Advisory Board Members

Chair

Lisa Urias
Cabinet Executive Officer &
Executive Deputy Director
Arizona Office of Tourism

Jacob Moore
Vice President and Special Adviser to the President on American Indian Affairs
Arizona State University

Betsey Bayless
President Emeritus
Valleywise Health

Ann Becker
Vice President, Sustainability
Arizona Public Service Company

Kerwin V. Brown
Executive Director
Tanner Community Development Corporation

Pearl Chang Esau
Founder and CEO
Shan Strategies

Diego Espinoza
Government Relations
Salt River Project

Max Gonzales
Executive Vice President, Strategy and Relationship Management
Chicanos Por La Causa Inc.

Paul Hickman
President and CEO
Arizona Bankers Association

Cynthia Lietz
Dean and President's Professor
Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions

Richard N. Morrison
Co-founder
Morrison Institute for Public Policy

Mary Pahissa Upchurch
Senior Partner
Gray Associates, Inc.

Janice Palmer
Senior Vice President
Government Affairs and Public Policy
Helios Education Foundation

Shannon Portillo

Shannon Portillo
Director
Lattie and Elva Coor Presidential Chair
School of Public Affairs
Arizona State University

Greg Stanton
U.S. Representative
Arizona District 4

Brian Spicker
President and CEO
Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation

John Lewis

John Lewis
President and CEO
PHX East Valley Partnership