John Spatz
Welcome Remarks
John Spatz has served as the executive director of the Nebraska
Association of School Boards (NASB) since 2012. Prior to this,
he was the legal counsel with NASB starting in 2003. As part of
his role with NASB, Spatz also serves in a leadership position
with ALICAP (Chief Administrator), Sparq Data Solutions, Inc.,
(Chairman), NJUMP/CJUMP (Manager), Envise AMS, Inc.
(Co-founder). Currently, 27 other school board associations
nationally utilize products and services created under the
umbrella of the NASB during his tenure. As the executive
director he has made it a priority to better engage and support
the early childhood community. Spatz is the author of the
“Guidebook to Nebraska’s Public Meetings Law,” which is used by
schools to comply with the Open Meetings Act. Outside of his
role with the NASB, he served on the Lincoln City Council from
2007 to 2011 and was the chair of the board in 2011. He has also
served on the board for Lincoln’s Multicultural Advisory
Committee, Neighborworks Lincoln, and the Partnership for
Healthy Lincoln. Spatz and his wife, Julianne, have three
children in Lincoln Public Schools.