DLR Group has announced that Charles Dalluge, Associate AIA, has joined the firm as president and chief operating officer. He will be part of the firm’s executive leadership team and responsible for leading and managing operations in DLR Group offices across the United States and internationally. The firm currently serves clients from 19 U.S. locations and in … [More]
Former Apple Exec Betsy Rafael Joins GoDaddy Board of Directors
GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, has appointed Betsy Rafael to its board of directors. The former Chief Accounting Officer at Apple and Finance VP at Cisco Systems has 30 years of finance and operations experience at numerous companies, including Ernst & Young, Sun, SGI, Escalate and Aspect Communications. With deep … [More]
Isola Names New President-Americas
Isola Group, a market leader in engineered dielectric materials used to fabricate advanced multilayer printed circuit boards, announced the promotion of Michael "Mike" Gastonguay to President-Americas. In this role, Gastonguay will be responsible for Isola's sales, customer service and manufacturing operations in the Americas region. Gastonguay joined Isola as Corporate Vice … [More]
Rick Herold Joins DrugFreeAz.org Board of Directors
Rick Herold, partner in the Phoenix law office of Snell & Wilmer, has been elected to serve on the board of directors of DrugFreeAz.org. As a member of the board of directors Herold will provide financial and fundraising strategies that will help guide and sustain the organization. DrugFreeAz.org’s mission is to prevent and reduce the use of drugs and alcohol by youth … [More]
U.S. News & World Report: W. P. Carey School Ranks Top 30 in the Nation Again
U.S. News & World Report announces its prestigious annual list of the “Best Graduate Schools” in the country today. For the seventh year in a row, the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University ranks Top 30 nationwide among full-time MBA programs. The school’s evening MBA program also ranks Top 20 among part-time MBA programs. “We’re happy the new … [More]
Science Foundation Arizona Names New Director of the Arizona STEM Network
Science Foundation Arizona has announced that Suzanne Kinney has been named director of the Arizona STEM Network. Kinney brings 16 years of experience in public policy and business. As director of the Arizona STEM Network, she will be responsible for leading a statewide collaboration of businesses, educators and philanthropy. She will also work with the government’s common … [More]
Anne Mariucci Joins Taylor Morrison Board of Directors
Taylor Morrison Home Corporation has announced that Anne Mariucci is joining its board of directors as an additional independent board member as well as a member of the Audit Committee. “We’re so very delighted and privileged to add Anne to our board of directors,” said Taylor Morrison President and CEO Sheryl Palmer. “Her extensive community development, homebuilding and … [More]
Attorney Eric Lynch Joins Polsinelli Expanding National Litigation Presence
National law firm Polsinelli welcomes highly skilled attorney Eric E. Lynch to the firm as shareholder, bolstering the firm’s litigation capabilities in Phoenix and nationally. Lynch has more than 20 years of extensive experience as a litigator, trusted advisor and trial attorney in a wide variety of industries. His move to Polsinelli is rooted in a desire to be able to provide … [More]
CBRE’s Cooper Fratt Appointed to Discovery Triangle Development Corporation Board of Directors
CBRE has announced that Associate Cooper Fratt has been appointed to the board of the Discovery Triangle Development Corporation. The DTDC deploys its expertise redevelopment in the Discovery Triangle, an asset-rich urban region between Phoenix, Tempe and Papago Park. “I am honored to represent CBRE on the Discovery Triangle Development Corporation Board. As a company, we … [More]
Nicole A. Westervelt Joins Spellbinders Paper Arts as Vice President of Marketing
Spellbinders® Paper Arts, an award-winning inventor, manufacturer and marketer of industry-leading products for crafters of all genres, is pleased to announce the selection of Nicole A. Westervelt as vice president of Marketing. "Nicole has extensive experience in strategic brand planning, launch development and managing commercialization and innovation for Consumer Product … [More]
Jodi Henderson Joins FirstService Residential as Director of Business Development
FirstService Residential, the leading community management company in Arizona, has named Jodi Henderson as its new director of Business Development. Henderson brings more than 12 years of community association management expertise to FirstService Residential. She will be primarily responsible for procuring new business and overseeing all sales and marketing initiatives for the … [More]
China Mist Tea Company Appoints New President
China Mist Tea Company, a premier supplier of fine iced and hot teas for the foodservice and retail industry, announced that it has named Kermit J. Peterson as its new president. Peterson is former vice president of Foodservice and OCS Sales at International Marketing Systems. “Kermit will bring a fresh perspective to the critically important job of serving both our … [More]
Alan A. Meda joins Burch & Cracchiolo as Shareholder
The law firm of Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A., is pleased to announce that Alan A. Meda has joined the firm as a shareholder. He has more than 30 years of legal experience and focuses on the representation of creditors, debtors and trustees in the bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice areas, including workouts, Chapter 11 reorganizations, liquidations and related litigation … [More]
FirstLight HomeCare Honored for Client Satisfaction
FirstLight HomeCare of Scottsdale, a leading provider of non-medical, in-home care, has earned national distinction as a 2014 Best of Home Care Provider of Choice and Employer of Choice. Granted by Home Care Pulse, the Provider of Choice award is given to home care providers that deliver the highest levels of quality, professionalism and expertise in home care. To qualify, a … [More]
Tempe Chamber Names Volunteer of the Year
The Tempe Chamber of Commerce today presented Dawn Hocking with the Volunteer of the Year Award at the 17th annual Breakfast for Chamber Champions held at the Embassy Suites Tempe. “This award is given to someone who has gone above and beyond to help make the Tempe Chamber and its programs a success,” said Mary Ann Miller, Tempe Chamber President/CEO. “Dawn has consistently … [More]
Landings Credit Union and Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine Receive Tempe Chamber’s 2014 Business Excellence Awards
The Tempe Chamber of Commerce presented Landings Credit Union and Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine with the 2014 Business Excellence Awards at the 17th annual Breakfast for Chamber Champions held today at the Embassy Suites Tempe. “The Business Excellence Awards recognize outstanding businesses in our community,” said Mary Ann Miller, President/CEO of the Tempe … [More]
Leonardo Loo Receives 2013 Community Leader of the Year Award from National Association of Asian American Professionals
The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that Leonardo Loo, a partner in the firm’s Phoenix office, received the Community Leader of the Year Award from the Phoenix chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals. Loo received the award for his devotion to the community and outstanding service to the Valley. The award was presented … [More]
Scottsdale Chamber Announces – 2014 Scottsdale History Hall of Fame Inductees
Each year the Past Presidents’ Council of the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce honors four individuals and one non-profit organization at our annual Scottsdale’s History Hall of Fame dinner. Over the past twenty years, the Council has selected 120 past and present Scottsdale personalities and organizations to induct into the Scottsdale’s History Hall of Fame. Inductees … [More]
