our Leadership
GPL collectively engages over 100 business leaders and their respective nearly 300,000 employees.
Through our members, we work together to push forward initiatives, public policy and projects that will strengthen the future of Arizona.
GPL members represent a diverse set of business interests and are among the most visionary problem solvers and thought leaders in the state. Membership represents several industries, including higher education, energy, professional sports, development, healthcare, law, banking and finance, construction and technology, plus many more.
Phoenix 40

Did you know that Greater Phoenix Leadership was once known as the Phoenix 40? Learn all about our history, going all the way back to our start in 1974.

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Former Board Chairs

Greater Phoenix Leadership has attracted the very best in business and community affairs. That includes the 32 members who have served as Chairs.

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Board Members
Committees
Members
Staff
Kenneth Van Winkle, Jr. Vice Chair Womble Bond Dickinson Chair
Monica J. Garnes President Fry's Food Stores Treasurer
Simer S. Mayo CEO Valor Global Vice Chair
Gonzalo A. de la Melena, Jr. Founder & CEO Emerging Domestic Market Ventures Secretary
Jeff Benck President & CEO Benchmark
Michael J. Bidwill President Arizona Cardinals
Barb Dawson Firm Chair Snell & Wilmer LLP
Michael M. Donahey Partner Snell & Wilmer LLP
Tommy Espinoza President & CEO Espinoza Community Development LLC
Phil Gallagher CEO Avnet, Inc.
Ted Geisler Chairman, President & CEO Pinnacle West & Arizona Public Service (APS)
Adam Goodman CEO Goodmans
John W. Graham President & CEO Sunbelt Holdings
Richard Gray, MD CEO Mayo Clinic in Arizona
Derrick Hall President & CEO Arizona Diamondbacks
Sharon J. Harper President & CEO Plaza Companies
Gary Haydon Chairman Haydon Companies
Noreen Bishop Hill Managing Director JPMorgan Private Bank
Mike Hoover President & CEO Sundt Corporation
Pam Kehaly President & CEO Blue Cross and Blue Shield Arizona
Kimber Lanning CEO & Founder Local First Arizona
Jack McCain CEO Blue Sky Vantage
Jim Pratt General Manager & CEO SRP
Sissie Roberts Shank President & CEO Chas Roberts Air Conditioning Inc.
Anthony Sharett President Meta Bank and Meta Financial Group
Humphrey Shin Market President, Phoenix Metro FirstBank
Martha dePlazaola Abbott Principal & Managing Director Gensler
Megan Ackaert Arizona & Nevada Market Executive Wells Fargo Bank
Susan Anable Phoenix Market Vice President Cox Communications, West Region
Kishlay Anand, MD Founder & CEO AZ Cardiology / Akos MD
Robert Anderson Chairman Prisma Graphic
Francie Austin Chairman of the Board The ACES
Oliver Badgio Chief Brand Officer Prime Steak Concepts
Reginald M. Ballantyne III, FACHE Principal RMB III Consultancy, LLC
Josh Bartelstein CEO Phoenix Suns and Mercury
Betsey Bayless Betsey Bayless President Emeritus Valleywise Health
Jeff Benck President & CEO Benchmark
Michael J. Bidwill President Arizona Cardinals
Lisa Blumling Managing Director Accenture
Richard Boals Richard L. Boals Founder & CEO XRXV LLC
Tim Bricker President, Central Region CommonSpirit Health
José A. Cárdenas Senior Vice President & General Counsel Arizona State University
Chuck Carefoot President, Southwest Region Ryan Companies, Inc
Latasha Causey President Phoenix Raceway
Steve Chanen Steve Chanen President & CEO Chanen Construction Company
Barry Chasse Owner & Founder Chasse Building Team
Anna Maria Chávez President & CEO Arizona Community Foundation
Wendy Cohen President & CEO Kitchell Corporation
Rick Collins Executive Advisor Ryan Companies
Jason Coochwytewa CEO Urias Communications
Michael Crow, Ph.D. President Arizona State University
José Luis Cruz Rivera, PhD President Northern Arizona University
Jim Currier President & CEO Honeywell Aerospace Technologies
Gene DAdamo Gene D'Adamo President & CEO Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
Barb Dawson Firm Chair Snell & Wilmer LLP
Gonzalo A. de la Melena, Jr. Founder & CEO Emerging Domestic Market Ventures
David Dexter President & CEO Sonora Quest Laboratories
Michael M. Donahey Partner Snell & Wilmer LLP
Annie Donovan President & CEO Raza Development Fund
Jeff Emmons CEO Immedia LLC
Tommy Espinoza President & CEO Espinoza Community Development LLC
John Fees Co-Founder / Managing Director NGI Group / GradGuard – College Life Protected
Will Feliz CEO Duncan Family Farms
Phil Francis GPL Philip L. Francis Chairman (Retired) PetSmart, Inc.
Jeff Friesen President - Southwest Region Enterprise Bank & Trust
Phil Gallagher CEO Avnet, Inc.
Suresh Garimella, Ph.D. President University of Arizona
Monica J. Garnes President Fry's Food Stores
Ted Geisler Chairman, President & CEO Pinnacle West & Arizona Public Service (APS)
Mike Godbehere Co-Founder & CEO GCON, Inc.
Kathleen Goeppinger Kathleen H. Goeppinger, Ph.D. President & CEO Midwestern University
Victor Goldman CEO & Managing Partner GoldBook Financial
Steven Gonzales, Ed.D. Chancellor Maricopa Community Colleges
Adam Goodman CEO Goodmans
John W. Graham President & CEO Sunbelt Holdings
Richard Gray, MD CEO Mayo Clinic in Arizona
David R. Green President & CEO Vitalant
Chris Grogan President El Dorado Holdings, Inc
Jeff Guldner Retired APS & Pinnacle West
Joe Gysel Joe Gysel President EPCOR Water USA, Inc.
Derrick Hall President & CEO Arizona Diamondbacks
Sharon J. Harper President & CEO Plaza Companies
Gary Haydon Chairman Haydon Companies
Noreen Bishop Hill Managing Director JPMorgan Private Bank
Mike Hoover President & CEO Sundt Corporation
Joseph Hughes Managing Director, Global Government Affairs American Airlines
Carla Vargas Jasa President & CEO Valley of the Sun United Way
W. Scott Jenkins, Jr. Office Chair & Partner Dorsey & Whitney
Tyler Johnson Vice President Super Radiator Coils
Michael Jones President & CEO Delta Dental of Arizona
Heather Kane CEO UnitedHealthcare
Pam Kehaly President & CEO Blue Cross and Blue Shield Arizona
Jonathan Keyser Founder Keyser Commercial Real Estate
Oleg Khaykin President & CEO Viavi Solutions, Inc.
Gretchen Kinsella Arizona Business Unit Leader DPR Construction
D. Christian Koch Chairman, President & CEO Carlisle Companies
Beau Lane Executive Chairman Lane Terralever
Kimber Lanning CEO & Founder Local First Arizona
Todd LaPorte CEO HonorHealth
Larry Lazarus Larry S. Lazarus Partner Lazarus & Silvyn P.C.
David P Lewis Managing Partner DLA Piper LLP (US)
Leonardo Loo Managing Partner Quarles
Phillippe Lord President & CEO Meritage Homes Corporation
Paul J. Luna President & CEO Helios Education Foundation
Robert Lyles CEO Greenlight Communities
Stephen A. Macias President, Arizona Market OPTUM
Nick Mansour CEO Arizona College
Mary Martuscelli Mary Martuscelli President, Western Region U.S. Bank
Simer S. Mayo CEO Valor Global
Vicki Mayo Owner GMI
Andy McCain President & CEO Hensley Beverage Company
Jack McCain CEO Blue Sky Vantage
David McIntyre David J. McIntyre, Jr. President & CEO TriWest Healthcare Alliance
Tammy McLeod, PhD President & CEO Flinn Foundation
Michael Medici President & CEO (Retired) SmithGroup
Jeffrey Meshey President & CEO Desert Financial Credit Union
Robert Meyer Robert L. Meyer President & CEO Phoenix Children's
Brandon P. Michaels President & CEO OneAZ Credit Union
Erik Moses Executive Director & CEO Fiesta Sports Foundation
James Murphy CEO Willmeng Construction
Shar Najafi-Piper, Ph.D. CEO Copa Health
Bettina Nava Owner Nexus Strategy Group
Alicia Nuñez President & CEO Chicanos Por La Causa
Mary O'Grady Managing Director Osborn Maledon
Kevin O'Malley Managing Partner Gallagher & Kennedy P.A.
Tim O'Neal President & CEO Goodwill of Central & Northern Arizona
Kevin Olson Kevin L. Olson Partner Womble Bond Dickinson
Marisa Palomo Vice President Arizona The PENTA Building Group
Bart Patterson CEO & Founder Clear Title Agency of Arizona
Victoria Peacey President Resolution Copper
Amy Perry President Banner Health
Suzanne Pfister President & CEO Vitalyst Health Foundation
William Post William Post Retired Arizona Public Service
Jim Pratt General Manager & CEO SRP
Jeffrey Pruitt CEO Tallwave
Stephen A. Purves President & CEO Valleywise Health
Jorge Quintero President QCM Technologies
Kathleen Quirk CEO Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
Tim Riester Founder & CEO Riester
Girish Rishi CEO Cognite
Jordan Rose President & Founder Rose Law Group
Chad Sampson Executive Director Arizona Board of Regents
Chet Samuelson Arizona Market President & CEO BOK Financial
Tim Schantz President & CEO Troon
Heath Scheid Managing Director, Arizona Market Executive BMO Commercial Bank
Ray Schey Market President & Publisher Phoenix Business Journal
Sissie Roberts Shank President & CEO Chas Roberts Air Conditioning Inc.
Anthony Sharett President Meta Bank and Meta Financial Group
Humphrey Shin Market President, Phoenix Metro FirstBank
William Shover Retired Republic Media
Richard Silverman Richard H. Silverman Attorney Salmon, Lewis & Weldon, PLC
Curtiss C. Smith, CPA, CPWA President - Phoenix Region Northern Trust
Martha Smith Plan President & CEO Arizona Complete Health
Scarlett Spring, Visiongate 3D, GPL Scarlett Spring CEO TapRoot Interventions and Solutions
Mo Stein Morris A. Stein, FAIA, FACHA Principal & Senior Vice President HKS, Inc.
Kyle Steinbuch Regional President AZ PNC Bank
Swanton, Gorman, GPL Brian Swanton President & CEO Gorman & Company
Dr. Jeff Trent Jeffrey M. Trent, Ph.D. President & Scientific Director Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)
Gary Lee Trujillo Founder, President & CEO Southwest Harvard Group
Robert Underwood Robert L. Underwood CEO Underwood Brothers, Inc. dba AAA Landscape
Kenneth Van Winkle, Jr. Vice Chair Womble Bond Dickinson
Scott Vanderpool President, Bank of America Phoenix Bank of America
Chris Volk Retired STORE Capital
Tiffany Winne Executive Managing Director & Partner Stream Realty Partners
Steve Zabilski President & CEO Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust
Jay Zweig Jay A. Zweig Partner Ballard Spahr

Our Work

Leadership in Action

GPL is focused on strengthening the future of equity in Arizona, working collaboratively to support and encourage initiatives critical to our growth, centered around sound public policy, and aligned to socially responsible community partnerships. We also engage with and cultivate candidates for public office to help ensure representative governance for all.

SOCIAL IMPACT

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Education

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COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE

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Public
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José A. Cárdenas Senior Vice President & General Counsel Arizona State University
Tammy McLeod, PhD President & CEO Flinn Foundation

Suzanne Pfister President & CEO Vitalyst Health Foundation
Swanton, Gorman, GPL Brian Swanton President & CEO Gorman & Company

Richard Gray, MD CEO Mayo Clinic in Arizona
Jeff Guldner Retired APS & Pinnacle West
Joe Gysel Joe Gysel President EPCOR Water USA, Inc.
Mike Hoover President & CEO Sundt Corporation
Vicki Mayo Owner GMI
Kevin Olson Kevin L. Olson Partner Womble Bond Dickinson
Jim Pratt General Manager & CEO SRP
Ray Schey Market President & Publisher Phoenix Business Journal
Sissie Roberts Shank President & CEO Chas Roberts Air Conditioning Inc.

Kimber Lanning CEO & Founder Local First Arizona

Ray Schey Market President & Publisher Phoenix Business Journal

Lisa Blumling Managing Director Accenture
Tommy Espinoza President & CEO Espinoza Community Development LLC
Steven Gonzales, Ed.D. Chancellor Maricopa Community Colleges
John W. Graham President & CEO Sunbelt Holdings
Nick Mansour CEO Arizona College
Michael Medici President & CEO (Retired) SmithGroup

Richard Gray, MD CEO Mayo Clinic in Arizona

The mission of the Higher Education Task Force is to support Arizona's colleges and universities with a focus on the positive economic impact of post-secondary degrees.

John W. Graham President & CEO Sunbelt Holdings
Nick Mansour CEO Arizona College

The mission of the K12 Task Force is to prioritize quality public education from kindergarten to 12th Grade, enabling all students to achieve the Arizona Education Progress Meter goals. 

Lisa Blumling Managing Director Accenture
Tommy Espinoza President & CEO Espinoza Community Development LLC
Michael Medici President & CEO (Retired) SmithGroup

Kevin O'Malley Managing Partner Gallagher & Kennedy P.A.
Jordan Rose President & Founder Rose Law Group

Adam Goodman CEO Goodmans
Sharon J. Harper President & CEO Plaza Companies
Kevin O'Malley Managing Partner Gallagher & Kennedy P.A.
Jordan Rose President & Founder Rose Law Group

Jeff Guldner Retired APS & Pinnacle West

The mission of the School Partnerships Task Force is to create meaningful, long-term and short-term partnerships between business and public schools. 

José A. Cárdenas Senior Vice President & General Counsel Arizona State University
Kimber Lanning CEO & Founder Local First Arizona
Tammy McLeod, PhD President & CEO Flinn Foundation
Suzanne Pfister President & CEO Vitalyst Health Foundation
Swanton, Gorman, GPL Brian Swanton President & CEO Gorman & Company

Mike Hoover President & CEO Sundt Corporation
Kevin Olson Kevin L. Olson Partner Womble Bond Dickinson

Joe Gysel Joe Gysel President EPCOR Water USA, Inc.
Vicki Mayo Owner GMI
Jim Pratt General Manager & CEO SRP

The mission of the Workforce Preparedness Task Force is to connect business, education and government to create and sustain a future ready workforce.  

Steven Gonzales, Ed.D. Chancellor Maricopa Community Colleges
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Neil G. Giuliano President and CEO
Melissa Taylor Executive Vice President
Chelsea Carpenter Vice President, Finance & Operations
Vianney Careaga Director, Public Policy
Max Hartgraves Director, Community Infrastructure and Special Projects
Stephanie Herndon Director, Social Impact and Special Projects
Lisa Hoberg Program Manager, Member Engagement and Support
Sam Castillo Executive Assistant and Board Liaison
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SOCIAL IMPACT

Co-Chairs: Mi-Ai Parrish (MAP Strategies) and Noreen Bishop (Chase Bank)

The Greater Phoenix Leadership Social Impact Committee and its member seek to identify, engage, develop and act on solutions that enhance the social fabric of the communities within our region and around the state of Arizona. In collaboration with local, regional and national partners, this committee will leverage its influence to embed equity where talent and leadership can thrive across several critical social determinants.

Social Impact Task Forces:

Education

Co-Chairs:  John Graham (Sunbelt Holdings) and Steven Gonzales (Maricopa Community Colleges)

The mission of the Education Standing Committee is to promote broad-based, non-partisan public policy and connect businesses and schools to strengthen the Arizona educational system.

Education Task Forces:

COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE

Co-Chairs: Paul Komadina (CBRE) and Sissie Roberts Shank (ChasRoberts)

The Greater Phoenix Leadership Community Infrastructure Committee is focused on maintaining and improving the region’s infrastructure needs to ensure that they are equipped to meet the expectations of a 21st century economy. Working strategically with community partners, we seek to inform and influence key policy decisions impacting our regional and statewide competitiveness.

Community Infrastructure Task Forces:

PUBLIC POLICY

Co-Chairs: Sharon Harper (Plaza Companies) and Adam Goodman (Goodman’s Interior Structures)

The Public Policy Committee discusses policies and initiatives related to the State’s economy and quality of life. Members of the committee review proposed legislation that positively impacts business, improves education, or might have a negative effect on Arizona’s image and business climate. The committee sets a comprehensive legislative engagement program so that GPL members can meet with legislators to discuss the impact of bills on their business and our community. GPL also identifies and trains candidates for the Arizona Legislature and encourages member support for their candidacies.

Public Policy Task Forces: