Board Officers

Katie Hobbs | Chair
Governor
State of Arizona
Executive Committee

Todd Sanders | President
President and CEO
Greater Phoenix Chamber

Chris Camacho | Vice-President
President and CEO
Greater Phoenix Economic Council

Mignonne Hollis | Secretary
Executive Director
Arizona Regional Economic Development Foundation

Julie Engel | Treasurer
Business Development Specialist
Yuma Regional Medical Center
Board Members

James Ahlers
Senior Corporate Counsel
TSMC

Erik Bakken
Vice President, Energy Resources and CSO
Tucson Electric Power

Adam Brake
Chief Financial Officer
Health Industry

Jaime Chamberlain
President
Chamberlain Distributing, Inc.

Stan Chavira
UCFW Secretary-Treasurer &
Director of Community Affairs.

Gema Duarte Luna
Partner
Luna Valencia

Javier Duran
Professor, Border Studies
Director, Confluence Center
University of Arizona

Laura Franco French
Director of State Government Relations
TSMC

Arturo Gabaldón
President and General Manager
Community Water Company of Green Valley

Buna George
Executive Director
Greater Yuma Port Authority

Molly Greene
Senior Director
Salt River Project

Rhett Larson
Richard Morrison Professor of Water Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Arizona State University

Rana Lashgari
President and Founder
Arizona Municipal Strategies, LLC

Andrés Martínez
Special Advisor to President, Office of University Affairs
Professor of Practice, Journalism and Mass Communications
Arizona State University

Vicki Mayo
Owner
Global Market Innovators

Jack McCain
CEO
Blue Sky Vantage

Ayensa Millan
Managing Attorney, Founder and CEO
CIMA Law Group

Tim Nelson
Partner
The Nelson Law Group, PLLC

Jim Pederson
Founder and Chairman
Pederson Group, Inc.

Donna Valdés
Executive Director and CEO
Rancho Feliz Charitable Foundation

Guillermo Valencia
President
Valencia International, Inc.

Yimin Wang
Vice Provost for Global Affairs
Northern Arizona University