Arizona Registrar of Contractors

Message from the Director William A. Mundell, was appointed by Governor Jan Brewer on February 17th 2009 as Director of the Arizona Registrar of Contractors. Director Mundell brings to this position a wealth of public and private sector experience that will further enhance the agency's ability to effectively regulate this vitally important industry.

Director Mundell was born at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. After living at numerous air force bases throughout the United States, he came to Arizona from Illinois in 1968 with his parents. He graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Art's degree in political science in 1974. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas in 1977.

Director Mundell has been an attorney in Arizona since 1978. In 1980 he became the Presiding Judge of the Chandler Municipal Court. As the Presiding Judge he helped write the Municipal Court Handbook for jury trials and made recommendations on how to strengthen Arizona's domestic violence laws. In 1986 he resigned as Presiding Judge to run for the Arizona House of Representatives.

Director Mundell was first elected in 1986 and served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993. As a legislator he was the prime sponsor of legislation strengthening Arizona's domestic violence and crimes against children laws. As Chairman of the House Environment Committee, he sponsored numerous pieces of legislation protecting Arizona's environment, including the state's first recycling law. Additional committee assignments included Counties & Municipalities, Natural Resources & Agriculture and Judiciary. During his tenure at the legislature, Mundell was voted "One of Arizona's Top 10 Legislators."

His past civic and community service memberships include Vice President of public policy for the Chandler Chamber of Commerce; Vice President of Arizona Heritage Alliance; President of the Chandler Fraternal Order of Police Associates; Chairman of the Chandler United Way; a member of the East Valley Partnership; a member of the board of directors of the Chandler Regional Hospital; a member of the Lions Club and the Salvation Army Advisory Board.

Governor Jane Hull appointed Mundell to the Arizona Corporation Commission on June 21, 1999, after a vacancy occurred. In the 2000 general election, he was elected to serve the remaining four years of the term. He became Chairman of the Commission in January 2001 and served in that capacity until January 2003. Mundell was re-elected in 2004 and his term ran through the end of 2008. During his term as Chairman Arizona became the first state to require its utilities to generate electricity from renewable energy while at the same time protecting businesses and residential consumers from unnecessary rate increases.

While a Commissioner, Mundell served on the Telecommunications and Consumer Affairs Committees of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

Director Mundell is married to Barbara R. Mundell, and has two beautiful and wonderful children, Meghan and Samantha.

Brenda Marshall began her employment at the Registrar of Contractors in March of 2009 to serve as Executive Assistant to Director William Mundell. Prior to coming to the ROC, she was employed at the Arizona Corporation Commission. During her 14-year tenure, she worked 9½ years for Commissioner Mundell as his Executive Assistant.

Brenda has thirty years of experience in state government, beginning at the Arizona State Senate. She maintains good, working relationships with federal, state and county officials and staff members. She gained experience as assistant when she served as a paralegal at a Phoenix law firm.

Brenda was born in Clovis, New Mexico and continued her education at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, NM. She has been a resident of Phoenix since 1971. Brenda currently serves on the Central Square Homeowners' Association board as a director. Past community service memberships include volunteering as president and vice president of a service organization, Beta Sigma Phi, with responsibilities consisting of fundraising efforts to many charitable organizations, including Crisis Nursery and Sunshine Acres.

Brenda has a son and daughter and is blessed with ten grandchildren.

Wilma begin working for the Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC) in 1995 and has had oversight over various administrative and financial services including: Agency Business Operations, Call Center Operations, Information Technology, , Human Resources, Mail Room Operations, Purchasing, Accounting, Payroll, Budget, Audits, Revenue Operations, Leases, Vehicles and other Administrative and Finance related functions. In December 2005, Wilma was appointed to the position of Assistant Director over Administrative and Financial Services, and in late 2009 was assigned oversight over the ROC Recovery Fund and the ROC Examination Program.

She is also the ROC Tribal Liaison and sits on the Agency Incentive Pay Steering Committee, Transportation Committee, is a member of the ROC Executive Team and served as the Agency Ombudsman from 2005 to 2008.

Wilma holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business with an emphasis in Accounting and is a Certified Public Manager. She has over 30-years of experience in Local, Tribal, Federal and State governments, is a former Treasurer of the Hopi Tribe, member of the Arizona Affirmative Action Association, NASCLA Accredited Examination Program Committee, the Government Finance Officer’s Association, Arizona Society of Certified Public Managers, and a former board member of the Economic Development Board.

Wilma has three grown children.

Tyler Palmer joined the ROC in 2007 as the Audit & Planning Manager. Since that time, his role has expanded to include Legislative Liaison, Ombudsman and Public Information Officer. In these roles Tyler is responsible for the overall development and monitoring of the ROC’s budget; assessing and communicating the impacts of proposed legislation to elected officials, staff, and stakeholders; investigating and responding to constituent complaints; and providing information to the public and the media.

Prior to joining the ROC, Tyler spent two years with the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. Tyler graduated from BYU (Provo) with an undergraduate degree in Business and a Masters degree in Public Administration.

Tyler is happily married and has two beautiful young girls and one lively son.

Jessica J. Fotinos, a Phoenix-native, joined the ROC in March of 2005 as Chief of the Legal Department. Since that time her role has expanded to include the duties of Chief Legal Counsel. As Chief of the Legal Department, Jessica is responsible for the operations and management of all Legal Department processes, ranging from the issuance of a Citation and Complaint to the imposition of discipline upon a License. In this role, Jessica is also responsible for overseeing the processing of Public Records Requests on behalf of the ROC. As Chief Legal Counsel, Jessica provides her legal perspective and analysis to all ROC Departments and to the Executive Team.

Jessica holds a Juris Doctorate from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (formerly Arizona State University College of Law). Jessica also holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from American University in Washington, D.C.

Prior to joining the ROC, Jessica worked in private law practice and served as law clerk to then Court of Appeals Judge Rebecca White Berch, now Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.

Jessica is a graduate of the Valley Leadership Institute and in 2004 was named one of the Phoenix Business Journal’s 40 Under 40. Currently, Jessica serves as the Secretary for the State Bar of Arizona Construction Law Executive Council and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS. Jessica also serves as a member of the NASCLA Model Legislation Committee and is actively involved in Arizona Town Hall, Stepping Stones Foundation and the Horace Rumpole Inn of Court.

Jessica’s past civic and community service memberships include serving on the Board of Directors for Friendly House, the Homeless Legal Assistance Project and the Maricopa County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division.