1. Jay Heiler currently serves as Treasurer of the Board of the Arizona Board of Regents and is a member of the Business and Finance Committee, Academic and Student Affairs Committee and the Regents Executive Committee.
10 Facts About Jay Heiler
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Jay Heiler is the co-founder and Board Chairman of Great Hearts Academies, a charter school network operating several K-12 campuses in Arizona and Texas.
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Jay Heiler leads as the President of the Arizona Charter School Association.
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Jay Heiler grew up in Clermont County, Ohio, on the outskirts of Cincinnati.
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Jay Heiler then went to law school at ASU, graduating in 1986, and worked in the Arizona Attorney General's office from 1986 to 1989.
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In 1989, Jay Heiler moved to Virginia to become editorial page editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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In 1992, Jay Heiler returned to Arizona to work for then-governor Fife Symington, eventually becoming his chief of staff.
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When Symington resigned in 1997 after being convicted of bank fraud, Jay Heiler became a political and public-affairs consultant.
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In October 2017, Jay Heiler said he was considering running in the Arizona Republican primary for US Senate against incumbent Jeff Flake after Flake's criticism of President Donald Trump.
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However, as a voting member of the Arizona Board of Regents, Jay Heiler cast the only dissenting vote against providing in-state tuition for students protected under DACA.