Board of Directors

Derrick Hall

Chair

President, Arizona Diamondbacks

Dr. Tammy McLeod, Ph.D.

Vice Chair

President & CEO, Flinn Foundation

Brad Vynalek

Secretary

Partner & Firm President, QUARLES & BRADY

Ronald Butler

Treasurer

Retired, EY

Chris Camacho

President & CEO

President & CEO, GREATER PHOENIX ECONOMIC COUNCIL

Ed Aaronson

Vice President, Cox Business

Megan Ackaert

Arizona Market Executive, Wells Fargo

Jeff Barton

City Manager, City of Phoenix

Kyle Becton

Marketing Executive Commercial Banking, JPMorganChase

Steve Betts

Strategic Advisor, Hines/Holualoa Companies

Chris Brady

City Manager, City of Mesa

Jarett Brock

VP & Director, Cousins Properties Incorporated

Mike Canada

Chief Operating Officer, KORE Power

Wendy Cohen

President & CEO, Kitchell

Angela Creedon

Arizona Local Government Affairs and Higher Education, Director, Intel Corporation

Ted Geisler

President, Arizona Public Service Company (APS)

John Graham

Chairman & CEO, SUNBELT HOLDINGS

Sharon Harper

Chairman & CEO, The Plaza Companies

Anthony Houston

Market President, Dignity Health (CommonSpirit Health)

Brett Johnson

Partner, Snell & Wilmer

Chris Koch

Chairman, CARLISLE COMPANIES

André Kudelski

Chairman & CEO, Kudelski Group

Paul Luna

President & CEO, HELIOS EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Dr. Sally Morton, Ph.D.

EVP of Knowledge Enterprise, Arizona State University

Brian Mueller

President, GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY

Kevin Phelps

City Manager, City of Glendale

Scott Phillips

VP, Carefree Partners

Paul Rivers

Chief Innovation Officer & Special Projects, Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury

David Rousseau

President, SRP

Dr. Kevin Tulipana, D.O.

President, City of Hope Phoenix

Andy Warren

Co-Founder & President, Build-To-Stay

Brad Wright

Partner, Dorsey & Whitney

Chris Zaharis

EVP, Empire Southwest

Daniel Barajas

Chief Officer of Workforce & Economic Development Strategy, Maricopa County Community College District

The Hon. Jason Beck

Mayor, City of Peoria

Corey Berends

CEO, Footprint

Mathew Buchwald

SVP & Market Manager, Global Commercial Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Edward Carr

General Manager, Dexcom

Sonny Cave

Retired, onsemi

Rachael Crump

Chief Accounting Officer, Insight

Michael Cruz

Sr. Manager of Public Policy, Lucid Motors

James Currier

President & CEO, Honeywell Aerospace

Roshy Didehban

Chief Administrative Officer, Mayo Clinic Arizona

Mary Fedewa

President & CEO, STORE Capital

The Hon. Kate Gallego

Mayor, City of Phoenix

The Hon. Thomas Galvin

County Supervisor, District 2 - Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

The Hon. Bill Gates

Supervisor, District 3, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

Andrew Geier

Executive Vice President, Layton Construction

Dr. Kathleen Goeppinger, Ph.D.

President & CEO, Midwestern University

Max Gonzales

Executive Vice President, Strategy & Relationship Management, Chicanos Por La Causa

Adam Goodman

President & CEO, Goodmans Interior Structures

The Hon. Mike Goodman

County Supervisor District 2, Pinal County

The Hon. Sharron Grzybowski

Councilmember, Town of Fountain Hills

The Hon. Kevin Hartke

Mayor, City of Chandler

The Hon. Peter Heck

Councilmember, City of Apache Junction

Rev. Daniel Hendrickson, S.J., Ph.D.

President & CEO, Creighton University

The Hon. Alexis Hermosillo

Mayor, City of El Mirage

Stephen Higgins

SVP & CAO, Freeport-McMoRan

Joe Hughes

Managing Director, Global Government Affairs, American Airlines

Dr. Heidi Jannenga, P.T., D.P.T., A.T.C.

Co-Founder & Chief Clinical Officer, WebPT

The Hon. Brian Jones

Councilmember, Town of Wickenburg

Daniel Keaveney

Vice President and Business Leader – Southwest, Gilbane Building Company

Sheila Kloefkorn

CEO & President, KEO Marketing

Todd LaPorte

CEO, HonorHealth

The Hon. Michael LeVault

Mayor, TOWN OF YOUNGTOWN

Jeff Lowe

Arizona Market President, MIDFIRST BANK

Ram Mayampurath

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Rogers Corporation

Dea McDonald

SVP & Eastmark General Manager, Brookfield Residential

The Hon. Craig McFarland

Mayor, CITY OF CASA GRANDE

Ciaran McMullan

Chairman & CEO, Southwest Heritage Bank

Jessica Mefford-Miller

CEO, Valley Metro

Dr. Scott Myers, Ph.D.

Campus & Academic Director, Phoenix Campus, University of Phoenix

Francis Najafi

Founder & CEO, Pivotal Group

The Hon. Eric Orsborn

Mayor, City of Buckeye

Natascha Ovando-Karadsheh

Associate Broker & Owner, KOR Properties

The Hon. Mike Pineda

Mayor, City of Avondale

The Hon. Joe Pizzillo

Mayor, City of Goodyear

The Hon. Juan Rodriguez

Mayor, City of Tolleson

Marc Schmittlein

President & CEO, CopperPoint Insurance Companies

The Hon. Nancy Smith

Mayor, City of Maricopa

Dr. Kathryn Sorenson, Ph.D.

Director of Research & Professor of Practice, Kyl Center for Water Policy

Dr. Scott Spurgeon, Ph.D.

Superintendent, Western Maricopa Education Center (West- MEC)

Jennifer Stein

Director of Economic Development, City of Avondale

Cathy Teeter

Managing Director, CBRE

Kenneth Vecchione

President and CEO, Western Alliance Bank Corporation

Cathleen Walker

Regional President, Phoenix and Northern Arizona, & Head of Corporate Banking, Arizona and New Mexico, PNC Bank

The Hon. Julia Wheatley

Mayor, Town of Queen Creek

The Hon. Corey Woods

Mayor, City of Tempe

Jennifer Zonneveld

Operating Unit and Site Director, Northrop Grumman