Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Conference Center at Rio - Rio Salado College, 2323 W. 14th St., Tempe, AZ 85281 | Online through Zoom

• Rural Arizona—Kimber Lanning, CEO & Founder, Local First Arizona
• Creating Arizona's Vision for the Future—Chris Kline, President and CEO, Arizona Media Association + Arizona Local News Foundation
• Civic Education and Education—Tara Bartlett, Clinical Assistant Professor, Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation, Arizona State University

Community Town Halls will also be held on the chosen topic. These smaller sessions will tap into communities across the state in order to capture input from Arizona's many diverse perspectives. 

Click here for more information on the 2025 topic Building Arizona's Workforce. The topic chosen for 2026 is Housing. Click here to see previous Town Hall topics and their reports.

During the program will be the presentation of the 2025 Shirley Agnos Arizona Town Hall Legacy Award to recipients Evelyn Casuga and Suzanne Pfister.

Evelyn Casuga, Director, Community & Economic Prosperity, Center for the Future of Arizona

Evelyn Casuga serves as Director of Community and Economic Prosperity for the Center for the Future of Arizona part time and is on the Central Arizona College Governing Board. In addition to volunteering with Arizona Town Hall, her civic activities include board service with Arizona Capital Source, Filipino American National Historical Society-AZ, Growth Partners Arizona, Local First Arizona, and Pinal Alliance for Economic Growth. Evelyn retired from APS after 25 years, served nearly ten years in municipal government, and has now over 10 years in the non-profit sector.

Suzanne Pfister, President and CEO, Vitalyst Health Foundation

Suzanne Pfister is the President and CEO of Vitalyst Health Foundation, a public foundation focused on Arizona health policy, technical assistance for nonprofits and strength-based community engagement and systems change.

Suzanne has a Master’s Degree in Public and Environmental Affairs from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/Urban Studies from Occidental College. She currently serves as the Community Town Halls Committee Chair for Arizona Town Hall, as well as on the board of directors for Greater Phoenix Leadership and the Maasai Education, Research, and Conservation Institute.

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