Rod and Kim Cullum founded Cullum Homes in 1985 with a straightforward idea: Build with quality, operate with integrity and keep relationships at the center. Four decades later, the firm is a second-generation, family-owned luxury design-build company led by co-presidents Lindsay Cullum-Colwell, the founders’ daughter, and her husband, Paul Colwell. The craft has grown more … [More]
Nonprofit Blueprint: From Purpose to Progress
A strong mission can change a community, but lasting impact takes more than passion alone. That idea is at the heart of the Nonprofit Blueprint, a new cohort-based program launched this year by the Chandler Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the City of Chandler. Created to strengthen emerging nonprofits, the program helps local organizations build the systems, knowledge … [More]
Chandler 100: Celebrating the Businesses Powering Our City and 250 Years of American Innovation
Chandler is a city on the rise with new businesses opening their doors, innovative companies choosing to call our community home, and the local economy that keeps reaching new milestones. Behind that momentum are the organizations that employ thousands of our neighbors, invest in our future and help make Chandler one of the most dynamic cities in the country. This November, … [More]
Rick McCartney, InMedia Company
Capital, Opportunity and the Business of Moving Forward
The strength of our business community has always been measured by more than growth alone. It is measured by opportunity, innovation and the ability of businesses of all sizes to access the resources they need to succeed. As Greater Phoenix continues to evolve as one of the nation's most dynamic business markets, the movement of capital, where it comes from, where it goes and … [More]
Capital in Motion
The shifting flow of business funding across banks, venture capital and private equity
Greater Phoenix benefits from a diverse, expanding business base, with strengths in healthcare, real estate and professional services and growing activity in advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, technology and biosciences. In conjunction with that observation, Kate Hickman, managing director of Commercial Banking in metro Phoenix at Western Alliance Bank, notes that … [More]
Feedback: November 2026
Q: What were the leadership traits you valued in your mentor? How do you incorporate these traits into your leadership? Or if you do not, why not? Nick Mancusi Founder & Creative Principal Mancusi Sector: Architecture One of the most valuable lessons my mentor taught me was that you should begin your career where you ultimately want to end it. His philosophy … [More]
Turboprop Charter Comes to Scottsdale Airport
Private air charter in the Daher TBM 910 turboprop is now available from Scottsdale Airport (SDL). Little Hawk Logistics LLC, an air charter broker and aircraft owner, arranges flights operated by 45 North Flight, an FAA-certificated direct air carrier, under Air Carrier Certificate 9CCA698M. Little Hawk chose the Valley deliberately. The City of Scottsdale's airport master … [More]
