Gonzalo A. de la Melena, Jr.

Founder & CEO
Emerging Domestic Market Ventures
  • Secretary

Simer S. Mayo

CEO
Valor Global
  • Chair

Jim Pratt

General Manager & CEO
SRP
  • Vice Chair

Humphrey Shin

Market President, Phoenix Metro
FirstBank
  • Treasurer

Martha dePlazaola Abbott

Principal & Managing Director
Gensler

Megan Ackaert

Arizona & Nevada Market Executive
Wells Fargo Bank

Lise Alschuler, ND, MBA, FABNO

President & CEO
Sonoran University of Health Sciences

Susan Anable

Phoenix Market Vice President
Cox Communications, West Region

Rivers Anderson

District Manager, Arizona
Dick Anderson Construction

Robert Anderson

Chairman
Prisma Graphic

Francie Austin

Chairman of the Board
The ACES

Oliver Badgio

Chief Brand Officer
Prime Steak Concepts

Joshua Baker M.S., O.D.

President & CEO
Midwestern University

Reginald M. Ballantyne III, FACHE

Principal
RMB III Consultancy, LLC

Josh Bartelstein

CEO
Phoenix Suns and Mercury

Betsey Bayless

President Emeritus
Valleywise Health

Peter Bezanson

CEO and Co-Chairman
BASIS Educational Ventures

Michael J. Bidwill

President
Arizona Cardinals

Lisa Blumling

Managing Director
Accenture

Michael Boden

President & CEO
OneAZ Credit Union

Stephen R. Boatwright

Board Member
Gallagher & Kennedy

Richard L. Boals

Founder & CEO
XRXV LLC

William C. Boor

President & CEO
Cavco Industries

Shawn Bradford

Executive Vice President, Regulated US Water
EPCOR

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

President & CEO
Chanen Construction Company

Barry Chasse

Owner & Founder
Chasse Building Team

Anna Maria Chávez

President & CEO
Arizona Community Foundation

Daniele Chilton

CEO
Desert Diamond Casinos

Wendy Cohen

President & CEO
Kitchell Corporation

Rick Collins

Executive Advisor
Ryan Companies

Pedro Cons

CEO
Adelante Healthcare

Michael Crow, Ph.D.

President
Arizona State University

José Luis Cruz Rivera, Ph.D.

President
Northern Arizona University

Gene D’Adamo

President & CEO
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

Barb Dawson

Firm Chair
Snell & Wilmer LLP

Michael Davis

Founder & CEO
DAVIS

Michael M. Donahey

Partner
Snell & Wilmer LLP

Annie Donovan

President & CEO
Raza Development Fund

Kate Renwick-Espinosa

CEO
Meadows Behavioral Healthcare

Jeff Emmons

CEO
Immedia LLC

Jennifer Erickson

President & CEO
Sonora Quest Laboratories

Tommy Espinoza

President & CEO
Espinoza Community Development LLC

Ed Evans

Chairman & CEO
Consumer Cellular

John Fees

Co-Founder / Managing Director
NGI Group / GradGuard – College Life Protected

Will Feliz

CEO
Duncan Family Farms

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

Ted Geisler

Chairman, President & CEO
Pinnacle West & Arizona Public Service (APS)

Neil G. Giuliano

President/CEO
Greater Phoenix Leadership, Inc.

Mike Godbehere

Co-Founder & CEO
GCON, Inc.

Victor Goldman

CEO & Managing Partner
GoldBook Financial

Steven Gonzales, Ed.D.

Chancellor
Maricopa Community Colleges

Adam Goodman

CEO
Goodmans

John W. Graham

Chairman and CEO
Sunbelt Holdings

Jerome Grant

CEO
Universal Technical Institute

Richard Gray, MD

CEO
Mayo Clinic in Arizona

David R. Green

President & CEO
Vitalant

Jeff Guldner

Retired
APS & Pinnacle West

Derrick Hall

President & CEO
Arizona Diamondbacks

Sharon J. Harper

President & CEO
Plaza Companies

Katie Haydon

CEO & Chairman
Haydon Companies

Noreen Bishop Hill

Managing Director
JPMorgan Private Bank

Chris Hogan

Executive VP/ Principal
Benefit Commerce Group, an Alera Group Company

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

Eliot L. Kaplan

Phoenix Market Leader - Strategy & Growth
Perkins Coie LLP

Pam Kehaly

President & CEO
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Arizona

Jonathan Keyser

Founder
Keyser Commercial Real Estate

Oleg Khaykin

President & CEO
Viavi Solutions, Inc.

D. Christian Koch

Chairman, President & CEO
Carlisle Companies

Beau Lane

Executive Chairman
Lane Terralever

Kimber Lanning

CEO & Founder
Local First Arizona

Charles Layne

CEO
GPS Insight

Todd LaPorte

CEO
HonorHealth

Larry S. Lazarus

Partner
Lazarus & Silvyn P.C.

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

Mary Martuscelli

President, Western Region
U.S. Bank

Vicki Mayo

Owner
GMI

David J. McIntyre, Jr.

President & CEO
TriWest Healthcare Alliance

Tammy McLeod, PhD

President & CEO
Flinn Foundation

Michael Medici

President & CEO (Retired)
SmithGroup

Robert Meyer

CEO Emeritus
Phoenix Children's Hospital

David A. Moezidis

President & CEO
Benchmark

Erik Moses

Executive Director & CEO
Fiesta Sports Foundation

James Murphy

CEO
Willmeng Construction

Shar Najafi-Piper, Ph.D.

Co-Founder & CEO
Roya Health

Bettina Nava

Owner
Nexus Strategy Group

John R. Nickens, IV

President & CEO
​Phoenix Children’s Hospital​

Alicia Nuñez

President & CEO
Chicanos Por La Causa

Mary O’Grady

Managing Director
Osborn Maledon

Tim O’Neal

President & CEO
Goodwill of Central & Northern Arizona

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

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

Cade Rowley

President & COO
Sundt Construction

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

Steven Schwarz

Founding Partner
ViaWest Group

Ray Schey

Market President & Publisher
Phoenix Business Journal

Sissie Roberts Shank

President & CEO
Chas Roberts Air Conditioning Inc.

Anthony Sharett

President
Pathward

William Shover

Retired
Republic Media

Richard H. Silverman

Attorney
Salmon, Lewis & Weldon, PLC

Curtiss C. Smith, CPA, CPWA

President - Phoenix Region
Northern Trust

Scarlett Spring

CEO
TapRoot Interventions and Solutions

Mark Stebbings

CEO
National Bank of Arizona

Morris A. Stein, FAIA, FACHA

Principal & Senior Vice President
HKS, Inc.

James V. Stover

Plan President & CEO
Arizona Complete Health

Kyle Steinbuch

Regional President AZ
PNC Bank

Ali Torabi

CEO
Lawrence Semiconductor

Brian Swanton

President & CEO
Gorman & Company

Jeffrey M. Trent, Ph.D.

President & Scientific Director
Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)

Gary Lee Trujillo

Founder, President & CEO
Southwest Harvard Group

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

Adriane Youngblood

President, Arizona Division
Clear Channel Outdoor 

Tiffany Winne

Executive Managing Director & Partner
Stream Realty Partners

Steve Zabilski

President & CEO
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

Jay A. Zweig

Partner
Ballard Spahr

Martha dePlazaola Abbott

Principal & Managing Director
Gensler

Megan Ackaert

Arizona & Nevada Market Executive
Wells Fargo Bank

Lise Alschuler, ND, MBA, FABNO

President & CEO
Sonoran University of Health Sciences

Susan Anable

Phoenix Market Vice President
Cox Communications, West Region

Rivers Anderson

District Manager, Arizona
Dick Anderson Construction

Robert Anderson

Chairman
Prisma Graphic

Francie Austin

Chairman of the Board
The ACES

Oliver Badgio

Chief Brand Officer
Prime Steak Concepts

Joshua Baker M.S., O.D.

President & CEO
Midwestern University

Reginald M. Ballantyne III, FACHE

Principal
RMB III Consultancy, LLC

Josh Bartelstein

CEO
Phoenix Suns and Mercury

Betsey Bayless

President Emeritus
Valleywise Health

Peter Bezanson

CEO and Co-Chairman
BASIS Educational Ventures

Michael J. Bidwill

President
Arizona Cardinals

Lisa Blumling

Managing Director
Accenture

Michael Boden

President & CEO
OneAZ Credit Union

Stephen R. Boatwright

Board Member
Gallagher & Kennedy

Richard L. Boals

Founder & CEO
XRXV LLC

William C. Boor

President & CEO
Cavco Industries

Shawn Bradford

Executive Vice President, Regulated US Water
EPCOR

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

President & CEO
Chanen Construction Company

Barry Chasse

Owner & Founder
Chasse Building Team

Anna Maria Chávez

President & CEO
Arizona Community Foundation

Daniele Chilton

CEO
Desert Diamond Casinos

Wendy Cohen

President & CEO
Kitchell Corporation

Rick Collins

Executive Advisor
Ryan Companies

Pedro Cons

CEO
Adelante Healthcare

Michael Crow, Ph.D.

President
Arizona State University

José Luis Cruz Rivera, Ph.D.

President
Northern Arizona University

Gene D’Adamo

President & CEO
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

Barb Dawson

Firm Chair
Snell & Wilmer LLP

Michael Davis

Founder & CEO
DAVIS

Gonzalo A. de la Melena, Jr.

Founder & CEO
Emerging Domestic Market Ventures
  • Secretary

Michael M. Donahey

Partner
Snell & Wilmer LLP

Annie Donovan

President & CEO
Raza Development Fund

Kate Renwick-Espinosa

CEO
Meadows Behavioral Healthcare

Jeff Emmons

CEO
Immedia LLC

Jennifer Erickson

President & CEO
Sonora Quest Laboratories

Tommy Espinoza

President & CEO
Espinoza Community Development LLC

Ed Evans

Chairman & CEO
Consumer Cellular

John Fees

Co-Founder / Managing Director
NGI Group / GradGuard – College Life Protected

Will Feliz

CEO
Duncan Family Farms

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

Ted Geisler

Chairman, President & CEO
Pinnacle West & Arizona Public Service (APS)

Neil G. Giuliano

President/CEO
Greater Phoenix Leadership, Inc.

Mike Godbehere

Co-Founder & CEO
GCON, Inc.

Victor Goldman

CEO & Managing Partner
GoldBook Financial

Steven Gonzales, Ed.D.

Chancellor
Maricopa Community Colleges

Adam Goodman

CEO
Goodmans

John W. Graham

Chairman and CEO
Sunbelt Holdings

Jerome Grant

CEO
Universal Technical Institute

Richard Gray, MD

CEO
Mayo Clinic in Arizona

David R. Green

President & CEO
Vitalant

Jeff Guldner

Retired
APS & Pinnacle West

Derrick Hall

President & CEO
Arizona Diamondbacks

Sharon J. Harper

President & CEO
Plaza Companies

Katie Haydon

CEO & Chairman
Haydon Companies

Noreen Bishop Hill

Managing Director
JPMorgan Private Bank

Chris Hogan

Executive VP/ Principal
Benefit Commerce Group, an Alera Group Company

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

Eliot L. Kaplan

Phoenix Market Leader - Strategy & Growth
Perkins Coie LLP

Pam Kehaly

President & CEO
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Arizona

Jonathan Keyser

Founder
Keyser Commercial Real Estate

Oleg Khaykin

President & CEO
Viavi Solutions, Inc.

D. Christian Koch

Chairman, President & CEO
Carlisle Companies

Beau Lane

Executive Chairman
Lane Terralever

Kimber Lanning

CEO & Founder
Local First Arizona

Charles Layne

CEO
GPS Insight

Todd LaPorte

CEO
HonorHealth

Larry S. Lazarus

Partner
Lazarus & Silvyn P.C.

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

Mary Martuscelli

President, Western Region
U.S. Bank

Simer S. Mayo

CEO
Valor Global
  • Chair

Vicki Mayo

Owner
GMI

David J. McIntyre, Jr.

President & CEO
TriWest Healthcare Alliance

Tammy McLeod, PhD

President & CEO
Flinn Foundation

Michael Medici

President & CEO (Retired)
SmithGroup

Robert Meyer

CEO Emeritus
Phoenix Children's Hospital

David A. Moezidis

President & CEO
Benchmark

Erik Moses

Executive Director & CEO
Fiesta Sports Foundation

James Murphy

CEO
Willmeng Construction

Shar Najafi-Piper, Ph.D.

Co-Founder & CEO
Roya Health

Bettina Nava

Owner
Nexus Strategy Group

John R. Nickens, IV

President & CEO
​Phoenix Children’s Hospital​

Alicia Nuñez

President & CEO
Chicanos Por La Causa

Mary O’Grady

Managing Director
Osborn Maledon

Tim O’Neal

President & CEO
Goodwill of Central & Northern Arizona

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

Jim Pratt

General Manager & CEO
SRP
  • Vice Chair

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

Cade Rowley

President & COO
Sundt Construction

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

Steven Schwarz

Founding Partner
ViaWest Group

Ray Schey

Market President & Publisher
Phoenix Business Journal

Sissie Roberts Shank

President & CEO
Chas Roberts Air Conditioning Inc.

Anthony Sharett

President
Pathward

Humphrey Shin

Market President, Phoenix Metro
FirstBank
  • Treasurer

William Shover

Retired
Republic Media

Richard H. Silverman

Attorney
Salmon, Lewis & Weldon, PLC

Curtiss C. Smith, CPA, CPWA

President - Phoenix Region
Northern Trust

Scarlett Spring

CEO
TapRoot Interventions and Solutions

Mark Stebbings

CEO
National Bank of Arizona

Morris A. Stein, FAIA, FACHA

Principal & Senior Vice President
HKS, Inc.

James V. Stover

Plan President & CEO
Arizona Complete Health

Kyle Steinbuch

Regional President AZ
PNC Bank

Ali Torabi

CEO
Lawrence Semiconductor

Brian Swanton

President & CEO
Gorman & Company

Jeffrey M. Trent, Ph.D.

President & Scientific Director
Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)

Gary Lee Trujillo

Founder, President & CEO
Southwest Harvard Group

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

Adriane Youngblood

President, Arizona Division
Clear Channel Outdoor 

Tiffany Winne

Executive Managing Director & Partner
Stream Realty Partners

Steve Zabilski

President & CEO
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

Jay A. Zweig

Partner
Ballard Spahr

Neil G. Giuliano

President and CEO

Melissa Taylor

Executive Vice President

Chelsea Carpenter

Vice President, Finance & Operations

Vianney Careaga

Director, Public Policy

Stephanie Herndon

Director, Social Impact and Special Projects

Cora Rodriquez

Sr. Manager, Database & Member Services

Sam Castillo

Executive Assistant and Board Liaison

Max Hartgraves

Director, Community Infrastructure & Special Projects

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