Advisory Board & Team
Local leaders from politics, business, academia, and community organizations who guide Arizona Talks and speak for us around the state.
Advisory Board
34 members, listed alphabetically.
The Advisory Board guides Arizona Talks and represents it to the public. Its members are local leaders from politics, business, academia, and community organizations, and every one of them is committed to civil dialogue.
Joe Barba
Senior Director of Government Affairs
First Things First
Augustine Bartning
Broker
APB Valley Spaces
Danny Carroll
Owner
Carroll Consulting Group
Heather Carter
CEO Health Choice Arizona & GM Medicaid Segment
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Janeen Connolly
Representative
Fransisco d'Escoto
Director of Community Outreach
Skyline Education, Inc.
Nancy Gonzales
Provost
Arizona State University
Megan Greenwood
Owner
Greenwood Brewing
Don Henninger
Co-Director
Arizona Democracy Resilience Network / The Carter Center
Stephanie Herndon
Director
Greater Phoenix Leadership
Steve Kaiser
President & Founder
Arizona Prosperity Project
Ken Klein
Finance and Policy expert
Arizona Talks
Chris Kline
President & CEO
Desert Botanical Garden
Shane Levinson
Owner & CEO
Vision Flooring
Kevin McKee
Manager of Parks & Recreation
City of Scottsdale
Pilar McKee
Educator
ASU Pre Academy
Abby Michael
Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
Instituto
Horacio Miranda
Senior Vice President
Bank of America
Tyler Montague
President
Public Integrity Alliance
Mike Noble
Founder, Managing Partner, and Chief of Research for OH Predictive Insights
Noble Predictive Insights
Sergio Paris
Director of Strategic Communications
Vitalyst Health Foundation
Dawn Penich
Chief Executive Officer
Giancarlo Perez
President
Phoenix Metropolitan Soccer Club
Michael Pissos
Community Relations Coordinator
City of Phoenix
Marcelino Quiñonez
Director
Access ASU
Sam Richardson
Founder
Cholla Strategies
Katie Ritchie
Director of Government Affairs
Jessica Rivera-Garcia
Executive Director
Arizona Head Start Association
Ethan Siegler
Certified Executive Coach
Ethan Siegler LLC
Julie Spilsbury
City Councilwoman
Justin Wilmeth
Arizona State Representative
Legislative District 2
Ryan Winkle
CFO
Casa Nova Development Remodeling & Design
Jessie Young
Director of Student Support Training
ASU EdPlus
Dajana Zlatičanin
Chief Deputy Superintendent of Schools
Maricopa County
Team
Carlos Alfaro
Founder & CEO
Arizona Talks
Jered Scrivner
Co-Founder & Director of Programming
Arizona Talks
Jacob Pritchett
Co-Founder & Director of Communications
Arizona Talks
Kenneth Klein
Chief Financial Officer
Arizona Talks
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