Impact Maker
Life-long leadership fueling long-term impact on Arizona’s most pressing issues.
Leading AZ
Impact Maker is powered by Arizonans like you. Get to know our Impact Teams and the people leading the work through Impact Maker.
We believe that leadership is action.
Valley Leadership (VL) launched Impact Maker as a collaborative space to solve challenges together. As part of Impact Maker, our leaders roll up their sleeves and get to work right away – drawing on the values, skills and perspective gained from their VL experience.
Joined with strategic partners and community champions, they’re able to chart a path toward thoughtful, strategic solutions on the issues that matter most to Arizona.
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What’s Happening at Impact Maker
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Valley Leadership is thrilled to announce the launch of our newest Impact Maker Team: the Civic Engagement Impact Team. This Team will work to foster civic engagement and participation by all Arizonans.
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The brand new Just Ask Mia Chatbot provides anonymous and timely access to high-quality providers for at-risk Arizona families. Learn more about this new tool and how you can use it to help families throughout our state.
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We’re thrilled to announce that the Impact Maker is welcoming 32 new leaders to help lead our Impact Team work. Alumni of all VL programming have the chance to join Impact Teams, addressing the most pressing challenges in the state. Impact Team members volunteer their time and resources to work on issues ranging from workforce development, early literacy, the stigma around opioid addiction and many more.