LEADERSHIP

Our Board of Directors

Dan McDonald, Ph.D.

President

Emeritus Distinguished Professor, Financial Literacy, University of Arizona

Darlene Millar Espinosa

Vice-President

Retired, Attorney, Corey and Farrell, PC

Ellen Howlett

Treasurer

Retired, Chief Financial Officer, AGM Container Controls, Inc.

Robert Clark, DrPH, MPH

Voting Member

Resource and Training Development Director, ZERO TO THREE

Stephanie Ford

Voting Member

SVP Financial Advisor, Wealth Enhancement Group

Samuel Garrison

Voting Member

Financial Advisor, Edward Jones

Lieutenant Lissette Gomez

Voting Member

Advanced Training Section, Tucson Police Department

Guy Kuawu

Voting Member

Director of Finance and Administration at the Center for Biological Diversity, Inc.

Paul Ohm

Voting Member

Retired, School Principal, Ocotillo Learning Center, Sunnyside Unified School District

Dena Richter

Voting Member

Chief Financial Officer, United Cerebral Palsy of Southern Arizona

Katherine Speirs, PhD

Voting Member

Associate Extension Specialist, Early Childhood; Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Norton School of Human Ecology, University of Arizona

Our Policy Council

Blanca Maynez

Chairperson

Ajo

Samantha Armstrong

Vice-Chairperson

Duncan

Gabrielle Berryhill

Vice-Chairperson

Pima

Oscar Rodriguez

Vice-Chairperson

Challenger

Audrey Talbert

Vice-Chairperson

Pueblo Del Sol

Morgan Vannest

Secretary/Treasurer

EHS-CCP

Diana Bou, Jacinto Park
Weston Brown, Community
Monique Causor, Willcox
Laura Franco, La Escuelita
Anali Garcia, Homer Davis
Ivonne Lomeli, Western

Angela Luzmar Pulido Varagnolo Dee, Los Ninos Sunnyside
Yesica Maria Pazos Sanchez, Roberts
Angie Mendoza, Santa Rosa
Sydni Reid, Desert View
Reyna Salvatierra, Sunnyside
Itzel Sierra, Liberty

Our Senior Leadership Team

Erin Lyons, Chief Executive Officer
Kathy Sutherland, Chief Operations Officer
Ekna Zamora-Rehm, 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
Tessa Brock, Family & Community Partnerships Director
Brian Mitchell, Senior Accountant
Lisa O’Meara, Executive Coordinator