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Officers

  • Board Chair
    Scott Burdick
    Managing Partner
    Wiseman & Gale
  • Immediate Past Chair 
    Harold C. Dorenbecher
    Community Volunteer
  • Vice Chair
    Amanda Burke
    Executive Vice President
    Center for the Future of Arizona
  • Vice Chair
    Chris Kline
    President/CEO
    Arizona Media Association
  • Secretary
    Lori A. Higuera
    Assistant General Counsel
    Freeport-McMoRan
  • Treasurer
    Ed Marley
    President & CEO
    Mutual Insurance Company of Arizona

TRUSTEES

  • Rebecca Ailes-Fine
    Community Volunteer
  • Hank Arens
    Owner
    Hank Arens Designs
  • Luis Ávila
    President
    Iconico
  • Kate Baker
    Community Volunteer
  • Quintin Boyce
    Associate Vice President
    Educational Outreach
    Arizona State University
  • John Burnside
    Counsel
    Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
  • Shelley Cohn
    Community Volunteer
  • Joe Colianni
    President
    1834, a Division of Old National Bank
  • Linda Elliott
    Community Volunteer
  • Ann Ewen
    Executive Coach
    Sky’s the Limit
  • Alexander D. Falkenstein
    Vice President, Senior Portfolio Advisor
    Northern Trust
  • Barry K. Fingerhut
    Chief Executive Officer and Owner
    Certification Partners, LLC, (CP)
  • Jenny Holsman Tetreault
    Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Litigation & Compliance 
    TPI Composites, Inc.
        • Katie Hooten
          Founder & SVP
          Teach For America, Ignite
        • Mary Hovden
          Community Volunteer
        • Mark Landy
          Community Volunteer
        • Ann Lehmann
          President
          Volunteers in the Garden
        • Shari Levitan
          Attorney
          Holland & Knight LLP
        • Timothy Long
          Professor and Biodesign Institute
          Center Director
          Arizona State University
        • David Martinez III
          Director, Community Engagement
          Vitalyst Health Foundation
        • Rea Mayer
          Vice President, Practice Management Consultant
          J.P. Morgan
        • Paul J. Mountain
          Vice President, Finance and Planning
          Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
        • Kathy Munson
          Retired CEO
          Media Buying Services, Inc.
        • Adriana Murrietta
          Executive Director
          Pharos Foundation
        • Rachel A. Nicholas
          Partner
          Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
        • Linda Norquist
          Marketing and Recruitment Manager
          SEED SPOT
        • Dan Perez
          President & CEO
          Subrosa Investigations, LLC
        • Edgardo Rivera
          Medical Director Oncology Services
          KRMC WL Nugent Cancer Center
        • Bill Rubin
          Managing Director – Investments
          Wells Fargo Advisors
        • Andrea Sanchez
          Director Of Project Development
          Social Good Fund 

        • Ann Stanton
          Professor Emerita, College of Law
          Arizona State University
        • Michael Trejo
          Director, Strategic Finance
          Pinnacle West / APS
        • Ken Udenze
          Arizona Managing Partner
          Deloitte & Touche LLP
        • Lisa Urias
          Founder & President Emerita
          Urias Communications
        • Jamey Wetmore
          Associate Professor
          Arizona State University
        • Andrea Whitsett
          Executive Director
          Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University
        • Julie Williams
          CEO & President
          MacKinnon Products
        • David A. Young
          Executive Director
          Santa Fe Botanical Garden

        TRUSTEES EMERITI

        • Lee Baumann Cohn
          Community Volunteer
        • Cliff Douglas
          Harris Cattle Co./Arid Zone Trees
        • Barton Faber
          Partner
          Atrium Capital
        • Amy Flood
          Community Volunteer
        • Martha Hunter Henderson
          Partner, Strategies
        • Jan Lewis
          Community Volunteer
        • Bruce Macdonough
          Community Volunteer
        • Carolyn Polson O’Malley
          Community Volunteer
        • Donald R. Ottosen
          Ottosen Propeller & Accesories, Inc.
        • Rosellen C. Papp
          Partner & Research Director
          L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP
        • Carol Schilling
          Community Volunteer
        • Nancy Swanson
          Community Volunteer
        Board of Trustees Portal

        Officers

        • Board Chair
          Scott Burdick
          Managing Partner
          Wiseman & Gale
        • Immediate Past Chair 
          Harold C. Dorenbecher
          Community Volunteer
        • Vice Chair
          Amanda Burke
          Executive Vice President
          Center for the Future of Arizona
        • Vice Chair
          Chris Kline
          President/CEO
          Arizona Media Association
        • Secretary
          Lori A. Higuera
          Assistant General Counsel
          Freeport-McMoRan
        • Treasurer
          Ed Marley
          President & CEO
          Mutual Insurance Company of Arizona

        TRUSTEES

        • Rebecca Ailes-Fine
          Community Volunteer
        • Hank Arens
          Owner
          Hank Arens Designs
        • Luis Ávila
          President
          Iconico
        • Kate Baker
          Community Volunteer
        • Quintin Boyce
          Associate Vice President
          Educational Outreach
          Arizona State University
        • John Burnside
          Counsel
          Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
        • Shelley Cohn
          Community Volunteer
        • Joe Colianni
          President
          1834, a Division of Old National Bank
        • Linda Elliott
          Community Volunteer
        • Ann Ewen
          Executive Coach
          Sky’s the Limit
        • Alexander D. Falkenstein
          Vice President, Senior Portfolio Advisor
          Northern Trust
        • Barry K. Fingerhut
          Chief Executive Officer and Owner
          Certification Partners, LLC, (CP)
        • Jenny Holsman Tetreault
          Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Litigation & Compliance 
          TPI Composites, Inc.
        • Katie Hooten
          Founder & SVP
          Teach For America, Ignite
        • Mary Hovden
          Community Volunteer
        • Mark Landy
          Community Volunteer
        • Ann Lehmann
          President
          Volunteers in the Garden
        • Shari Levitan
          Attorney
          Holland & Knight LLP
        • Timothy Long
          Professor and Biodesign Institute
          Center Director
          Arizona State University
        • David Martinez III
          Director, Community Engagement
          Vitalyst Health Foundation
        • Rea Mayer
          Vice President, Practice Management Consultant
          J.P. Morgan
        • Paul J. Mountain
          Vice President, Finance and Planning
          Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
        • Kathy Munson
          Retired CEO
          Media Buying Services, Inc.
        • Adriana Murrietta
          Executive Director
          Pharos Foundation
        • Rachel A. Nicholas
          Partner
          Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
        • Linda Norquist
          Marketing and Recruitment Manager
          SEED SPOT
        • Dan Perez
          President & CEO
          Subrosa Investigations, LLC
        • Edgardo Rivera
          Medical Director Oncology Services
          KRMC WL Nugent Cancer Center
        • Bill Rubin
          Managing Director – Investments
          Wells Fargo Advisors
        • Andrea Sanchez
          Director Of Project Development
          Social Good Fund           
        • Ann Stanton
          Professor Emerita, College of Law
          Arizona State University
        • Michael Trejo
          President & CEO
          Standard Printing Company
        • Ken Udenze
          Arizona Managing Partner
          Deloitte & Touche LLP
        • Lisa Urias
          Founder & President Emerita
          Urias Communications
        • Jamey Wetmore
          Associate Professor
          Arizona State University
        • Andrea Whitsett
          Executive Director
          Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University
        • Julie Williams
          CEO & President
          MacKinnon Products
        • David A. Young
          Executive Director
          Santa Fe Botanical Garden

        TRUSTEES EMERITI

        • Lee Baumann Cohn
          Community Volunteer
        • Cliff Douglas
          Harris Cattle Co./Arid Zone Trees
        • Barton Faber
          Partner
          Atrium Capital
        • Amy Flood
          Community Volunteer
        • Martha Hunter Henderson
          Partner, Strategies
        • Jan Lewis
          Community Volunteer
        • Bruce Macdonough
          Community Volunteer
        • Carolyn Polson O’Malley
          Community Volunteer
        • Donald R. Ottosen
          Ottosen Propeller & Accesories, Inc.
        • Rosellen C. Papp
          Partner & Research Director
          L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP
        • Carol Schilling
          Community Volunteer
        • Nancy Swanson
          Community Volunteer
        Board of Trustees Portal
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