Our Leaders
Impact Team Leadership
Impact Team Chairs & Leads
![Lorenzo Chavez | Education Team Chair | Postsecondary Access Lead | Institute Class 40](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1590527668945-300x300.jpg)
![Joyceline Elliot | Child Well-Being Chair | Child Welfare System Lead | Institute Class 41](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Elliot_Joyceline-300x300.jpg)
![Melanie Burm | Workforce Development Lead | Institute Class 31](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Melanie-Burm-300x300.jpg)
![Stephen Flaaen | Chronic Absenteeism Lead | | Early Literacy | Family Support | Institute Class 41](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Stephen-Flaaen_New-BW-300x300.jpeg)
![Koran Hardimon | Racial Justice Chair | Racial Justice Lead | Institute Class 37](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/koran-hardimon-300x300.jpg)
![Clint Houston | Family Support Lead | Institute Class 41](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Houston_Clint-013_Clint-300x300.jpg)
![Sarah Shambrook | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Catalyze Class 1](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Sarah-Shambrook-300x300.jpg)
![McCady Findley | Tree Equity Score | Catalyze Class 2](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/McCady-Findley-BW-e1693350078234-300x300.jpg)
![Ginger Sykes Torres | Environment Chair | Ready Together](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Ginger-Torres-300x300.jpg)
![Dr. Nick Vasquez | Health Chair | Institute Class 33](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Nicholas-Vasquez-300x300.jpg)
![Paige Soucie | Opioid Stigma Reduction Lead | Catalyze Class 1](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Paige-Soucie-1-300x300.jpg)
Impact Team Members
Child Well-Being
![Leslie Barakat | Family Support | VL Institute Class 34](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Leslie-Barakat-300x300.jpg)
![Molly Peterson | Family Support | Ready Together](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Molly-Peterson-headshot-300x300.jpg)
![Stephen Flaaen | Chronic Absenteeism Lead | | Early Literacy | Family Support | Institute Class 41](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Stephan-Flaaen-1-300x300.jpg)
![Virginia Bezerra de Menezes | Family Support | Catalyze Class 2](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Virginia-Bezerra-de-Menezes.png)
![Simone Tavassoli | Family Support | Catalyze Class 2](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Simone-Tavassoli-300x300.jpg)
![Leslie Beatty | Family Support | Catalyze Class 2](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Beatty-BW-e1693349545956-300x300.jpeg)
![Claire Louge | Family Support | Prevent Child Abuse Arizona](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Claire-Louge.jpg)
![Kat Willard | Family Support | Strategic Partner](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/KWillardheadshot-BW-300x300.jpg)
Education
![David Scott | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Catalyze Class 1](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/David-Scott.jpg)
![Heather Kivatinos | Early Literacy & Chronic Absenteeism | Institute Class 39](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Heather-Kivatinos-300x300.jpg)
![Kent Wilson | Early Literacy | Ready Together](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/KW.jpg)
![Paula Hutchinson | Postsecondary Access | Catalyze Class 1](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Paula-Johnson-Hutchinson-300x300.jpg)
![Shereka Jackson | Postsecondary Access | Institute Class 39](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shereka-Jackson-300x300.jpg)
![Makayla Jackson | Postsecondary Access | Catalyze Class 2](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Makayla-Jackson-300x300.jpg)
![Laura Pearl | Early Literacy | Catalyze Class 2](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Laura-Pearl-BW-300x300.jpg)
![Melissa Boydston | Postsecondary Access | Vally of the Sun United Way](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Melissa-Boydston-e1686162473756-300x300.jpg)
![Kerry Duskin | Early Literacy | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Kerry-Duskin-BW-300x300.jpg)
![Jessica Rivera-García | Early Literacy | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Jessica-Rivera-Garcia-BW-300x300.png)
![Anne Johannes | Early Literacy | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Anne-Johannes-BW-300x300.jpg)
![Claire Schmaltz | Early Literacy | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Claire-Schmaltz-BW-300x300.jpg)
![MaryAnne Riodique | Postsecondary Access | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MaryAnne-Riodique-BW-300x300.jpg)
![Chelsie Bruggeman | Postsecondary Access | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Chelsie-Bruggeman-BW-300x300.jpg)
![Rogelio Ruiz | Postsecondary Access | Ready Together](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Rogelio-Ruiz-BW-300x300.jpg)
Environmental Sustainability
![Jaimey Bly | Tree Equity Score | Catalyze Class 1](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Jaimey-Bly-300x300.jpg)
![Lora Martens | Tree Equity Score | City of Phoenix Office of Heat Response and Mitigation](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lora-Martens-300x300.jpg)
![Patricia Ewanski | Tree Equity Score | Institute Class 41](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Ewanski_Patricia-view-300x300.jpg)
![Josh Loughman | Tree Equity Score | Catalyze Class 2](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Josh-Loughman-BW-e1686162863557-300x300.jpg)
![Chris Graves | ROSE Group | Catalyze Class 2](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Chris-Graves-BW-e1686162905168-300x300.jpg)
![Jake Simon | Tree Equity Score | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jake-Simon-298x300.jpg)
![Nora Hannah | ROSE Group | Institute Class 10](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nora-Hannah.jpg)
![Sheila Petry | Tree Equity Score | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Sheila-Petry-BW-300x300.jpg)
![Joe Forte | Tree Equity Score | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Joe-Forte-BW-300x300.png)
![Robert Sandoval | Tree Equity Score | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Robert-Sandoval-BW-300x300.jpg)
Health
![Amy Schwabenlender | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Institute Class 34](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Amy-Schwabenlender.jpg)
![Debra Stevens | Opioid Stigma Reduction | Institute Class 22](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Stevens-Debra_0422-with-jacket-300x300.jpg)
![Christine Bracamonte Wiggs | Opioid Stigma Reduction | Institute Class 41](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Wiggs_Christine-Christine_Wiggs-3577-300x300.jpg)
![Kristina Crane | Opioid Stigma Reduction | Accelerate 2018](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Kristina-Crane.jpg)
![Ora Napoleon | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Catalyze Class 2](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Ora-Napoleon-300x300.jpeg)
![Maya Galvan | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Catalyze Class 2](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Maya-Galvan-300x300.jpeg)
![Jason Boatman | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Catalyze Class 1](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Jason-Boatman-300x300.png)
![Thomas Kelly | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Community Champion](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Thomas-Kelly-300x300.jpg)
![Jordan Bishop | Opioid Stigma Reduction | Catalyze Class 1](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Jordan-Bishop-Headshot-new-BW-300x300.jpg)
![David Scott | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Catalyze Class 1](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/David-Scott.jpg)
![Stephanie Martin | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Stephanie-Martin-BW-300x300.jpg)
![Gloria Vasquez | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Gloria-Vasquez-BW-300x300.jpg)
![Edmundo Hidalgo | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Community Champion](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Edmundo-Hidalgo-BW-300x300.jpg)
![Christopher Keck | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Christopher-Keck-BW-300x300.jpg)
![Shannon Gnam | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Catalyze Class 2](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Shannon-Gnam-BW-300x300.jpeg)
![Dominic Pachuilo | Opioid Stigma Reduction | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Dominic-Pachuilo-BW-300x300.jpg)
![Samantha Jackson | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Community Champion](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Samantha-Jackson-BW-300x300.jpeg)
![Bruce Weber | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Institute Class 38](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bruce-Weber-11-21-BW-300x300.jpg)
![Brent Kleinman | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Community Champion](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Brent-J.-Kleinman-BW-300x300.jpeg)
![Courtney Anderson | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Community Champion](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Courtney-Anderson-300x297.png)
![Trinity Donovan | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Institute Class 27](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Trinity-Donovan-BW-300x300.jpg)
Jobs & Economy
![Alison Rapping | Workforce Development | Institute Class 20](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1590938842384-300x300.jpg)
![Kristina Sabetta | Workforce Development | Catalyze Class 1](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Kristina-Sabetta-300x300.jpg)
![Hayley Winterberg | Workforce Development | Catalyze Class 2](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Hayley-Winterberg-BW-300x296.jpg)
![Mark Martz | Workforce Development | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Mark-Martz-300x300.jpg)
![Kane Nixon | Workforce Development | Catalyze Class 2](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Kane_Nixon-300x300.jpg)
![Roger Lurie | Workforce Development | Ready Together](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Roger-Lurie-High-Res-Photo-300x300.jpg)
![Eric Rodriguez | Workforce Development | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Eric-Rodriguez-BW-300x300.jpg)
![Nina Targovnik | Workforce Development | Institute Class 36](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Nina-Targovnik-BW-300x300.jpg)
Racial Justice
![Guillermo Velez | Racial Justice | Catalyze Class 1](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Guillermo-Velez-300x300.jpg)
![Leah Marche | Racial Justice | Ready Together](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Leah-Marche-headshot-300x300.jpg)
![Louann Phillips | Racial Justice | Ready Together](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Louann-Phillips-July-2020-2-300x300.jpg)
![Melissa McGinnis | Racial Justice | Catalyze Class 2](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Melissa-McGinnis-298x300.jpg)
![Armonee Jackson | Racial Justice | Catalyze Class 2](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Armonee-Jackson-300x300.jpg)
![Isaiah Lopez | Racial Justice | Ready Together](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Isaiah-Headshot-Small-300x300.jpg)
![Keziah Tinkle-Williams | Racial Justice | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Keziah-Tinkle-Williams-BW-300x300.jpg)
![Anietie Okon | Racial Justice | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Anietie-Okon-BW-300x295.jpg)
![Steven Harper | Racial Justice | Catalyze Class 3](https://www.impactmakeraz.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Steven-Harper-BW-300x300.jpg)
Contributors
Aaron Bare
Abby Wilkymacky
Adam Fielding
Amy Schwabenlender
Anne Landers
Barbara Trapido-Lurie
Candice Gimbel
Charles Lucking
Christian Osmeña
Clint Houston
Devina Williams
Diana Herrera
Isaiah Lopez
Jasmine Figueroa
Jennifer Holsman Tetreault
Justin Brandt
Karla Robles
Leslie Barakat
Leslie Benner
Lisa Beohm
Melissa Boydston
Molly Peterson
Nick Willis
Nina Targovnik
Peggy Peixoto
Roger Lurie
Roy Tatem
Sakina Pasha
Salvador Bretts
Samuel Lowry
Suzanne Reed
Wyatt Buchanan