AGF Board of Directors

Gene D'Adamo

Gene D'Adamo, Chair
Vice President
Arizona Republic

Belen Gonzalez

Belen Gonzalez, Vice Chair
Program Officer - Arizona
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

Sandi Perez

Sandi Perez, Secretary/Treasurer
Vice President of Communications and Community Benefit
Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation.

Jacky Alling

Jacky Alling
Chief Philanthropic Officer, Arizona Community Foundation
Arizona Community Foundation

Julie Coleman

Julie Coleman
Executive Director, APS Foundation & Manager, Corporate Giving
Arizona Public Service

Sharon Foltz

Sharon Foltz
Community Relations Director
Tucson Electric Power Company

Michelle Gayles

Michelle Gayles
Vice President, Community Impact
Valley of the Sun United Way

Clint Mabie

Clint Mabie
President
Community Foundation for Southern Arizona

Cathy McGonigle

Cathy McGonigle
Executive Vice President
Flinn Foundation

Pat Miles

Patricia Miles
President
McMiles Foundation

Monica Nuvamsa

Monica Nuvamsa
Executive Director
The Hopi Foundation

Barbara Ryan

Barbara Ryan
Executive Vice President and COO
Helios Education Foundation

Cheryl Ruggiero

Cheryl Ruggiero
Director of Charitable Giving
Thunderbirds Charities

Ellen Solowey

Ellen Solowey
Program Officer
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

Kim VanPelt

Kim VanPelt
Associate Director
St. Luke?s Health Initiatives.


AGF Staff

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Marissa Theisen

Marissa Theisen
AGF President & CEO

Ms. Theisen currently serves as President and CEO of the Arizona Grantmakers Forum, an organization dedicated to providing networking, educational and collaborative opportunities for Arizona's private, community and corporate foundations and giving programs. She helped start the organization in Oct. 1999 and ran the organization on a half time basis until January 2005. Prior to joining AGF on a full time basis, Ms. Theisen served for 17 years as President of Win Win Creations, a management consulting firm specializing in team building, business partnerships, and win-win conflict resolution. As a consultant, she provided training and facilitation services for a variety of government, private sector and non-profit clients in the areas of teambuilding, conflict resolution, strategic planning, and leadership development.

In 1998-1999, Ms. Theisen served for 6 months as Interim Executive Director of the YWCA of Maricopa County. During this period, she oversaw the operations of an agency with 32 staff and a budget of $2 million. Before launching her own management consulting practice in 1988, she was employed by Wirth Associates, a Phoenix-based planning and design firm as a Public Involvement Coordinator. From 1976-1980, she was a staff member with The Conservation Foundation in Washington, D.C. serving as training coordinator for a variety of citizen involvement programs.

Ms. Theisen is an active community volunteer and has been an officer and Board member of numerous local non-profit organizations including Crisis Nursery, Self Employment Loan Fund, YWCA of Maricopa County, Junior League of Phoenix and Literacy Volunteers of Maricopa County. She's currently serves as a mentor for Quest for Kids, and earlier for Fresh Start Woman's Foundation and Phoenix Youth at Risk.

She is the co-author of two books dealing with the subject of Win-Win Conflict Replacement. Ms. Theisen has an M.B.A. from Arizona State University and a Masters in Regional Planning from Harvard University.

Kelli Solomkin

Kelli Solomkin
Manager of Programs and Member Services

Emma Schneider

Emma Schneider
Communications Manager