Leadership Staff

Kevin Donnellan serves as the Deputy Director as well as a Policy Advisor to Governor Ducey. Kevin oversees the following divisions within ADOA:

• Budget and Resource Management
• Benefits Services
• Risk Management
• General Services
• The Office of Grants and Federal Resources
• The Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs

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

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.

Nola Barnes has management responsibility for: 

• Facilities Operations and Maintenance
• Fleet Management
• Surplus Property
• Planning and Construction Services

Prior to becoming GSD’s Acting 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.  

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.