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Arizona Town Hall Officers, Board & Staff

Arizona Town Hall is governed by board of directors, representing a composite of leadership from Arizona's diverse occupations and interests. Board members are elected to two-year staggered terms.

Executive Officers


Greg Falls
Board Chair
Attorney, Sherman & Howard L.L.C., Phoenix


Daran Wastchak
Board Chair-Elect 
President, Insight Consulting Partners, Paradise Valley

Tara L. Jackson
President


Eric Marcus
Vice Chair 
Director, Social Determinants of Health & Grants Administrator, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona – Health Choice, Phoenix


Marisol Vindiola
Vice Chair 
Sr. Sales Digital Marketing Manager, Orange142, Tucson


Shelley Mellon
Secretary
Owner/Broker, R.L. Jones Insurance Services, Yuma


Deanna Villanueva-Saucedo
Treasurer
Associate Vice Chancellor, Center of Excellence in Inclusive Democracy, Maricopa Community Colleges, Tempe


Ex officio member

Standing committee chairs and vice-chairs also serve as ex-officio members of the Executive Committee.

Evelyn Casuga, Immediate Past Board Chair, Arizona Town Hall; Director, Community & Economic Prosperity, Center for the Future of Arizona, Casa Grande

Executive Committee 

The Executive Committee includes all Officers and the following board members. 

Barry Aarons
Owner, The Aarons Company LLC, Phoenix

Don Bischoff
Captain, Special Projects, Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, Kingman

Anna Chaulk
Line Siting Consultant, Arizona Public Service (APS), Phoenix


Holly Figueroa
Tribal Liaison, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona – Health Choice, Flagstaff

Demetry Simonton
Co-Founder, Northern Computing, Sierra Vista

Heath Vescovi-Chiordi
Director, Economic Development, Pima County, Tucson



Board of Directors

The Board of Directors includes all Officers, Executive Committee members and the following individuals.

AARONS, BARRY:   Owner, The Aarons Company LLC, Phoenix

ALLING, JACKY:   Sr. Fellow for Philanthropy, Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix

BISCHOFF, DON:   Captain, Special Projects, Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, Kingman

BOWLEG, VICTOR:   Program Manager, Dr. Laura Banks-Reed Center for Gender & Racial Equity, YWCA Southern Arizona, Tucson

BUCHER, ERIC:   Assistant Research Professor, The Children’s Equity Project, Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe

BURKE, CHRISTY:   Director of Land, Salt River Project (SRP), Phoenix

CASUGA, EVELYN:   Director, Community & Economic Prosperity, Center for the Future of Arizona, Casa Grande

CHAULK, ANNA:   Line Siting Consultant, Arizona Public Service (APS), Phoenix

DREW, TERI:   Regional Director, Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG), Prescott

EVANS, CORAL:   Northern Arizona Director, Office of U.S. Senator Mark Kelly, Flagstaff

FALLS, GREGORY:   Attorney, Sherman & Howard LLC, Phoenix

FIGUEROA, HOLLY:   Tribal Liaison, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona – Health Choice, Flagstaff

HENSIAK, WHITNEY:   Senior Specialist, Health Plan Communications, Molina Healthcare of Arizona, Phoenix

HEPHNER, ALLISON:   CEO/Director, Community Project Management Services Arizona (CPMSAZ); First Responder Liaison, Navajo & Apache County, Justice and Crisis Systems Care1st Health Plan/Arizona Complete Health, Show Low

JACKSON, SHOMARI B.: Project Director, YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix, Peoria

JONES, APRIL:   Senior Community Engagement Manager, Office of Community Engagement, Arizona Department of Economic Security, Phoenix

LETCHER, MIKE:   President/CEO of BridgeGroup LLC; Senior Associate, The Mercer Group Associates; Associate Professor of Practice, University of Arizona, Tucson

MARCUS, ERIC:   Director, Social Determinants of Health & Grants Administrator, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona – Health Choice, Phoenix

MEAKER, MATTHEW B.:   Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Sundt Construction, Tempe

MELLON, SHELLEY:   CEO, R.L. Jones Insurance Services, Yuma

PLACENCIA, HECTOR:   President, BRH2 Plastics, Tempe

SHEEHY, CAL:   Mayor, Lake Havasu City, Lake Havasu City

SIMONTON, DEMETRY:   Co-Founder, Northern Computing, Sierra Vista

TORRES, JENNY: Acting City Manager, City of San Luis, San Luis

VESCOVI-CHIORDI, HEATH:   Director of Economic Development, Pima County, Tucson

VILLANUEVA-SAUCEDO, DEANNA:   Associate Vice Chancellor, Center of Excellence in Inclusive Democracy, Maricopa Community Colleges, Tempe

VINDIOLA, MARISOL:   Sr. Sales Digital Marketing Manager, Orange142, Tucson

WASTCHAK, DARAN:   President, Insight Consulting Partners, Paradise Valley

WELCH, PATRICK:   Attorney, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Phoenix

Arizona Town hall staff

Tara Jackson

President

Alexandra Sedillo

Director of Publications & Communications

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