Boards of Directors
Junior Achievement is proud to call each of the following individuals a member of our esteemed
JA Boards of Directors.
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STATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Art Perez
US Bank, Vice Chair
Brad Harper
Trigon Executive Assessment Center
Cary Smith
Client First Capital
Charlie Smith
Weber Group, Chair
Eli Peart
Port of Tucson, Vice Chair
Frank Marino
Tucson Electric Power
Karen Quick
Retired
Leah Karpuk
Silicon Valley Bank
Lori Bartlett
Clear Creek Associates
Nick Wanat
Western Alliance Bank
Steve Pangburn
Caterpillar
Steve Richins
BOK Financial
CENTRAL ARIZONA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Andy Schlueter
Voya
Antonia Sanchez
U.S. Bank
Bill Cassidy
Spence, Cassidy & Associates, LLC
Brad Harper
Trigon Executive Assessment Center
Brian Poli
U-Haul
Brittany Fuentes
Toyota Financial Services
Charlie Smith
Weber Group
Chris Hahn
Deloitte Consulting
Christine Baim
Bank of America
Clarence Stallings
Fidelity Investments
David Scott
Meadows Bank
Diego Verdugo
Principal Financial Group
Jason Schneider
KPMG
Jeannine Watanabe
Cox Communications
Jennifer Frank
American Express
Joanna Gonos
Community Volunteer
Karen Quick
Retired, Vice Chair
Kerri Schrage
CrossVue
Krystal Carraway
DP Electric
Leah Karpuk
Silicon Valley Bank
Lori Bartlett
Clear Creek Associates
Lourdes Sierra
PNC Financial Services Group
Michael Suba
Charles Schwab
Mike Greer
RSM
Myshell Gresham
Ascot Group
Nathan Erickson
CAPTRUST
Neil Fernandes
Skin and Cancer Center of Arizona
Nick Wanat
Western Alliance Bank
Perry Berry, Ed. D.
Queen Creek Unified School District
Pratiksha Long
BMO Harris Bank, Vice Chair
Robert Healy
1898 & Co.
Ron Butcher
Dignity Health
Ryan Quigley
Beacon Pointe Advisors
Stacy Molison
Snell & Wilmer
Steve Richins
BOK Financial, Chair
Suzie Eyrich
PNC Bank
Ted Raymond
Pixa Marketing
Thea Andrade
Phoenix Union High School
Theresa Conti
Sunwest Pensions
Todd Jones
First Horizon Bank
Tom Morgan
Fennemore Craig P.C.
Vijay Kapur
Charles Schwab
SOUTHERN ARIZONA DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bill Spurbeck
CPR 2U
Brian Beebe
Your Guidance Office
Eli Peart
Port of Tucson, Vice Chair
Irene Coppola
Better Business Bureau
Irlanda Cuevas-Leyva
Hughes Federal Credit Union
Jennifer Herrera
Tucson International Academy
Jessica Graves
Law Office of Jessica Graves
Kirsten Dawson
Wells Fargo
Marisa Michaels
UA Eller School of Business
Melissa Acuña
Community Volunteer
Michele Hopson
BMO Direct Invest
Patricia Waterkotte
Rusing, Lopez & Lizardi
Phillip Sullivan
Canyon Community Bank
Ramon Vazquez
Tucson Electric Power, Vice Chair
Russ Sullivan
Retired
Stella Rodriguez
Intuit
Steve Pangburn
Caterpillar, Chair
FOUNDATION TRUSTEES
Katherine Kemmeries Cecala
Junior Achievement, Secretary/Treasurer
Leo J. Dembinski
Retired
Marcia Wepfer
Principal Financial Group, Chair
Norman Klein
EastBridge Investment Group
Pete Rathwell
Retired
EMERITUS BOARD
Al Augenstein
Retired
Christopher Gleason
NextMed
Gary Tiepelman
Retired
Jack Rudel
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, PLC
Jason Robinson
MassMutual Arizona
Jeremiah Foster
Resolute Commercial Services
Judy Barone
BestBill
Karen Czack
American Express
Karl Freeburg
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Kevin Kinerk
First International Bank & Trust
Leo J. Dembinski
Retired
Marcia Wepfer
Principal Financial Group
Norman Klein
Retired
Pete Rathwell
Retired
Stephanie Chavez
CASA of Pima County
Steven Seiler
Windpines Group, LLC
Valerie Iwinski
MedAvail Technologies
Wardell “Buck” Brown
U.S. Bank
William Keilen
Retired