Leadership
United Way belongs to our community, so it is essential that we focus on the issues the community tells us are most important. That’s why we led a year-long community-driven process to develop our MC2026 plan for Mighty Change. The bold goals outlined in MC2026 were not created solely by Valley of the Sun United Way; they are building on existing community goals and we will redeploy our energies and realign our resources, leadership and partners to achieve them.
Board of Directors
Valley of the Sun United Way remains in solidarity with community members and other organizations calling for systematic change to address racial disparities in our community and across our nation. Over this past year, United Way started by looking inwardly at our own diversity, equity, and inclusion practices with our Board of Directors and staff, and assessed issues of equity and access in partnership with community leaders as a part of our community input process that led to our MC2026 plan for Mighty Change. Addressing issues of equity and access is now woven throughout Valley of the Sun United Way’s MC2026 impact plan, and we are partnering with others in support of a more equitable community.
Valley of the Sun United Way’s Board of Directors is comprised of leaders from throughout our community. As members of the Board, these volunteers are charged with the responsibility of assuring the integrity of our organization by overseeing financial, structural and policy decisions that guide the organization, staff and volunteers.
Officers
Latasha Causey, Chair
President
Phoenix Raceway
Matt Byrnes, Vice Chair
SVP, Proprietary Brands and Sourcing
PetSmart
Ruben E. Alvarez, Secretary
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Molera Alvarez
Dave Long, Treasurer
Community Leader
Directors
Robyn Arnell Brenden
Chief Accounting Officer
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
Tracy Bame
President
Freeport-McMoRan Foundation
Director, Social Responsibility
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
Jeff Barton
City Manager
City of Phoenix
Paula Boca-Bommarito
AVP, Enterprise Brand & Community Strategy
CopperPoint Insurance Companies
Lee Ann Bohn
Chief Operating Officer
Maricopa Community College District
Angie Bond-Simpson
Senior Director, Resource Management
Salt River Project (SRP)
Geoff Burbridge
Managing Vice President, Customer Channels
Capital One
Rebecca Burleigh
Vice President, Corporate Services
EPCOR USA
Lisa D. Cagnolatti
Community Leader
Chris Camacho
President and CEO
Greater Phoenix Economic Council
Patrick Edwards
Vice President, Regional Manager
Burns & McDonnell
Steve Evans (H)
Chairman
Evans Family Foundation
Paul R. Fannin
Managing Director
Vedura Residential Operating, LLC
Matt Feeney
Firm Chair, Phoenix
Snell & Wilmer
Sabrina Freiberg
Vice President P&C Sales Business Solutions
Nationwide
Greg Geist
Managing Director, Southwest Commercial Banking Head
BMO Commercial Bank
Chad Gestson, Ed.D.
Executive Director, AZ Institute for Education and the Economy
Northern Arizona University
Neil Giuliano
President and CEO
Greater Phoenix Leadership
John W. Graham
Chairman and CEO
Sunbelt Holdings
Jenny Holsman Tetreault
Vice President and Associate General Counsel
TPI Composites
Drena Kusari
Vice President of Product and General Manager
Microsoft
Hope B. Levin
President
MRL Partners LLC
James M. Macdonald, III
Managing Director
JPMorganChase
Amanda Muir
Principal, Education Savings, Retail Investor Group
Vanguard
Tyler Pfeifer
Director, Strategic Partner Alliances and Business Optimization
Insight
Jen Pokorski
County Manager
Maricopa County
Adam Reich
Partner
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Todd Sanders
President and CEO
Greater Phoenix Chamber
Ray Schey
Market President and Publisher
Phoenix Business Journal
Brad Smith (H)
Partner
Deloitte
Don Smith (H)
Community Leader
Kyle Steinbuch
Regional President and Head of Corporate Banking for Arizona
PNC
Kimberley Thompson-Heinl
Associate Vice President
USAA
Lauren Tobiassen
Senior Vice President | Region Executive Arizona/Nevada Preferred
Bank of America
Monica Villalobos
President and CEO
Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Daniel G. Wani, Esq.
Market Leader, Arizona and Nevada
U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management
Monica Whiting
Vice President, Customer Experience and Communications
Arizona Public Service Company (APS)
Christine Wilkinson
Senior Vice President/Secretary of the University
Arizona State University
(H) = Indicates Honorary Member
