Our Leaders

Impact Team Leadership

Impact Team Chairs & Leads

Clint Houston | COVID-19 Response Chair | Family Support Lead | VL Institute Class 41

Erin Hart | Education Chair | Early Literacy Lead | VL Institute Class 27

Gabriel Jaramillo | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods Lead | VL Ready Together

Ginger Torres | Tree Cover & Shade Lead | VL Ready Together

Joyceline Elliot | Child Well-Being Chair | Child Welfare System Lead | VL Institute Class 41

Koran Hardimon | Racial Justice Chair | Racial Justice Lead | VL Institute Class 37

Lorenzo Chavez | Postsecondary Access Lead | VL Institute Class 40

Mary Foote | Jobs & Economy Chair | Workforce Development Co-Lead | VL Institute Class 36

Melanie Burm | Workforce Development Co-Lead | VL Institute Class 31

Dr. Nick Vasquez | Health Chair | VL Institute Class 33

Paige Soucie | Opioid Stigma Reduction Lead | VL Catalyze Class 1

Patricia Ewanski | Environmental Sustainability Chair | Arizona Thrives Support Lead | VL Institute Class 41

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Impact Team Members

Child Well-Being

Ashley Oakley | Child Welfare System | VL Catalyze Class 1

Isaiah Lopez | Child Welfare System | VL Ready Together

Joyceline Elliot | Family Support | VL Institute Class 41

Lauren Grucky | Child Welfare System | VL Catalyze Class 1

Leslie Barakat | Family Support | VL Institute Class 34

Matthew Stewart | Child Welfare System | VL Catalyze Class 1

Mike Sonenberg | Child Welfare System | VL Catalyze Class 1

Molly Peterson | Child Welfare System | VL Ready Together

Roger Lurie | Child Welfare System | VL Ready Together

Stephan Flaaen | Family Support | VL Institute Class 41

Tania Tammaro | Child Welfare System | VL Catalyze Class 1

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Education

Adam Fielding | Postsecondary Access | VL Ready Together

David Scott | Early Literacy | VL Catalyze Class 1

Dawn Gerundo | Early Literacy | Valley of the Sun United Way

Heather Kivatinos | Early Literacy | VL Institute Class 39

Jake Adams | Early Literacy | Southwest Human Development

Kent Wilson | Early Literacy | VL Ready Together

Kim Gathers | Early Literacy | VL Institute Class 41

Lisa Beohm | Early Literacy | VL Ready Together

Marlee Mauvis | Postsecondary Access | VL Institute Class 41

Paula Hutchinson | Postsecondary Access | VL Catalyze Class 1

Shereka Jackson | Postsecondary Access | VL Institute Class 39

Soilo Felix | Postsecondary Access, | VL Institute Class 39

Stephan Flaaen | Early Literacy | VL Institute Class 41

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Environmental Sustainability

Health

Amy Schwabenlender | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | VL Institute Class 34

Arturo Perez | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | VL Ready Together

Ash Uss | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | VL Catalyze 2022

Debra Stevens | Opioid Stigma Reduction | VL Institute Class 22

Christine Bracamonte Wiggs | Opioid Stigma Reduction | VL Institute Class 41

Inder Gunnala | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | VL Catalyze Class 1

Joan Serviss | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | VL Catalyze 2022

John Koch | Opioid Stigma Reduction | VL Institute Class 41

Kristina Crane | Opioid Stigma Reduction | VL Accelerate 2018

Meka Allen | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | VL Catalyze Class 1

Michael Trailor | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | Native American Connections

Stephanie Brewer | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | VL Catalyze Class 1

Tamara Wright | Housing & Healthy Neighborhoods | VL Ready Together

Vicki Broman | Food & Nutrition | VL Catalyze Class 1

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Jobs & Economy

Alison Rapping | Workforce Development | VL Institute Class 20

Kristina Sabetta | Workforce Development | VL Catalyze Class 1

Hayley Winterberg | Workforce Development | Catalyze Class 2

Vicky Campo | Workforce Development | VL Institute Class 36

Anne Landers | Workforce Development | VL Ready Together

Carrie Kelly | Workforce Development | VL Catalyze Class 1

Brit Carlson | Workforce Development | Strategic Partner

Devina Joiner | Workforce Development | VL Accelerate 2018

Erin Chastain | Workforce Development | VL Ready Together

Joe Barba | Workforce Development | VL Catalyze Class 1

Julie Schaffer | Workforce Development | VL Catalyze Class 1

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Racial Justice

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