Business Services
The Business Service department is responsible for budgets, contracts, employee negotiations, financial forecasting and analysis, fiscal operations, food services, internal audits, purchasing, real property acquisition, and risk management.
Frequently Asked Questions
Assistant Superintendent of Business Services
Conrad Tedeschi, CPA
Conrad holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara in Business Economics with an emphasis in accounting and has served in public finance for almost 30 years in Santa Barbara. Starting with the County of Santa Barbara in the Auditor-Controller’s Office,
as an Accountant-Auditor he became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Public Finance Officer (CPFO). He began a career in California public school finance with the Santa Barbara County Education Office before moving to the Santa Babara Unified School District
(SBUSD) as the Director of Business Services.
Conrad then served as the Assistant Superintendent of Fiscal Services for the Goleta Union School District as the Chief Business Official (CBO) for ten years before coming back to SBUSD to serve as the CBO and Assistant Superintendent of Business Services in July 2025. Overall, Conrad has over 19 years of experience in California Public School Finance here in the Santa Barbara area. He brings extensive experience in leadership, budget, fiscal operations, facilities, maintenance and operations, food services and technology.
ctedeschi@sbunified.org; 805-963-4338 ext. 6230

Contacts
BUSINESS SERVICES
Fax# (805) 963-5685
Conrad Tedeschi | Assistant Superintendent | ctedeschi@sbunified.org | Ext. 6230
Laci Preston | Director Fiscal Services | lpreston@sbunified.org | Ext. 6296
Allison Fore | Administrative Assistant | afore@sbunified.org | Ext. 6222
ACCOUNTING
Todd Humphreys | Accounting Manager | thumphreys@sbunified.org | Ext. 6290
Adam Kohl | Fiscal Analyst | akohl@sbunified.org | Ext. 6455
Rosa Almanza | Accounts Payable Technician | ralmanza@sbunified.org | Ext. 6373
Celia Campbell-Lemere | Accounting Asst | ccampbell-lemere@sbunified.org | Ext. 6236
Lenday Villa | Admin. Secretary | lgvilla@sbunified.org | Ext. 6513
Rosa Evangelista | Accounting Technician II | revangelista@sbunified.org | Ext. 6234
Lourdes Hensley | Accounting Technician I | lhensley@sbunified.org | Ext. 6233
Marisol Hernandez | Acct. Payable Tech | marisolhernandez@sbunified.org | Ext. 6386
Kathy Pelton | Accounting Technician II | kpelton@sbunified.org | Ext. 6207
Luis Rocha Rosas | Accounting Technician II | lrocha@sbunified.org | Ext. 6294
NUTRITION SERVICES
Matt Dittman | Nutrition Services Director | mdittman@sbunified.org | Ext. 6387
Minerva Valdez | Food Services Site Manager | mvaldez@sbunified.org
Diana Cruz | Office Manager | dcruz@sbunified.org | Ext. 6385
Gina Cuevas | Food Services Program Coordinator | gcuevas@sbunified.org | Ext. 6279
Lazlo Horvath | Purchasing Tech | lhorvath@sbunified.org | Ext. 6365
PAYROLL
Lise Main | Payroll Manager | lmain@sbunified.org | Ext. 6268
Veronica Vasquez | Payroll Technician | vvasquez@sbunified.org | Ext. 6293
Jennifer Bulfeda | Payroll Technician | jbulfeda@sbunified.org | Ext. 6270
Mindy Aagaard | Payroll Technician | maagaard@sbunified.org | Ext. 6229
Brandy Macias | Payroll Retirement Specialist | bmacias@sbunified.org | Ext. 6204
Carol Hernandez | Payroll Assistant | cphernandez@sbunified.org | Ext. 6256
PURCHASING
Carmen Rodriguez | Purchasing Manager | crodriguez@sbunified.org| Ext. 6281
Melanie Lopez | Buyer | melanielopez@sbunified.org| Ext. 6287
Gabriel Camacho | Buyer | gcamacho@sbunified.org | Ext. 6102
Suzanne Valenzuela | Purchasing Technician | svalenzuela@sbunified.org | Ext. 6282
WAREHOUSE
Luciano Velez | Operations Team Leader | lvelez@sbunified.org | Ext. 6297
