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™
How do you bridge the gap between a bold vision and the technical skills needed to make it real? Discover how Impact Maker AZ is bypassing traditional institutional silos to tap directly into Arizona’s emerging talent, accelerating progress on our state’s most pressing challenges through a new model of “just-in-time” collaboration.
Meet the 54 new leaders joining Impact Maker teams to take action on Arizona’s most pressing issues, working collaboratively to advance community-driven solutions across education, workforce development, health, and civic engagement statewide. This group of leaders includes alumni and community partners who are Driven to Do.
Just Ask Mia® empowers all Arizonans to help connect those in need to the resources that can most make a different in their lives. This free, 24/7 tool allows anyone to easily find necessities like housing, food, and clothing right in their own zip code. Our Child Well-Being Team is working to ensure no Arizonan has to navigate a crisis alone.