Gilbert is Chief Operating Officer and Acting Director of ADOA. Prior to coming to the State, he served in local government management for the cities of Marana and Willcox. He has also served as president of the Arizona City/County Management Association, served on the National Alumni Association Governing Board for the University of Arizona and currently serves on the University of Arizona Foundation Board of Directors.
Kevin Donnellan serves as the Deputy Director as well as a Policy Advisor to Governor Ducey. Kevin oversees the following divisions within ADOA:
Prior to this appointment, Kevin served ADOA as the Acting Director and the Assistant Director of Administrative Services. Additional experience includes his role as the Director of Communications and Government Affairs for the Office of the Arizona State Treasurer, Executive Director of Membership Marketing with International Cruise & Excursions, Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations with Desert Island Restaurants, Senior Director of Advertising & Public Relations with Cold Stone Creamery, Inc., and Public Relations Account Executive with Off Madison Ave.
Kevin earned a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from Arizona State University. He and his wife Andrea live in Chandler where they are raising their two children
Nicole Ong serves as the General Counsel, providing legal advice to the Director and for the Arizona Department of Administration, serving as the liaison to the Attorney General’s Office, and chairing the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council.
Previously, Nicole was a transactional attorney at DLA Piper, an international law firm, where she handled real estate transactions all across the country. Prior to that, she was an attorney at Snell & Wilmer, a Phoenix-based law firm. While her practice at Snell and Wilmer was concentrated in transactional work, she also practiced in a variety of commercial litigation matters. She was recognized as one of the Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2014 and 2015. Before joining private practice, Nicole clerked for a federal judge in Phoenix.
She is currently the President of the Arizona Asian American Bar Association and serves on the board of the University of Arizona Law College Association. She actively served on the board of Sojourner Center, a local domestic violence shelter, and is now part of their emeritus board.
Nicole is an Arizona native, having been born and raised in Phoenix. She received her bachelor’s degree in finance at the University of San Francisco and her law degree at the University of Arizona.
Derik Leavitt started working for the State of Arizona in 2001. He began in the Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budget(OSPB) and was there until 2004. He then became the Director of Fiscal Management Services for the Department of Juvenile Corrections and served until 2008. From 2008 to 2011, Derik was the Budget and Finance Administrator for the Division of Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Economic Security. He then spent five years working in the private sector as a health policy consultant with Burns & Associates. Derik's experience in both public and private sectors have afforded him an appreciation of utilizing data in daily operations to transform performance. He believes that great information is the foundation for great decisions.
Prior to coming to Arizona, he worked in city and county governments in the States of Washington and Utah. He received his Master's Degree in Public Administration from Brigham Young University. He calls Avondale home with his wife Debbie and their four children.
Marie Isaacson serves as Director of the Benefits Services Division. Marie has over 28 years of human resources and benefits experience, 25 of those years with the Arizona Department of Administration. Marie has direct oversight and responsibility for administering the benefits insurance programs (medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, life, disability, flexible spending accounts, computer purchase, employee discount, home-owners and insurance plans, employee assistance program, and a wellness program for preventative health education and screenings.
Marie is certified as both a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and a SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP). She earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University. Marie is a member of various professional human resources/benefits organizations and the National Charity League. She and her husband Don have two children, John and Kaitlin.
Nola Barnes has management responsibility for:
Prior to becoming GSD’s Assistant Director, Nola served for nine years as the General Manager of the GSD’s Building and Planning Services. She previously worked at the Department of Economic Security for 14 years in both programs and operations positions.
She has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and lives in central Phoenix with her husband Tom.
Megan Rose is the Director of Communications for the Arizona Department of Administration. Previously, Megan work for Gordon C. James Public Relations for 16 years. She started out as an Account Executive and worked her way up to the Director of Media Relations. During her time at Gordon C. James Public Relations, Megan was chosen to work with clients such as First Lady Laura Bush, the US Department of Health and Human Services, Snickers, PetSmart, Food for the Hungry, ChildHelp, APS, Shea Homes, and the Maricopa Health Foundation. Megan has received one Silver Anvil award, three Copper Anvil awards, and ten Phoenix Merit awards.
Megan received her degree in Communications with a minor in Journalism from the University of Arizona. In her spare time, Megan serves as an advisor to the Board for “Smiles Beyond the Bars.”
Morgan Reed joins the State of Arizona with nearly 20 years of information technology experience in large enterprises in the private sector. As the State’s Chief Information Officer, he is responsible for driving the State of Arizona’s technology strategy and to transform government services.
Specializing in implementing new technologies, improving service delivery and driving change, Morgan brings a diverse background having managed nearly every area of information technology engineering and operations.
Prior to joining the State of Arizona, Morgan worked for local companies such as Go Daddy, Intel and Wells Fargo. Most recently he led infrastructure delivery for Expedia, based in the Pacific Northwest.
Morgan holds a Bachelors degree in Business Operations from DeVry University, and is pursuing a Masters in Information Systems Management from Keller Graduate School of Management. He and his wife and 3 children call Scottsdale home.
Matthew Hanson currently serves as the Statewide Grants Administrator and Director of the Arizona Office of Grants and Federal Resources (GFR). In this capacity he helps coordinate the pursuance and implementation of all federal grants allocated to the State of Arizona. Prior to joining GFR, Matthew served as the Director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Recovery and before joining the state served as the Intergovernmental and Grants Program Coordinator for the City of Goodyear. Prior to relocating to Arizona he served as Director of the Grants Policy Office at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs.
