Payne completed the unexpired term of Paul Chevalier, will now hold office for six years; Kiel defeated long-time Board representative Ray Sigafoos in November
Toby Payne
Toby Payne and Bill Kiel were sworn in to office on December 18 by outgoing Yavapai County superintendent of schools Tim Carter. Payne will represent Yavapai Community College District #3 for six years while Kiel will represent District #4 for the same amount of time.
Payne was first sworn in as the District #3 Board representative for the Yavapai College District Governing Board on March 21, 2023 to fill the unexpired two-year term of Paul Chevalier, who resigned in January 2023. Kiel defeated long-time Governing Board member Ray Sigafoos in the November 2024 election.
Bill Kiel
Toby Payne is a second-generation Arizona native raised in Phoenix who spent twenty-five years in Cave Creek and Carefree. He spent thirty years as an entrepreneur in the audio-visual industry, as the founder of State Sound of Arizona, and also taught for ten years at the International Communications Industries Association Institute for Professional Development. Payne previously served on the Governing Board of the Cave Creek Unified School District and twice served as President of the Board.
He has worked with various non-profits and community groups for many years, including Arizona Town Hall, Kiwanis, site survey for the Mabery Pavilion on the Clarkdale campus of Yavapai College, the Growth Committee of the Clarkdale-Jerome School District, and the Verde Valley Amateur Radio Association.
Bill Kiel is a licensed Civil Engineer with 40 years of professional experience. He has a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He has managed major construction projects ranging in cost between $4,000,000 – $90,000,000.
He has over three decades of service on non-profit Boards. He currently serves on the Highland Pines Water District Board and is enrolled in the Gunsmithing Program at Yavapai College. Kiel has pledged to improve transparency with a goal of increasing public access to information both at the Board and administration levels.