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  • Board Chair

Charley Freericks

President Phoenix Region, Howard Hughes

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  • Vice Chair

Noreen Bishop

Managing Director & Market Manager for Arizona, J.P. Morgan Private Bank

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  • Treasurer

Deanna Salazar

Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel (Retired), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

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  • Secretary

Curtiss Smith

Phoenix Region President, Northern Trust

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  • Immediate Past Chair

Leezie Kim

Chief Legal Officer, Fox Restaurant Concepts LLC

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Jim Ameduri

CEO and Managing Partner, Alizé Ventures

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Steven A. Betts

Managing Director of Development, Holualoa Companies

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Mark C. Bohn

Partner, Bohn Law, LLC

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Anna María Chávez

President & CEO, Arizona Community Foundation

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Richard Coleman

Founder and CEO, MissionRT

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Thomas Connelly

Chairman Emeritus, Investment Committee

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Jana Flagler

Attorney, Flagler Law, PLLC

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Patricia Garcia Duarte

Executive Vice President, Chicanos Por La Causa

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Michele Halyard

Vice Dean (Retired), Mayo Clinic

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Leonardo Loo

Phoenix Office Managing Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP

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Shelley Jones Mellon

RL Jones Insurance Services, Inc.

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Bettina Nava

Partner and Co-Founder, Nexus Strategy Group

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Monica Nuvamsa

Executive Director, Hopi Foundation

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Don Opatrny

Private Investor

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Essen Otu

Senior Manager, People & Culture, Salt River Project

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Jay Parry

President & CEO, Arizona Sports & Events Alliance

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Eve Ross

Vice President of Public Policy & Strategic Initiatives (Retired), W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

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Nikki Vogt

Audit and Assurance Partner, Deloitte

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  • 2021-2023

Robbin Coulon

Director of Legal Services, Area Agency on Aging

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  • 2019-2021

Stephen O. Evans

Chairman, Evans Charitable Foundation

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  • 2017-2019

Shelley Cohn

Community and Arts Volunteer

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  • 2015-2017

Ron Butler

Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

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  • 2013-2015

Jack Davis

President & CEO (Retired), Arizona Public Service

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  • 2011-2013

William J. Hodges

Chairman, CAPTRUST Advisors

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  • 2009-2011

Marilyn Harris

President, Manistee Investments

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  • 2007-2009

Richard Silverman

Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, PLC

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  • 2005-2007

Gerald Bisgrove

Chairman & CEO, Stardust Companies

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  • 2002-2004

Robert M. Delgado

President & CEO, Hensley Beverage Company

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  • 1998-2001

Bennett Dorrance

Managing Director, DMB Associates

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  • 1995-1997

Richard Snell

Chairman Emeritus, Pinnacle West

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  • 1994-1995

Neal Kurn

Director (Retired), Fennemore

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  • 1990-1993

Richard H. Whitney

In Memoriam

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  • 1980-1989

Bert Getz

Chairman, Globe Corporation

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