Bruneman of West Sonoma County Union High School District wins Forty Under 40 award

Notable Quote: “I’m constantly challenged with how to provide clean, healthy, save, functional facilities so that teachers can deliver quality instruction and how best to serve students; with the limited budget I have available, it’s a struggle.”

Other things about me...

Greatest professional accomplishment:

Constructing the Piner High School Geospatial Center Project. Really innovative teachers wrote a career technical education grant for a dream they had and I got to help make it a reality as I guided the project from concept to design through construction when I worked as the director of facilities for Santa Rosa City School District. It is a super cool facility. One of a kind!

Greatest professional challenge:

Public education is tough; you never have enough money to do the things you need and want to do. I’m constantly challenged with how to provide clean, healthy, save, functional facilities so that teachers can delivery quality instruction and how best to serve students; with the limited budget I have available, its a struggle.

Best advice received:

You are going to make mistakes, own them, move on, and try again. Always be honest.

Quick Takes

Mentor/admired ?businessperson:

My former boss, Doug Bower

Buzz word from your industry you hate the most:

Not sure it’s a buzz word but more buzz statement; “When making cuts to education cut farthest away from the classroom”....I stand behind any cut to education is a cut to the classroom whether it is direct or indirect. We all serve students.

Typical day at the office:

It’s never typical, which is why I love what I do. I’m constantly solving problems I didn’t know I had yet.

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