Phoenix Supporters
panelLead Investor ($1,000,000+)
Arizona State University
Helios Education Foundation
State of Arizona, Officer of the Governor
Stakeholder ($100,000 - $999,999)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust
State Farm Companies Foundation
The Steele Foundation
Stevens-Leinweber Construction
The Emerald Foundation
Thunderbirds Charities
University of Phoenix / Apollo Group
Champion ($50,000 - $99,999)
Arizona Community Foundation
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Lowe's Charitable & Educational Foundation
William and Mary Ross Foundation
Stardust Foundation
Trends Charitable Fund
Leader ($25,000 - $49,999)
Alcoa Foundation
Applied Materials Foundation
Arizona Public Service
BBVA Compass
DPR Construction
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
Kitchell Corporation
Quadna Inc.
RED Development, LLC
Rodel Foundation of Arizona
Salt River Project
Sundt Construction
TriWest Healthcare Alliance
Wells Fargo
Benefactor ($10,000 - $24,999)
Arizona First Advised Fund
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix
Latham & Watkins, LLP
John F. Long Foundation
Northern Trust Bank
PetSmart, Inc.
Phoenix Suns Charities
John and Alice Powers Foundation, Powers Steel & Wire
Snell & Wilmer Law Offices
The Lodestar Foundation
The USAA Foundation, Inc.
Sponsor ($5,000 - $9,999)
Alliance Bank of Arizona
Aon Hewitt
Aruba Networks
AT&T
Avaya
Bank of America
Blue Coat Systems
Booz & Company Inc.
Comerica, Inc.
Deloitte & Touche
Dibble & Associates
DP Air Corporation
Ensynch
Ernst & Young LLP
Hensley Anheuser-Busch Products
Hewlett-Packard
Hitachi Data Systems
IT Partners
Jennings, Strouss, & Salmon, PLC
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Maricopa Community Colleges
Mayer Brown LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Mercer Human Resource Consulting
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
NACR
Oracle Corporation
Phoenix Coyotes
Protiviti
Quarles & Brady LLP
Qwest
Sun Mechanical Contracting, Inc.
Sunbelt Holdings
Tessera Solar North America
United Healthcare
Veridus, LLC
Viad Corporation
Wespac Construction
Westcor
Willis of Arizona
Regional Advisory Board
Benito Almanza, President, Arizona Banking, Bank of America
Kate Baker, Vice President and Treasurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Kelly J. Barr, Esq., Manager, Environmental Management, Policy, and Compliance, Salt River Project
Shirley Baum, Associate General Counsel, Pinnacle West/Arizona Public Service
Steve Betts, Retired President, SunCor Development Company
Wendy Briggs, Partner, Veridus, LLC
Rebecca L. Burnham, Shareholder, Real Estate Practice Group, Manager, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Wil Cardon, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Cardon Group
Rich Dozer, Chairman, GenSpring Family Offices
Susan L. Drescher-Mulzet, Community Volunteer
Paul Dykstra, Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Viad Corp
Ardie Evans, Community Volunteer
Phil Francis, Executive Chairman, PetSmart
Dave Gonzales, Senior Vice President, Western Region, State Farm Insurance Company
Lisa Graham Keegan, Principal, The Keegan Company
John Graham, Board Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sunbelt Holdings
Dr. Mari Koerner, Dean, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University
Jaime Molera, Founding Partner, Molera Alvarez Group
Dionne Najafi, Community Volunteer
Fred Newton, Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Apollo Group
Russ Perlich, Chief Executive Officer, PWP Capital
James T. Swanson, President and Chief and Executive Officer, Kitchell Corporation
Regional Advisory Council
Rich Boals, President and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Lattie F. Coor, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO, Center for the Future of Arizona
Roger Freeman, Superintendent, Littleton Elementary School District
Dave Howell, State Director of Government Relations, Wells Fargo
Barabara Ryan, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Helios Education Foundation
Kent Scribner, Ph.D., Superintendent, Phoenix Union High School District
Marcia Smith, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources, Glendale Elementary School District
Jim Zaharis, Ed.D., Vice President for Education, Greater Phoenix Leadership
Stakeholder ($100,000 - $999,999)
Carstens Family Fund
Ardie and Steve Evans
Susan and Mark Mulzet
Dionne and Francis Najafi, Pivotal Group Inc.
Mac and Russ Perlich
Judy and William Schubert
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Thurston
Diane and Gary Tooker
Champion ($50,000 - $99,999)
Mrs. Barbara Anderson
Nita and Phil Francis
Lynn and Foster Friess
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church
Leader ($25,000 - $49,999)
Anonymous
Dr. & Mrs. Craig R. Barrett
Dorrance Family Foundation
Jeanne and Gary Herberger
Megan and Greg Hoyt, Arizona Industrial Properties
Randy and Ken Kendrick
Catherine and Tom Reahard
Connie and Craig Weatherup
Benefactor ($10,000 - $24,999)
Ms. Kathryn Baker
Regina and Peter Bidstrup
Christy and Daryl Burton
Denise and Bob Delgado
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Ducey
Sharon Dupont-McCord
Mr. Mark Feldman
Mr. and Mrs. John Graham
Mr. and Mrs. Lee T. Hanley
Paula and Bob Hardison
Karen and Bob Hobbs
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Inzalaco
Vianne and Jack Kucera
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Lehmann
Hope and Steve Leibsohn
Senator and Mrs. John McCain
Penny and Steve Papadopoulos
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Post
Vince Roig, Helios Education Foundation Director's Grant
Deanna Salazar
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sierpina
Dinky and Dick Snell
James T. and Traci L. Swanson
Ms. Wanda Tang and Mr. William R. Olsen
The Ingebritson Family Foundation
Sandra Werner
Sponsor ($5,000 - $9,999)
Anonymous
Kelly Barr and Friends
David Bernstein
Steve Betts and Diane Haller
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Boals
Brown Family Fund for Arizona's Future
Rebecca L. Burnham
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Cacheris
Wil Cardon, Forever Young Foundation
Pamela Carritt, Courier Graphics Corporation
Herman Chanen, Chanen Construction Company, Inc.
Karen and Tim Donmoyer
Karie and Richard Dozer
Mr. Paul Dykstra
Dave Elrod, DPR Construction
Fine Line Manufacturing, Inc.
Patti and Tom Franz
Phil Giltner, Shamrock Foods
Erin and John Gogolak
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Grogan
R.C. Hannay
Becky and Lee Heriaud
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce T. Hilby
Sue and Tom Hoecker
Jason Hope
Ernie Hostetler and Friends
Carolee and Steve Hunton
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ingram
Ms. Lisa Johnson, Corporate Interior Systems
Mr. and Mrs. John Keegan
Dawn and Mike Kennedy
King Charitable Foundation
Ellen and Bob Kirschenbaum
Kramer Family Foundation
Robert M. Lafferty, RML Electric, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lavinia
Laura Toncheff Lewis and Jason Lewis
Mr. Todd Little, RCI Systems Inc.
Jan and Lee Loichle
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Louis
Paul Luna, Helios Education Foundation
Dayna and J.C. Mauricia
McIntosh Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Moak
Cheryl and Jahm Najafi
Sue and Fred Newton
Jenny Norton
Kevin Olson
Lorna Ozmon
The Pakis Family Foundation
Rose and Harry Papp
Gwen and Doug Parker
Melinda and Earl Petznick
Mr. Tom Regina, American Openings
Cynthia and Ron Rodgers
Scott Schaefer, Meridian Bank
Marcia and Mark Stewart, Artic Air Heating & Cooling, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. John Stiteler
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Theisen
Daniel J. Tyukody, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Cindy and Roy Vallee
Vogel Family Foundation
Mr. Jon C. Walker
Cindy and Michael Watts
Daryl and Chip A. Weil
Patricia and Michael Welborn
Jeff Whiteman
Tracee and Pete Wolff
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