Scott Salk
Managing Director
Mr. Salk joined Rancho Solano during the 2015-2016 school year with 14 years of private school administrative experience. While specializing in the areas of admissions and marketing, he also has school experience in operations, finance, facilities management, and development. Mr. Salk has a BS in Marketing from the University of Arizona and earned his MBA from the University of Phoenix.
Gordon Brown
Associate Head of School/Upper School Principal
Mr. Brown has been teaching for the last 26 years including public, private, and community college schools. Mr. Brown holds a BA in Biological Sciences as well as Physical Education and earned his Master’s Degree from Northern Arizona University in Exercise Physiology. Mr. Brown joined RS in the fall of 2010 from Glendale Community College. Prior to becoming the Upper School Principal, he taught IB Biology and Anatomy Physiology.
Erika Goethe
Associate Head of School/Middle School Principal
Mrs. Goethe joined Rancho Solano in 2015 with 25 years of experience in Middle School education and holds a BA in Political Science and a MA in Education. It is her passion and absolute joy to work with middle school-aged children. Mrs. Goethe has successfully built schools based upon best practices in education, which are founded in adolescent development.
Dr. Martha Braly
Lower School Principal
Dr. Braly has been an educator for over 30 years. She has been a pricipal of a K-3 school, a K-8 principal, and a high school principal. During her time as principal, she has assisted in building three schools. Dr. Braly also served as an Associate Dean at Ottowa University for 5 years. Dr. Braly is excited to be a part of the Rancho Solano family.
Dr. Braly has been an educator for over 30 years. She has been a pricipal of a K-3 school, a K-8 principal, and a high school principal. During her time as principal, she has assisted in building three schools. Dr. Braly also served as an Associate Dean at Ottowa University for 5 years. Dr. Braly is excited to be a part of the Rancho Solano family.
Dr. Theresa nabavi
Pre-K Coordinator
Juli Jeffers
Chief Financial Officer
Mrs. Jeffers joined Rancho Solano in March of 2018 with over ten years of accounting and finance experience. She holds a Master of Accountancy from Arizona State University and is a Certified Public Accountant. During her master’s program, she was a Teacher’s Assistant for an Introduction to Financial Accounting class and was asked by the Professor to teach the summer school program on behalf of the Professor. Teaching has always been one of her passions. After that endeavor, Juli accepted a position at Heinfeld & Meech, Inc. performing Audits and Consulting work for school districts and non-profit organizations. She leveraged the knowledge she obtained in this job to jump into the corporate world at Republic Services, a waste company with over $10B in annual revenue. She worked up the ranks within the organization by obtaining experience in the field and at the corporate finance level. She helped to build the company’s quarterly and annual financial statements, and managed the largest liability of the company- their landfills. Near the end of her term with Republic, she managed all the accounting and finance aspects of an $80M/year in revenue division of the business. Mrs. Jeffers is very excited to be a part of the Rancho Solano community!
Aaron Trigg
Director of Athletics
Coach Trigg joined Rancho Solano in 2013 as Athletic Director and Head Boys Basketball Coach. Since his arrival, the Athletic Department has grown into one of the top small school programs in Arizona. In the past seven years Trigg has led the addition of seven new sports and each year the program has set new records for participation. On the playing field, the Mustangs have seen incredible success in winning four State Championships, and 20+ team and individual State Tournament appearances. As the Boys Basketball coach, Trigg has led one of the largest program turnarounds in Arizona history, taking the program from a 2-20 record in his first season to winning two State Championships (2018, 2020), while assisting numerous athletes to play collegiately. Coach Trigg is passionate about the role athletics plays in the overall education of all students and his goal is for all athletes to become Scholar-Athletes of high character prepared for lifelong success. Trigg is a graduate and Hall of Honor member of Gordon College (B.A. Finance and Business Administration) and of the DeVos Sports Business Management Program at the University of Central Florida (MBA; MSBM). While at UCF Trigg was a member of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports and Co-Authored two “Racial and Gender Report Cards” with world renowned social justice pioneer Dr. Richard Lapchick.
Linda Head
Director of Operations
Mrs. Head has been a part of the Rancho Solano family since 2002. Serving in many capacities throughout her time with the school, she is currently the Director of Operations.
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