Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors is one of the most recognized volunteer boards in the country.

Board members represent a wide spectrum of industries and local interests, and as members, these volunteers are charged with the responsibility of assuring the integrity of Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley - Arizona (BGCAZ) by overseeing financial, structural and policy decisions that guide the organization.

If you are interested in becoming a member of this distinguished panel, please contact us.

2020-2021 Officers

Glynis Bryan | Board Chair

Donna Tannatt | Vice Chair/Treasurer

Bart Patterson | Vice Chair/Secretary

Alfredo Dreyfus | Vice Chair/Board Development

Cullen Maxey | Vice Chair/Board Development

Jake Ulrich | Vice Chair/Safety

Kevin McHolland | Past Board Chair

Marcia Mintz | Chief Executive Officer, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley

2020 - 2021 Board of Directors

Dale Adams
General Manager | Gila River Arena

Allan Allford
President/CEO | Delta Dental of Arizona

Mike Barnhart
Loan Officer | Nova Home Loans

Jack Barry
Chairman & CEO – Arizona Region | Enterprise Bank & Trust

James Bazlen
President (retired) | CSK Auto

David Bloss, Sr.
Chairman/CEO (retired) | CIRCOR Int’l.

James Bosserman
Professor of Practice | Arizona State University

Jim Brewer
CPA | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Maria Brink
General Manager | Toyota Financial Services

Glynis Bryan
CFO | Insight Enterprises, Inc.

Mike Carney
VP Commercial Banking | Bank of America

Clarissa Cerda
General Counsel and Secretary | Pindrop Security, Inc.

Neal S. Crapo
Executive VP, Commercial Banking | Wells Fargo

David Crummey
RE Development Manager | Newton CDC

Andrew Deschapelles
President & General Manager | Telemundo – Phoenix/KTAZ – Tucson/KHRRs

Alan Detata
President | Mutual of Omaha Bank

Freddie Dobbins
Senior Engineer | SRP

Alfredo Dreyfus
President | Aero-Zone Inc.

Robert E. Dubberly
CPA/Partner | KPMG LLP

Mark S. El-Tawil
CFO | Blue Cross Blue Shield of AZ

Patrick Epum
Vice President | BMO Harris Bank

Dion Geary
Sr. Director of Human Resources | Marathon Petroleum

Amy Gittler
Shareholder | Jackson Lewis PC

Darius Green
Managing Broker | Keyser

Kami Hoskins
Partner | Gordon & Rees

Jackie Hunter
Sr Director Diversity/Inclusion & Talent Pipeline | Banner Health

James Katzman
Managing Director (retired) | Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Jimmy Lindblom
Community Outreach | Willmeng Construction

Linda Little
President, Arizona Region | iHeartMedia Markets Group

Charles Lotzar
Attorney at Law | Lotzar Law Firm, PC

Jeffrey Lowe
Arizona Market President | MidFirst Bank

AJ Maestas
President & Founder | Navigate Research

Ralph Marchetta
General Manager/Senior Vice President | Talking Stick Resort Arena

Cullen Maxey
Executive VP, Business Operations & Chief Revenue Officer | Arizona Diamondbacks

Kevin McHolland
Partner | Ernst & Young LLP

Robert Micera
Micera Real Estate Investments LLC

James (Bubba) R. Moffett, Jr.
President | Crescent Crown Distributing LLC

Alfredo Molina
Chairman and CEO | Molina Fine Jewelers

Tim Muehlhausen
VP/Programming/Operations Manager | Entercom, Communications

Ryan Murray
Vice President | Crest Insurance

Scott Nance
Financial Advisor | Edward Jones

Rob Nawfel
President | Prisma Graphic

Steven Ortega
President and Chief Executive Officer | Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc.

Chris Owen
Community Volunteer

Amy Patel
Tax Partner | Deloitte Tax LLP

Bart Patterson
CEO | Clear Title Agency

Mark Peterson
President | Hot Tacos, Inc.

David Ralls
President | Commit Agency

William Rau
VP Surface Ship Warfare Systems | General Dynamics Mission Systems

Andrew Reese
Associate Director | HIS Markit

Michael Romano
Campus President | Universal Technical Institute (UTI)

Steve Ryan
Sr. Vice President, Business Development | Arizona Cardinals Football Club

Jody Sarchett
Executive VP/Sales | Lovitt-Touche Inc.

Meg Sassaman
Attorney | YAM Worldwide

Mark Schouten
Owner/President | Diversified Roofing

Shelly Sexton
Director, West Region | Microsoft Corporation

Kimberly D. Shepard
Market President | Cigna

Adam C. Singer
President | PITCO

Suzee Smith-Everhard
Director of Community Relations & TeleVideo | Cox Communications, Inc.

George Spelius
Business Development/Area Sales Manager | Safelite Auto Glass

Jim Stabilito
Sr. Vice President | Lockton Companies

Donna Tannatt
Tax Partner | Grant Thornton LLC

Tracy Taylor
Community Volunteer

Jeffrey Terrill
President | EXOS

Seth Tucker
Mortgage Advisor | Finance of America Mortgage

Jake Ulrich
Managing Partner | Arbor Wealth Management

Michael Vercio
General Manager | Able Aerospace Services

Diana Vowels
General Manager | Galvanize

Sean Waltz
SVP, Wealth Management Advisor | Merrill Lynch

Tom Wolf
Commercial Broker | West USA Commercial

Basil Zaidi
Corporate Banking Relationship Manager - Senior Vice President | BBVA

Metro Phoenix Past Board Chairs

Alfred Knight* 1946-1952

K.G. Bentson* 1953

I.G. Homes* 1954-1955

Robert W. Goldwater, Sr.* 1956-1957

L.C. Jacobson* 1958

Paul M. Thomas* 1959

Dell Trailor* 1960

Randall Barton* 1961

David Murdock 1962

Wayne Compton* 1963

Ray Adams* 1964

Charles A. Piercey* 1965

Malcolm Straus* 1966

Warner Gabel* 1967

E.M. (Charlie) Ray* 1968

Dwight McClure* 1969

Harry Rosenzweig* 1970-1971

Robert C. Livingston* 1972

Burton J. Lewin* 1973

Harry J. Cavanagh 1974

Dan L. Finch 1975

W.G. (Fred) Homes 1976

Michael Berry 1977

Thomas O’Malley* 1978

Robert V. Sabeck* 1979-1980

Burton S. Kruglick* 1981-1982

Donald E. Cline* 1983

Phillip A. Fingerhut* 1984

Landon L. Jarrett* 1985

Wm. Georgantos* 1986

Dick D. LeGore 1987

James J. Miller 1988

Jerry J. Wisotsky* 1989

Dean Enabnit* 1990

Edward Sucato 1991

R. Edward Duley* 1992

Larry L. Cummings 1993

Edward J. Robson 1994

John H. Gleason 1995

Chuck Artigue* 1996

Frank M. Placenti 1997

David Evans III 1998

Karlene Keogh Parks 1999

William H. Peltier 2000

David M. Wilder 2001

Jamie A. Brody* 2002

Bradley E. Kuluris 2003-2004

Diane E. Thorn 2004-2006

Patrick A. Ray 2006-2008

Jeffrey J. Goulder 2008-2010

Kimberly J. McWaters 2010-2012

Jeffrey H. Levinson 2012-2014

Ralph Marchetta 2014-2016

Kevin McHolland 2016-2020

*Deceased

East Valley Past Board Chairs

Nathan Cohen 1963

Lloyd B. Sharpsteen 1964

Ray Boyles 1965

Michael Goodwin 1966-1967

Ted Bredehoft 1968

Dr. Bill Lopiano 1969

Hut Hudson 1970

Bill Barks Jr. 1971

Gil Haskins 1972

Tom Boyle 1973

Bob Beatty 1974

Clair Lane 1975

Gary Johnson 1976

Frd Ackel 1977

Glynn Gilerease 1978

Doug Lyle 1979

Carol Royse – 1980

Gary Bird – 1981

Carol Smith 1982

Gary Bird – 1983

Carol Royse 1984-1985

Mel Laister 1986

Dave Bosserman 1987

Allen Goodman 1988

Linda Kelley 1989-1990

Glynn Gilerease 1991

Carol Murray 1992-1993

Glynn Gilerease 1994

Drew Meredith 1995-1997

Mike Neill 1998

Elaine Ryan 1999

Sandy Black 2000

Phi Nguyen 2001

Jay Friedman 2002-2003

Lana Hock 2004-2005

Jim Hayden 2006-2007

Cindy Creed 2008-2009

Lisa George 2010-2011

Shawn Duncan 2012

Scott Sasso 2013

Mike Neill 2013

Alfredo Dreyfus 2015

Deborah Walden-Ralls 2017

Chris Owen 2019

CEO’s

Connie Perez 2018-2019

Mark Hanke 2015-2018

Ramon Elias 1985-2015

Gary Yazwa 1978-1995

Paul Brown 1970-1978

Jay Peart 1969-1970

Ron Moore 1963-1969

2020-2021 Life Members

Wayne Allcott
Vice President - Arizona (retired) | Qwest

Gary Brown
President |Brown Group, Inc.

Larry Cummings (Past Board Chair)
Realtor | HomeSmart Real Estate

Warner A. Gabel, III
President & Designated Broker | Gabel Investments, Inc.

John Gleason (Past Board Chair)
Executive Vice President (retired) | New Nexus Holdings

W.G. (Fred) Homes (Past Board Chair)
Chief Executive Officer | Homes & Sons Contractors Inc.

George Long
Senior Advisor | Ross Property Advisors

Paul F. Muscenti
Chairman | Arizona Bank & Trust

Ronald (Saff) G. Saffer
Fiduciary | Saffer Wealth Strategies/Osland Financial Group

Don Tapia
CEO (retired) | ESSCO

2020-2021 Honorary Members

Herman Chanen
Chairman of the Board/CEO | Chanen Construction Co., Inc.

Jerry Colangelo
Partner | JDM Partners, LLC

Pearle Wisotsky Marr
Vice President | Marr Imperial Properties

Jerry Moyes
CEO/Chairman of the Board | Swift Transportation Co., Inc.

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We are proud to have earned a "Four-Star Rated Charity", the highest rating an organization can receive. This rating is described as "Exceeds industry standards and outperforms most charities in its Cause."