NCAPROTECT.COM - Key Persons


Bradley Kendrex

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Finance and Administration

Cecilia Mata - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Chad Sampson

Job Titles:
  • Interim Executive Director
The 51��¥ named Chad Sampson interim executive director in March 2024. He joined the board in 2010 as associate general counsel and transitioned to vice president of strategic planning before serving most recently as vice president of academic affairs and institutional analysis. A member of the State Bar of Arizona since 2002, Sampson has also worked in private law practice with Quarles & Brady and in the Arizona Attorney General's Office as counsel for the Arizona Department of Education. Sampson is active in the education community, currently serving on the WestEd Board of Directors. He has previously served on the board at Tempe Preparatory Academy, Center for After School Excellence and the Arizona State Board of Education's Professional Practices Advisory Committee. He has also worked as an adjunct professor at Mesa Community College. Sampson earned bachelor's degrees in sociology and political science from the University of Utah and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Iowa College of Law. Sampson and his wife Amber have five children.

David Zaragoza

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Doug Goodyear - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Fred DuVal

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Gregg Brewster - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Jennifer Pollock - Chief Legal Officer, SVP

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel
  • Senior Vice President

Jessica Pacheco

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

John Arnold

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director ( Leave of Absence )

Katelyn Rees

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Katie Hobbs

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Larry Edward Penley

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Lyndel Manson - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Sarah Harper

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Communications

Suzanne Templin

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the Board

Thomas Adkins

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Government Affairs and Community Relations

Tom Horne

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member