Our board leadership provides strategic direction and support for our work in Phoenix.
Meet Our Regional Board

Dean Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, ASU
Carole Basile

Founder & President Betts Real Estate Advisors
Steven A. Betts

Partner Veridus, LLC
Wendy Briggs

Chair The Burton Family Foundation
Christy Burton

Managing Partner Ernst & Young
Ron Butler

Director, Communications & External Affairs Arizona Public Service
Greg Cameron

Director of Recruiting U-Haul International, Inc.
Latasha Causey

Founder & CEO Shàn Strategies
Pearl Chang Esau
Los Angeles
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President Cowley Companies, Inc.
Michael Cowley

Retired Co-Founder & CEO LifeLock
Todd Davis

Chairman Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona & Viad
Rich Dozer

President UMB Bank Arizona
Robert Faver

Community Volunteer, Chairman & CEO (Retired) PetSmart
Phil Francis

Partner Snell & Wilmer
Greg Gautam

Senior Vice President & Senior Relationship Manager Bank of America
Sally Gnirk

Chairman & CEO Sunbelt Holdings
John Graham

General Manager & CEO SRP
Michael Hummel

CEO Varitec Solutions
Jack Kucera

CEO & Co-Founder All About People, Inc.
Charles Mitchell

Area Vice President State Farm Insurance
Sonya Robinson

Community Volunteer, Lead Health Care Counsel (Retired) W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Eve Ross

Vice Chair
Executive Vice President & COO Helios Education Foundation
Barbara Ryan Thompson

CAO & General Counsel Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Deanna Salazar

Board Chair
President & CEO Kitchell Corporation
James Swanson

President & CEO AIG Global Real Estate
Douglas Tymins

Managing Partner CoNecs North America
Lisa Urias

Partner Quarles & Brady, LLP
C. Bradley Vynalek
Meet Our Associate Board
Carlisle Companies, Inc
Saood Baig

Deloitte
Trever Bergeron

STORE Capital
Joshua Bowman

StrongMind
Meghan Buhler
Phoenix
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Alliance Bank of Arizona
Maria Englert

KPMG
Scott Gianninoto

Office of The Public Advocate
Justin Hall

VincentBenjamin
Justin O’Connell
Phoenix
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Charles Schwab
Kiran Pendyala

Snell & Wilmer
Rachael Peters Pugel
Phoenix
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Elevate Strategies
Lorna Romero

Early Warning
Stacy L. Simmons, Jr.

UBS Financial Services Inc.
Jessica Wert

Urban Communities
Reed Williams