was twice elected by the board as its chairman. Ms. Morris’ public service career began as a legislative and legal intern in the United States House of Representatives and the Arizona State Senate. She also served as a legal extern to the Federal District Court of Arizona.

Ms. Morris earned both her Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Arizona in Tucson. She continued her education with distinction garnering Masters Degrees in Business and Health Administration at Arizona State University.

Ms. Morris has extensive experience in the healthcare and legal industry, working for Banner Health, Doctors Community Healthcare Corporation and the national law firm of Kutak Rock. She served as an assistant director and administrative counsel to the Arizona Department of Economic Security and served as board counsel to the Arizona Board of Regents - the governing body for Arizona’s University system. In her role with the Regents, she chaired the Legal Affairs Council for University Attorneys and represented the board in various legal and legislative capacities; including legal advisor and liaison with other governmental entities such as the Arizona Office of the Attorney General and the Arizona Legislature.

Active in community service, Ms. Morris serves on numerous community and civic boards. She and her husband, Jason, raise their two sons in Phoenix.

Lynne J. Smith
Assistant Director of the General Services Division (GSD)

Lynne Smith was appointed as Assistant Director of the General Services Division in January 2006. She is responsible for overseeing construction, facilities operation and maintenance, physical security, tenant improvements and building planning for the ADOA building system.

Lynne began her career in Arizona State government in 1992 with the Joint Legislative Budget Committee Staff. As a Senior Fiscal Analyst, she worked on many ADOA and statewide issues. From 2000 to 2001, she served as the Technology Finance Manager for the Government Information Technology Agency. Lynne first joined ADOA from 2001 to 2003 as Assistant Director for the Internal Technology Services Division. From 2003 through 2005, she served as Assistant Director for the Division of Business and Finance at the Department of Economic Security where she oversaw DES Facilities, Procurement, Budget, Accounting, Collections, Policy, Fleet, Surplus Property, and Business Systems. Prior to state service, Lynne taught high school social studies and math in Tucson.

Lynne is a Phoenix native. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a minor in Economics from Occidental College, Los Angeles, and earned her Master of Public Administration degree with a specialization in Financial Management from the University of Arizona. She has served on a local school board since 2003.

Pat Mah
TPO Director

Pat Mah was appointed by Director Bell to serve as the Telecommunications Program Office Director in April 2007. Pat previously served as the Telecommunications Program Office Financial Analyst since September 2005. Pat is responsible for managing the outsourcing of the Arizona Network (AZNet) contract, overseeing the convergence of projects, developing and maintaining the telecommunications technical architecture and roadmap, and ensuring the AZNet program meets the state’s objectives of building a scalable, centralized, statewide converged voice, video and data network providing enhanced security and services to all agencies.

Prior to ADOA, Pat served as Strategic Management Consultant to the Department of Education, Budget Director to Arizona Department of Health Services and as Senior Fiscal Analyst to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

Pat has a Master of Public Administration from the University of Kansas and Master and Bachelor degrees in Foods and Nutrition from Kansas State University. Pat’s interests are in health and fitness activities and she has hiked the Grand Canyon rim to rim.

Bill Hernandez
Assistant Director of the Management Services Division

Bill Hernandez is the Assistant Director of the Management Services Division. Bill was born and raised in Tucson , Arizona and is a 4 th generation Arizonan. Bill has over 17 years of experience in state government and is a results-oriented manager committed to providing outstanding service to MSD customers. Bill is committed to customer service and his team has been awarded 41% of all the ADOA Director’s Excellence Award’s earned in the history of the agency-wide program. Bill’s approach to day-to-day management is to create an environment in which division staff out-works and out-performs all other units and has a good time doing it. Bill served a 2-year appointment as a Special Assistant to Governor Bruce Babbitt in the 1980’s. Bill, a proud Wildcat, earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona and a graduate degree from ASU.

Bill and his wife, Alma, have three daughters.

Kathy Peckardt
Director of Human Resources

Kathy Peckardt was appointed the Director of Human Resources in January 2001. Under Ms. Peckardt’s leadership, ADOA has successfully transitioned the State’s Health Benefits Plans for approximately 60,000 members from fully insured to self insured in October 2004; implemented the State’s first ever web-based employment system with a single job board for all state government open positions; and established “Your Employee Services” or “Y.E.S.”, the State’s first ever employee portal which consolidates and provides access to human resources and State government information.

Kathy is also responsible for overseeing the State’s Human Resources Information Solution (integrated benefits, payroll and human resources system), the classification system, employee relations, wellness program, staffing and recruitment, and human resources satellite offices located in the seven largest state agencies.

Kathy serves as a member of the Joint Legislative Study Committee on State Employee Compensation.

Ms. Peckardt has over 20 years of public service experience. She has served in various leadership positions including Purchasing Manager, Assistant Director for Strategic Administrative Services and Director of the Office of Alternative Fuel Recovery.

Kathy earned her Bachelor of Science degree in 1984 from the Arizona State University. She lives in Scottsdale with her husband and two boys.

Patrick Quain
Assistant Director of the Information Services Division (ISD) - Chief Information Officer

Patrick Quain is responsible for the Information Services Division and the Information Processing Center. These units provide technical support for ADOA, and over 100 state Agencies, Boards and Commissions in the areas of Computer Operations for Mainframe and Open Systems, Technical Support, Application Development, Help Desk, ADOA Security, (IPC) Disaster Recovery, Print Services, the 9-1-1 Emergency Program and Client Web Hosting.

Patrick began his career with the State of Arizona in July 2005. In less than one year his accomplishments include the build of a state-of-the-art Computer Command Center that provides 24/7 staffing. In addition, Patrick was instrumental in renegotiating a state-wide contract that will save the state millions of dollars annually.

Prior to his service with the State of Arizona, Patrick worked in the Transportation industry for global courier giants; Airborne Express and DHL. During his seven year stint he managed high profile IT functions, ensuring daily coordination between global data centers in Europe, Asia and the USA.

During the dynamic years of banking deregulation and mergers, Patrick served 20 years as Vice President and Manager of Peoples National Bank and US National Bank. During his tenure in the Banking industry, his responsibilities included implementation of new technologies in the areas of Telecommunications, Security, Check Processing, Computer Operations, Automated Cash Machines, Auditing, Programming, LAN, Engineering, Accounting, Disaster Recovery, Production-Change-Problem and Quality Control and Performance Measures. Patrick also co-authored a publication for the American Bankers Association “National Bank Examinations Trends in Bank Data Processing Operations” which was distributed to presidents of all National Banks.

Patrick comes from Washington State with 37 years of experience in using computer technology to improve business processes. He completed his computer training at Olympic College in 1969 with Honors. He and his wife Donna live in Phoenix, have three children and enjoy world travel.

Chief Thomas 'Tim' Lane
Chief of Police - Capitol Police

Chief Lane began his law enforcement career with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) in 1980 as a patrol officer in Yuma, Arizona. As he moved through the ranks over the next 26 years he has promoted to the level of Commander at DPS. His experiences have been in the areas of Criminal Investigations, Highway Patrol, Highway Patrol Motors, Arizona Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Board (AZPOST), Southern Arizona Gang Commander, Commercial Vehicles, Special Investigations and the Governor’s Protection Unit. His career has taken him all over the State of Arizona and all over the world.

Chief Lane has a Bachelor of Science degree in Police Administration from Grand Canyon University and is a graduate of Northwestern’s Police Staff and Command School. His father was in the military so he has lived all over the country, but was born in San Francisco, California. Chief Lane enjoys playing the guitar and running after his two teenagers; Ashley and Travis.

Jean A. Clark
State Procurement Administrator

Jean A. Clark, MPA, CPPO, CPPB, C.P.M, CPM, possesses over 20 years of public procurement experience at the State and local level. She began her career as a buyer and has continually progressed to upper level procurement positions.

She is a Past President for the Arizona Capitol Chapter and Past President for the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc. (NIGP). She is also a Past President of the National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council. She has obtained her procurement certifications as well as receiving a Master's in Public Administration.

Over her career, Jean has received the prestigious National NIGP Buyer of the Year Award and is the only procurement professional to be named the National NIGP Manager of the Year twice.

D. Clark Partridge
State Comptroller, General Accounting Office (GAO)

Clark Partridge has been with the State of Arizona since joining the GAO as a supervisor in 1989. From 1992 to 1994 he served as the Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Commerce. He returned to GAO, serving as a manager from 1994 to 1998 and as Deputy State Comptroller from 1998 to 2001. After serving as acting State Comptroller for 8 months, he was appointed as State Comptroller in 2002. Prior to joining the State, he worked in public accounting for Arthur Andersen & Co. from 1986 to 1989. His experience from the public and private sector, as well as the agency and statewide perspectives, provides a variety of insights into operations and problem resolutions. Growing up on a dairy farm, he learned the importance of hard work, planning, and persistence. He is passionate about performance, customer service, process improvement and public service.

Clark is a member of various national professional organizations, serving as an officer and on several committees. He has been a volunteer with the March of Dimes for over 30 years, serving on the board in both Utah and Arizona. Clark attended Brigham Young University on a leadership scholarship, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Government Financial Manager. Clark enjoys spending time with his wife Cynthia, daughters Kayla and Lauren, and son Brantley, and is true blue BYU Cougar.

Phil Hamilton
Assistant Director, ADOA Benefits Services Division

Phil Hamilton is Assistant Director of the Benefits Services Division for the Arizona Department of Administration. His role as the Plan Administrator for the State of Arizona includes providing $750 million Health, Dental, Life, Disability and Vision insurance benefits for approximately 140,000 state employees, retirees, and their dependents. A past partner in a large reinsurance and medical malpractice brokerage and as a former hospital CEO, manager of outpatient facilities, long term care, and public health programs, Phil brings a unique perspective to the insurance business. His depth of experience allows him to view issues from numerous perspectives.

Ray Di Ciccio
State Risk Manager

Ray Di Ciccio was appointed as the State Risk Manager in July 2005. He previously served ten years as State Risk Management’s Finance and Insurance Manager. Prior to his State service, he spent six years as Internal Audit Manager for two major corporations, and seven years of diverse experience in corporate finance, financial reporting, accounting, audit and budget. Ray received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting in 1982 and achieved a Certified Public Accountant designation in 1985.

Ray has statewide (including the three universities) management responsibilities for the following programs: Property, liability and workers’ compensation claims management, loss prevention, environmental remediation, risk financing, excess insurance and occupational health.

Ray is an active member in the State Risk and Insurance Management Association. Ray and his wife Hollie live in Gilbert, and have two sons.

Paul Shannon
Assistant Director, Budget and Resource Planning

Paul Shannon is responsible for the overall development and monitoring of the department’s budget and for coordinating the operational and long-term strategic planning. Paul is also assigned departmental oversight for special projects, the most recent being the upgrade of the Human Resources Information Solution.

Paul began State service as an intern to the Senate Appropriations Committee in 1985. After serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Jamaica, Mr. Shannon served in managerial positions at Northern Arizona University before again serving the Legislature as a Senior Fiscal Analyst with the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. In 2003, Mr. Shannon joined ADOA as the Budget Manager and assumed his current duties in 2006.

Paul is a second generation Arizonan. Paul is also an enthusiastic Lumberjack who received both a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Arts in Applied Sociology from N.A.U.