CHAIRMAN'S CIRCLE & BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sun Corridor Inc. convenes the region’s top leadership to ensure our competitiveness and address our future economy. Representing 85,000 employees, key leaders from the private sector, governments, nonprofits and academia market the region as a business center and influence economic and public policy.
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CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE

DANETTE BEWLEY
President & CEO
Tucson Airport Authority

MICHAEL CROW
President
Arizona State University

ALISON FLYNN GAFFNEY
CEO
Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center South

SURESH GARIMELLA
President
The University of Arizona

STEPHANIE B. HEALY
Market Vice President
Cox Communications

ERIC MAJCHRZAK
CEO
BeachFleischman PLLC

FLETCHER MCCUSKER
CEO
UAVenture Capital, LLC

IAN MCDOWELL
Vice President & Regional Director, Tucson
Sundt Construction Inc.

MARCO MELANCON
General Manager
Bombardier Aviation Tucson Service Center

JENNIFER MENDRZYCKI
President & CEO
TMC Health

DR. JEFFREY P NASSE
Chancellor
Pima Community College

Alicia Nuñez
President & CEO
Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.

COL. BRANT A. PUTNAM
(DoD Liaison to Chairman’s Circle)
Commander, 162nd Wing Morris Air National Guard Base

REGINA ROMERO
Mayor
City of Tucson

Rex Scott
Chair and Supervisor, District 1
Pima County Board of Supervisors

COOPER D. SUTHERLAND
Vice President, Acquisitions & Development
Schnitzer Properties

SANDRA WATSON
President & CEO
Arizona Commerce Authority
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

KYM ADAIR
Executive Director/CEO
Arizona Bowl

TRAVIS ANDERTON
Vice President, Sterilization
BD, Global Supply Chain

MARA G. ASPINALL
Partner, Illumina Ventures

SANDRA BARTON
Senior Director, Commercial Real Estate
Alliance Bank of Arizona, a division of Western Alliance Bank

JEAN-CLAUDE BERNARD
Manager – Global Expansion
Bombardier Inc.

Tomás Díaz de la Rubia, PhD
Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation
The University of Arizona

DON BOURN
Chief Executive Officer
Bourn Companies, LLC

GARRY BRAV
Principal
Brav Holdings

AMY COHEN
Deputy President – Air Power (ret)
Raytheon

SARAH DARRAGH
Medicaid Executive Director
Arizona Complete Health

RAFAEL BARCELÓ DURAZO
Head Consul
Consulate of Mexico in Tucson

Jenny Flynn
President & CEO
Community Foundation for Southern Arizona

EDMUNDO GAMILLO
Executive Director
Middle Market Banking/Commercial Banking, Chase Bank, N.A.

JILL GERMAN
Head of Roche Tissue Diagnostics

Clark G. Goding
Partner
Beasley, Mitchell & Co., LLP

MIKE GROEGER
Vice President, Commercial Sales & Service
Blue Cross® Blue Shield® of Arizona

GUY GUNTHER
VP/GM Mass Markets Fiber
Lumen

LAWRENCE M. HECKER
Managing Partner
Hecker & Pew
Of Counsel, Sun Corridor Inc.

Brian Heithoff
CEO and General Manager
Trico

WILLIAM KELLEY
CFO
Diamond Ventures

MIKE KOCSIS
Sr. Director, Strategy & Communication
Banner Health

ADRIANA KONG ROMERO
Senior VP
President
Bank of America Tucson

DR. CLINTON KUNTZ
CEO
El Rio Health

DENNIS R. MINANO
General Motors (ret.)

OMAR MIRELES
President
HSL Properties, Inc.

FARHAD MOGHIMI
Executive Director
Pima Association of Governments/Regional Transportation Authority

TOM MURPHY
Mayor
Town of Sahuarita

SHAIMA NAMAZIFARD
Vice President of Business Services
Tucson Federal Credit Union

JOHN OFFICER
Councilmember
Town of Marana

Himanshu Parikh
Vice President of Manufacturing Operations
Roche Tissue Diagnostics

Tony Penn
President & CEO
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona

Brett Plains
Market Leader, Arizona & New Mexico, Commercial Banking, PNC Bank

Kathy Prather
Superintendent / CEO
Pima JTED

HUMBERTO QUINTANA
Senior Manager, Economic Development
Amazon

STEVE REDMOND
Interim CEO
Tucson Association of Realtors (TAR)

BARBI REUTER
CEO/Principal
Cushman & Wakefield|PICOR
Commercial Real Estate Services

WALTER RICHTER
Senior Legislative Policy Advisor
Southwest Gas Corporation

IAN R. ROARK
Vice Chancellor, Workforce Development & Innovation
Pima Community College

STEVEN E. ROSENBERG
Publisher & Owner
BizTucson

ELISA ROSS
Vice President of Marketing and Sales
Hughes Federal Credit Union

JEFFREY S. ROTHSTEIN

JOSHUA RUBIN
Chairman
Greater Nogales & Santa Cruz County Port Authority

COREY SABA BASHA
Director, Commercial Banking Leader
Wells Fargo’s Arizona Commercial Banking Office

Jeremy Sharpe
Managing Partner
Rancho Sahuarita

Ken Silverman
Board Member
The Industrial Development Authority of Pima County

KERI SILVYN
Partner & Owner
Lazarus & Silvyn, P.C.

BRIAN SINOTTE
CEO
Northwest Healthcare

SCOTT STACE
CEO
Bluespan

KERRY STRATFORD
President & Chief Creative Officer
The Caliber Group

Neal Weitman
President
Tucson New Car Dealers Association

Jeff Wilkins

JOHN WINCHESTER
Director, Government & Community Engagement
Arizona State University

STEVE ZYLSTRA
President & CEO
Arizona Technology Council
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