LEADERSHIP

Our Board of Directors

Dan McDonald, Ph.D., President
Director, University of Arizona Take Charge America Institute for Consumer Financial Education and Research

Angela Cruze Ph.D., Vice-President
Director of Operations and Programs, University of Arizona Institute for Computation and Data-enabled Insights

Eleanor Droegemeier, Past President
Retired, Director, First Things First Pima South Regional Partnership Council
Early Childhood Educator

Ellen Howlett, Treasurer
Retired, Chief Financial Officer, AGM Container Controls, Inc.

Lori Ann Schultz, Secretary
University of Arizona, Assistant Vice President, Research Intelligence

Robert Clark, DrPH, MPH, Voting Member
Resource and Training Development Director, ZERO TO THREE

Samuel Garrison, Voting Member
Financial Advisor, Edward Jones

Lieutenant Lissette Gomez, Voting Member
Office of Professional Standards, Tucson Police Department

Guy Kuawu, Voting Member
Director of Finance and Administration at the Center for Biological Diversity, Inc.

Darlene Millar Espinosa, Voting Member
Retired, Attorney, Corey and Farrell, PC

Paul Ohm, Voting Member
Retired, School Principal, Ocotillo Learning Center, Sunnyside Unified School District

Katherine Speirs, PhD, Voting Member
Associate Extension Specialist, Early Childhood; Associate Professor, Family Studies and Human Development, University of Arizona Norton School of Human Ecology

Our Policy Council

Valería Chavez, Chairperson, La Escuelita
Selene Avilez, Vice-Chairperson, Nogales Neighborhood
Gabby Berryhill, Vice-Chairperson, Pima
Rosalinda Godinez, Vice-Chairperson, Sunnyside
Lupita Jimenez, Vice-Chairperson, Duncan
Preshiousmargie Willice, Secretary/Treasurer, Pueblo Del Sol

Alma Araiza, Los Niños Sunnyside
Keely Booker, Wright
Araceli Casillas Palafox, Liberty
Cynthia Figueroa, Homer Davis
Elizabeth Juvera Fuentes, Morning Star
Andrea Lemmie, Community 
Andrew Levi, Santa Rosa
Ninoska Martinez, EHS-CCP
Jessica Morrison – Willcox
Angelica Perez, Desert Vista
Luz Quiroz, Rio Rico
Martha Robles, Erickson
Teodomira Salazar, Santa Clara

Our Senior Leadership Team

Erin Lyons, Chief Executive Officer
Kathy Sutherland, Chief Operations Officer
Maria Bonilla Mooney, Chief Program Officer
Dan Fry, Chief Financial Officer

Sean Cobb, Information Technology Director
Nikki Fellner, Physical Resources Director
Wendy Gomez, Program Services Director
Leo Lundholm, Education Services Director
Jordan Guzman, Health & Nutrition Services Director
Sylvia Quihuis, Human Resources Director
Christine Vega, Organization & Employee Development Director
Ekna Zamora-Rehm, Family & Community Partnerships Director
Brian Mitchell, Senior Accountant
Lisa O’Meara, Executive Coordinator