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
President and CEO
Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation
Board Members
James Ahlers
Senior Corporate Counsel
TSMC
Erik Bakken
Vice President, Energy Resources and CSO
Tucson Electric Power
Rusty Bowers
Consultant
RWB Worldwide
Adam Brake
Chief Financial Officer
Health Industry
Jaime Chamberlain
President
Chamberlain Distributing, Inc.
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
Director, State and Local Government Affairs
American Airlines
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
Xico
Guillermo Valencia
President
Valencia International, Inc.
Yimin Wang
Vice Provost for Global Affairs
Northern Arizona University