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 Principles of Doing® leadership framework, 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.
What’s Happening at Impact Maker™
Just Ask Mia and Lyft are helping Arizonans stay safe during extreme heat by providing free rides to designated heat relief centers, removing transportation barriers and connecting individuals and families with lifesaving community resources. Learn more about this exciting partnership.
Valley Leadership’s latest Dinner & Dialogue series brought Arizonans together across lines of difference to address the state’s housing and homelessness challenges. Discover the critical community takeaways from these conversations, including how we can balance immediate short-term relief with long-term systemic change.
Extreme heat can be a life-threatening hazard in Arizona, especially to the unhoused and the elderly. Just Ask Mia is working with partners across the state to serve up access to Heat Relief locations to keep Arizonans cool and hydrated during the summer months.