Term Expires:  2008

Mayor Ray Borane graduated from Arizona State University where he obtained a Bachelor and Master of Arts in Foreign Language.  His graduate work took place at the Universidad Libre De Colombia in Bogota, Colombia, South America, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and the University of Arizona. 

Prior to becoming Mayor for the City of Douglas, Mayor Ray Borane was a Spanish Teacher, Foreign Language Department Chairman, Vice Principal at Douglas High School, Assistant Superintendent in the Douglas Unified School District, Superintendent in the Douglas Unified School District, Deputy State Superintendent of Arizona Public Instruction, Assistant to the President at Northern Arizona University and Consultant at Cochise County School Superintendents Office.  He was also a member of the Arizona State Board of Education and later became president of the Board.  Outside the field of education he was a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Washington, D.C. – Quantico, Virginia.