John Gray, CIA, Vice President

As SSC’s Vice President, John Gray provides support to school districts, county offices, and community college districts in governance, management, collective bargaining, factfinding, fiscal health analysis, general consulting, and chief business officer search services. He has served on the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Teams (FCMAT) in Vallejo, Oakland, and West Contra Costa Unified School Districts.

John is a well-known presenter at statewide workshops on school finance, collective bargaining, and categorical funding. In addition, he presents annually at the Association of California Administrators (ACSA) Negotiators’ Symposium and at the annual California School Boards Association (CSBA) and California Association of School Business Official (CASBO) annual conferences.

For nine years prior to joining SSC, John was the Director of Fiscal Services for a large urban school district. There he facilitated the implementation of a new integrated financial system for all business functions and a new human resources/payroll system. He also established the internal audit function. Prior to joining the school district, he served as Audit Supervisor for the Ticor Title Insurance Company and as Auditing Officer for Union Bank, both in Los Angeles.

John is a member of the California Association of School Business Officials, the Institute of  Internal Auditors, and is a Certified Internal Auditor.