Maricopa Community Colleges’ Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Maria Harper-Marinick, Ph.D., will receive the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Hispanic Community Leadership Award. The award recognizes an outstanding individual for advocacy, leadership and service to the Arizona community. It has been awarded annually since 2007 on Hispanic Heritage Day at Chase Field at pre-game … [More]
U.S. News & World Report: W. P. Carey School Ranks Top 30 Again
New rankings are out today from U.S. News & World Report, and once again, the W. P. Carey School of Business ranks in the Top 30 undergraduate business schools in the nation. The Arizona State University school comes in at No. 27. This marks the ninth time in 10 years the school has made the prestigious Top 30 “This new ranking confirms we’re achieving consistent … [More]
Colliers International Hires Leader in Residential Land Acquisitions and Dispositions
Colliers International Greater Phoenix has named Michael E. Farrar, MBA, MIM, a vice president, specializing in residential land acquisitions and dispositions for its Scottsdale office. Farrar joins the Land Advisory Group, working with landowners, investors and developers to maximize the value of their land assets. In addition, he is serving clients in the sale and leasing of … [More]
Grant Thornton’s Phoenix Office Promotes Hummel to Managing Director
Grant Thornton LLP promoted Marla Hummel to audit managing director in the firm’s Phoenix office effective August 1. Across the firm, Grant Thornton promoted 20 professionals to managing director. Managing director is the highest-level employee position in the firm and those in this position are important members of the firm’s leadership team. “Marla has demonstrated … [More]
JE Dunn Arizona – New Hires and Promotions
JE Dunn Construction Company is experiencing growth through new project opportunities in Arizona; therefore, we are expanding our talented staff. JE Dunn has been building in Arizona since 1998. Ben Strobl, Vice President of Southwest Operations, will lead JE Dunn’s Arizona office. With more than 20 years of experience, Strobl’s leadership will serve as an asset to the … [More]
Phoenix School of LawEarns Top Ranking For Educational Innovation with New First-Year Curriculum
Phoenix School of Law was recognized for offering law students one of the “Top 25 Innovative Ideas” by prelaw Magazine, a law school journal published by National Jurist. The publication, which recognized the school as one of the “Top 20 Most Innovative Law Schools in 2012,” cited Phoenix School of Law’s new first-year curriculum, known as FIRSTClass Program: Full Integration … [More]
Thomas Title & Escrow Named “Outstanding Agent” For 2012
Thomas Title & Escrow was named “Outstanding Agent" for 2012 by First American Title Insurance Company. Each year, First American Title recognizes its top agents with this prestigious award. The selection criteria include financial strength, profitability and claims history. This is the fifth time in six years that Thomas Title & Escrow has received the award. “We … [More]
Two Top Remodeling Publications Rank Local Remodeling Company Among Nation’s Top Firms
Local remodeling firm Renovations earned spots on both Qualified Remodeler magazine’s Top 500 and Remodeling magazine’s Top 550 lists, recognizing it as one of the country’s top remodeling firms. The annual lists, released in both publications’ August 2013 issues, are comprehensive looks at the largest and most accomplished remodeling firms in the nation. Recognition in … [More]
Delta Dental Launches New Mobile App
Delta Dental is proud to announce its new mobile application available for mobile devices using iOS (Apple) or Android. Launched two weeks ago, the app has more than 1,000 downloads to date. With this new, free mobile app, subscribers can search for a dentist, view claims and coverage details and access their ID cards right from their phone. Through a secure login process, … [More]
Actors Theatre Board Elects Officers For 2013-14
Renee Gertsman, a partner with Jaburg Wilk, has been elected President of the Actors Theatre Board of Directors for the 2013-14 season, which begins Oct. 25 with A Steady Rain. Gertsman will be joined on the executive committee by William Allison, vice president, an attorney with Gallagher & Kennedy; Cathiey Lanier Lemon, secretary, a community volunteer; Sara Gordon, … [More]
First Fidelity Bank Names Retail Operations Manager
Lee R. Symcox, president and CEO of First Fidelity Bank, a locally owned full-service community bank, has announced the promotion of Dawn Malone to retail operations manager, banking officer. Malone will be responsible for coordination and oversight of First Fidelity Bank’s retail operation functions in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Okla. and Phoenix, Ariz. markets by … [More]
Crossfit Gym For Cave Creek, Arizona Project Wins Crowdit’s $10,000 Launch Challenge Prize
CrowdIt, the first company to bring business networking and support services into the crowdfunding experience, has announced Joel Griffin as the winner of its 75-day Launch Challenge. Griffin’s dream is to open a CrossFit gym in the city of Cave Creek, Arizona, and build an amazing community of athletes from all walks of life. The crowdfunding project raised more than $30,000, … [More]
National Bank of Arizona Hires New Senior Vice President, Retail Banking Group Manager
National Bank of Arizona is proud to announce Bridget Cooney as its new senior vice president, retail banking group manager. Cooney brings more than 25 years of banking industry experience to her new position at NB|AZ. In her role as SVP, retail banking group manager, Cooney will be responsible for sales and service delivery at seventy-two branch offices statewide, as well … [More]
Carrie Pixler Ryerson Elected to Board of Directors for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix
Carrie Pixler Ryerson, an attorney at Fennemore Craig in Phoenix, has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix. Ryerson practices in the area of labor and employment. She regularly represents employers before administrative agencies and courts, defending against discrimination and harassment claims, wrongful termination and … [More]
GoDaddy Acquires Locu
GoDaddy announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Locu, a San Francisco-based company that helps local merchants "get found" online. Started in 2011 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Locu is used by more than 30,000 businesses, including restaurants, spas, salons, accountants, photographers and home remodeling companies, to promote their … [More]
Helios Education Foundation Founder Vince Roig Named 2013 Afterschool Champion
Education advocate and founding chairman of the Helios Education Foundation, Vince Roig, has been named the 2013 Afterschool Champion by the Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence. Roig will receive the award on Saturday, Nov. 2, at the 12th Annual Arizona Statewide Afterschool Conference & Awards of Excellence Luncheon at the Phoenix Convention Center, North Building … [More]
Greater Phoenix Ranks in Top 10 American city for foreign direct investment strategy, #2 in the U.S.
Greater Phoenix was named one of fDi Magazine’s top 10 "American Cities of the Future" for foreign direct investment (FDI) strategy in 2013/14. Greater Phoenix ranked sixth among overall North and South American cities, and second in the United States behind Chicago. "One of GPEC’s primary objectives has always been an international presence and strong performance in foreign … [More]
Leading Real Estate & Transactional Attorney Joins Partner Ranks at Arizona’s Most Innovative Law Firm – Rose Law Group
Arizona’s largest female-owned law firm is proud to announce the appointment of Real Estate and Transactional Attorney Cameron Carter as the firm’s new partner at Rose Law Group PC. Carter, who specializes in real estate transactions, acquisition, due diligence, real estate finance, development/redevelopment, land use/entitlements and development agreements, first joined RLG as … [More]
