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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
  • 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

  • Jack Black
    Principal, LEED AP, Vice President
    Ayers Saint Gross

  • Quintin Boyce
    Associate Vice President, Professor of Practice, Educational Outreach
    Arizona State University

  • John Burnside
    Counsel
    Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

  • Sandra Cardenas
    Vice President, Client Services
    The Colibri Collective

  • Katie Cobb
    President
    Vitalant Foundation

  • Shelley Cohn
    Community Volunteer

  • Joe Colianni
    President
    1834, a Division of Old National Bank

  • Linda Elliott
    Community Volunteer

  • Ann Ewen
    Community Volunteer

  • Alexander D. Falkenstein
    Vice President, Senior Investment Officer
    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
  • Shari Levitan
    Attorney
    Holland & Knight LLP
  • David Martinez III
    Director, Community Engagement
    Vitalyst Health Foundation
  • Rea Mayer
    VP, Practice Management Consultant
    J.P. Morgan
  • Kathy Munson
    Retired CEO
    Media Buying Services, Inc.
  • Adriana Murrietta
    Executive Director
    Pharos Foundation
  • Vivian Nava-Schellinger
    Founder + CEO
    The Nava Collective
  • Rachel A. Nicholas
    Partner
    Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
  • Linda Norquist
    Marketing and Recruitment Manager
    SEED SPOT
    • Dan Perez
      President & CEO
      Subrosa Investigations, LLC. 
    • Bill Rubin
      Managing Director – Investments
      Wells Fargo Advisors
    • 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
    • Tennille Williams
      Individual Philanthropy Manager
      Dorrance Family Enterprises
    • Susan Wilson
      President
      Volunteers in the Garden (VIGs)
    • David A. Young
      Community Volunteer

    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

    • Jane Jozoff
      Community Volunteer
    • Jan Lewis
      Community Volunteer

    • Bruce Macdonough
      Community Volunteer

    • Carolyn Polson O’Malley
      Community Volunteer

    • Donald R. Ottosen
      Ottosen Propeller & Accessories, Inc.

    • Rosellen C. Papp, CFA
      Partner & Research Director
      Roy Papp & Associates, LLP

    • Carol Schilling
      Community Volunteer

    • Nancy Swanson
      Community Volunteer

    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
    • 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

    • Jack Black
      Principal, LEED AP, Vice President
      Ayers Saint Gross

    • Quintin Boyce
      Associate Vice President, Professor of Practice, Educational Outreach
      Arizona State University

    • John Burnside
      Counsel
      Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

    • Sandra Cardenas
      Vice President, Client Services
      The Colibri Collective

    • Katie Cobb
      President
      Vitalant Foundation

    • Shelley Cohn
      Community Volunteer

    • Joe Colianni
      President
      1834, a Division of Old National Bank

    • Linda Elliott
      Community Volunteer

    • Ann Ewen
      Community Volunteer

    • Alexander D. Falkenstein
      Vice President, Senior Investment Officer
      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

    • Shari Levitan
      Attorney
      Holland & Knight LLP

    • David Martinez III
      Director, Community Engagement
      Vitalyst Health Foundation

    • Rea Mayer
      VP, Practice Management Consultant
      J.P. Morgan

    • Kathy Munson
      Retired CEO
      Media Buying Services, Inc.

    • Adriana Murrietta
      Executive Director
      Pharos Foundation

    • Vivian Nava-Schellinger
      Founder + CEO
      The Nava Collective

    • Rachel A. Nicholas
      Partner
      Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

    • Linda Norquist
      Marketing and Recruitment Manager
      SEED SPOT

    • Dan Perez
      President & CEO
      Subrosa Investigations, LLC.

    • Bill Rubin
      Managing Director – Investments
      Wells Fargo Advisors

    • 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

    • Tennille Williams
      Individual Philanthropy Manager
      Dorrance Family Enterprises

    • Susan Wilson
      President
      Volunteers in the Garden (VIGs)

    • David A. Young
      Community Volunteer

    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

    • Jane Jozoff
      Community Volunteer

    • Jan Lewis
      Community Volunteer

    • Bruce Macdonough
      Community Volunteer

    • Carolyn Polson O’Malley
      Community Volunteer 

    • Donald R. Ottosen
      Ottosen Propeller &
      Accessories, Inc.

    • Rosellen C. Papp, CFA
      Partner & Research Director
      L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP

    • Carol Schilling
      Community Volunteer

    • Nancy Swanson
      Community Volunteer

       

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