Committee Co-Chairs



   
Diane McCarthy Richard Thomas George Young
 Executive Director, 
WESTMARC
 Councilmember,
City of Scottsdale;
 
Blue Ribbon Committee Chair
Vice Chairman, South Mountain 
Village Planning Committee; 
Chair Target Area B Steering Committee
Committee Members

Carla 
Administrator, 
McDowell Sonoran Land Trust 

Irene Aguirre 
Community Relations Manager, 
Arizona Public Service 

Penny Allee 
Specialist, Government Affairs, 
Southwest Gas Corporation 

Carie Allen 
Community Activist 

F. Rockne Arnett 
State Transportation Board 

Samuel Aubrey 
Vice President, Government Affairs 
Arizona Rock Products Association 

Chris Baier 
Director, Sports Development
Arizona Department of Commerce

Carol Baily
Chandler Chamber of Commerce 

Betsey Bayless 
Secretary of State 

Mary Lou Bessette 
President, Besette & Company; 
Past President, Arizona Chamber of 
Commerce 

Jan Brewer
Maricopa County Supervisor

Diane Brossart 
President, Valley Forward Association 

Tom Browning 
Executive Director, 
Grater Phoenix Leadership 

Ron Brumley 
Arizona Marketing Manager, 
San Diego Padres 

Bob Bulla 
CEO, Blue Cross/ 
Blue Shield of Arizona 

Tom Carrano 
Community Activist 

Gordon Cheniae 
Field Director, 
Bureau of Land Management 

George Dean 
President and CEO, 
Greater Phoenix Urban League 

Ed Dulin 
President, Independent Newspapers 

Arnott Duncan 
Owner, Duncan Family Farms, Goodyear 

Dan Durrenberger 
Community Activist, 
Blue Ribbon Committee Member 

Bill Eider-Orley 
General Manager, 
Hyatt Hotels Corporation 

Marcie Ellis 
Executive Director, 
West Valley Fine Arts Council 

Dr. Paul Eppinger 
Executive Director, 
Arizona Ecumenical Council 

Adolfo Gamez 
Mayor, City of Tolleson 

Steve Gervais 
Vice President and General Counsel 
SunCor 

Urban I. Giff 
Gila River Indian Community 

Milton Glick 
Senior Vice President and Provost, 
Arizona State University 

John Graham 
President, Sunbelt Holdings 

Merrill Harlan 
Administrator for 
Adult Educational Services, 
Gary Tang Adult Education Center, 
Glendale 

Russ Haughey 
Habitat Program Manager, 
Arizona Game and Fish 

Keno Hawker 
Councilmember,
City of Mesa

Ivan Johnson 
Vice President, 
Public Affairs & Business Development, 
Cox Communications 

Maeve Johnson 
Executive Director, Valley Partnership 

Pam Johnson 
Vice President for News and Executive 
Editor, Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. 

Dr. Raymond Kellis 
Former Superintendent, 
Peoria Unified School District; 
Arizona State Board of Education 

Rev. Terry Kennard
Center of Buddhist Development

Lt. Col. Robert Kopp 
56th Support Group
Luke Air Force Base

Lynn Kusy 
Executive Director, 
Williams Gateway Airport 

Tom Largo 
Councilmember,
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
 

Kathie Lee 
Sr. Government Representative, 
Salt River Project 

Steven Lin 
Chairman, 
Phoenix Pacific Rim Advisory Council 

Ella Makula 
Vice Mayor, City of Peoria 

Roger Manning 
Executive Director, 
Arizona Municipal Water 
Users Association 

Valerie Manning 
President and CEO, 
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce 

Bill McDonough 
President, 
United Food and Commercial Workers 
Union Local 99R 

Denise Meridith 
Director, 
Bureau of Land Management 

Guy Mikkelsen 
Director, 
Foundation for Senior Living 

Gary Miller 
Senior Vice President, Bank of America 

Rick Miller 
Executive Director, 
Phoenix Boys and Girls Club 

Sara D. Moya 
Former Councilmember, 
Paradise Valley 

Richard Nolan 
Community Activist 

Kay O’Connor 
Director, 
Psychiatric Services, 
Samaritan Behavioral Health Center 

Mary Orton 
Executive Director, 
American Rivers - Southwest 

Monica Pastor 
Agricultural Literacy Coordinator 
University of Arizona Agricultural 
Extension 

Bill Pfeifer 
Executive Director, 
Arizona Lung Association 

David Radcliffe 
President and CEO, 
Phoenix & Valley of the Sun 
Convention & Visitors Bureau 

Jack Sellers 
Facilities Manager, 
General Motors Proving Grounds 

Billy Shields 
Executive Vice President, 
United Phoenix Firefighters 

Dan Shilling 
Executive Director, 
Arizona Humanities Council 

Tom Shipe 
President and CEO, 
Sun Country Federal Credit Union 

Martin L. Shultz 
Director, Government Relations, 
Arizona Public Service 

Diana Smith 
Past President, 
Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce; 
Officer, Arizona Chamber of Commerce 

Steve Sossaman 
Owner, Sossaman Farms, Queen Creek 

Dr. Fredrick R. Steiner 
Director, School Planning & 
Landscape Architecture, ASU 

Richard Stuart 
Councilman, Town of Gila Bend 

Scott Taylor 
Vice President, 
Mark-Taylor, Inc. 

Jack Tevlin 
Deputy City Manager
City of Phoenix
 

Judith Tunell 
Chair, Phoenix Mayor’s 
Commission on Disability Issues; 
1 st V.P. National Federation 
for the Blind - Arizona 

Karen Udall 
Neighborhood Activist 

Steven R. Urie 
Greater Agricultural Land Alliance; 
Gilbert Redevelopment Commission 

Vivian Valle 
Citizen Activist
COSTS

Rick Weddle 
Executive Director, 
Greater Phoenix Economic Council 

Dick Welp
Senior Vice President,
Norwest Bank

Jane White 
Citizen Activist 

Ronald C. Wills 
Attorney, 
State Workers Compensation Fund 

Karen Wittmer 
CEO & Publisher, The Tribune 

Patrick Yalung
Senior Vive President,
Wells Fargo Bank

Jim Zaharis 
President, 
East Valley Partnership


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