Susan Winder

Winder, Crow and Caracciolo campaign together as Change4Maricopa. The slate’s joint website is paid for by all three campaign committees and authorized by all three candidates.

One ticket, one website, one platform. A vote for the ticket is a vote for Winder’s record.

Source: Change4Maricopa: shared campaign platform · Screenshot Footer of the Change4Maricopa website: the Change4Maricopa logo, Facebook and Instagram icons, the links “Privacy Policy” and “Terms and Conditions”, the campaign’s contact email (covered by this site), and this line, shown in capital letters: “Paid for by John David Crow For Maricopa County Community College Board, Elect Ryan Caracciolo, and Winder for MCCCB. Authorized by John Crow, Ryan Caracciolo and Susan Winder.”

All three jointly promise to bring back junior-college football. The figures they and their site point to don’t match: on FOX 10, Crow said “let’s say it’s a million and a half” for the program and cited about $1.1 million in tuition from its players; the article on their own site cites the district’s 2018 estimates of about $770,000 a year for four programs and more than $20 million that could eventually be needed for capital improvements; and the unsigned plan their football page links relies on a new student fee that it says must rise with inflation: “Indexing is essential: without it, every version eventually falls short.” In a 2019 Northeast Valley News report, a district spokesman said the primary factor in ending football was “the financial viability of sustaining these programs long term.”

Three numbers, no budget. Nothing they have published shows football would be financially viable, and Winder wrote that college should not be paid for with tax money, except for students with special needs. Students could be left to pay.

Sources: Change4Maricopa: shared campaign platform · Change4Maricopa: football campaign page · Change4Maricopa: article by Linda Brickman · FOX 10 Talks with John Crow and Ryan Caracciolo, September 15, 2026 (FOX 10 Phoenix) · Football “Strategic Framework” linked from Change4Maricopa (unsigned) (Unsigned document linked from Change4Maricopa) · ABC15: Maricopa Community Colleges eliminating football programs after 2018 (ABC15 Arizona) · Northeast Valley News: the lawsuit over the end of community college football · Screenshot Screenshot of the football page of the Change4Maricopa website under the heading “YOUR CANDIDATES THAT WILL BRING JUCO FOOTBALL BACK”, listing Ryan Caracciolo, District 4; John David Crow, Member at Large; and Susan Winder, District 3.

The slate’s joint campaign site now links an unsigned football plan and financial model. In its illustration of how to pay for football, the plan adds a new Student Life & Athletics Fee of $2 per credit hour on top of tuition and says it must rise with inflation, to about $4.07 by 2054: “Indexing is essential: without it, every version eventually falls short.” Up to 60% of the fee goes to football after launch. As one way to lower that fee, it lists a property tax increase of $1 million a year dedicated to the fund.

Football doesn’t pay for itself. The plan their website links would add a new fee to every credit, raising tuition, and says the fee should rise with inflation, subject to annual Board approval. And Winder wrote in 2024 that college should not be paid for with tax money, except for students with special needs.

Sources: Football “Strategic Framework” linked from Change4Maricopa (unsigned) (Unsigned document linked from Change4Maricopa) · Football “Financial Model” linked from Change4Maricopa (unsigned) (Unsigned spreadsheet linked from Change4Maricopa) · Change4Maricopa: football campaign page · Screenshot Two passages from the football plan linked from the Change4Maricopa website, cropped and joined by this site: “In this illustration the fee is new, and it is an increase. It is $2 per credit hour on top of tuition, which has been $97 per credit since FY2024. … Indexing is essential: without it, every version eventually falls short.” The second passage, under “Key terms,” reads in full: “Indexed to inflation after the first season, subject to annual Board approval. The fee reaches about $2.61 in FY2039 ($78 a year full-time) and $4.07 in FY2054 ($122). Indexing is essential: without it, every version eventually falls short.”

In her campaign video on the Change4Maricopa slate’s Instagram account, Winder closes by naming her running mates and their seats. The video ends on a card paid for by all three campaigns and authorized by all three candidates.

She asks for your vote for the whole ticket, not just her.

Source: Change4Maricopa on Instagram: Susan Winder campaign video (Instagram, @change4maricopa) · Screenshot Four frames from Susan Winder’s campaign video, set in a grid by this site. At 1:15 the on-screen caption reads “so remember vote Ryan Caracciolo who is on the West Side”. At 1:18 it reads “and John Crow who is member at large”. At 1:21 it reads “and Susan Winder who is in central Phoenix”. The end card at 1:24 reads “Paid for by John David Crow For Maricopa County Community College Board, Elect Ryan Caracciolo, and Winder For MCCB. Authorized by John Crow, Ryan Caracciolo, and Susan Winder.” Winder says: “So remember vote Ryan Caracciolo who is on the West Side and John Crow who is member at large and Susan Winder who is in central Phoenix. Thank you.”

In his campaign video on the Change4Maricopa slate’s Instagram account, Crow names both running mates and the parts of the county they would represent. The video’s own on-screen captions spell their names “Carrasciolo” and “Wender.” It ends on the same card paid for and authorized by all three.

They ask for your vote as one team. Their own video gets two of their names wrong.

Source: Change4Maricopa on Instagram: John Crow campaign video (Instagram, @change4maricopa) · Screenshot Four frames from John Crow’s campaign video, set in a grid by this site. At 0:54 the on-screen caption reads “I'm running with a highly qualified team of professionals”. At 0:56 it reads “like Ryan Carrasciolo in the West Valley”. At 0:58 it reads “and Susan Wender in the Central Valley”. The end card at 1:21 reads “Paid for by John David Crow For Maricopa County Community College Board, Elect Ryan Caracciolo, and Winder For MCCB. Authorized by John Crow, Ryan Caracciolo, and Susan Winder.” Crow says: “I'm running with a highly qualified team of professionals like Ryan Caracciolo in the West Valley and Susan Winder in the Central Valley all the way up north to Anthem.”