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Not so long ago, it was widely perceived that Tucson’s business interests were extremely fragmented. Business leaders and the various groups that represented them were believed to be working on their own individual priorities. Unified strategic goals for the community and a united voice for major initiatives seemed elusive. But that has changed as evidenced by major victories on a number of fronts over the last few years, including the revitalization of downtown and major employers locating and expanding in Tucson. One of the most important victories since 2000 was the establishment 40 BizTucson
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of the Pima County Regional Transportation Authority, which addresses traffic and transportation needs in the region. The 20-year-old Southern Arizona Leadership Council, formed in 1997 by a small group of prominent business people, has been a critical player in the evolution toward a more collaborative business climate. SALC is a CEO-led organization of 140 influential business and civic leaders whose mission is “to improve greater Tucson and the State of Arizona by bringing together resources and leadership to create action that will enhance the economic climate
and quality of life in our communities by attracting, retaining and growing high-quality, high-wage jobs.” “Our members are people who will do things to make the community better even if it doesn’t enhance their business or enrich them in some way,” said SALC CEO Ron Shoopman. “The various business groups in the region are working together better than ever before. While we compete on some things, if we all speak with one voice on issues of importance to the business community, we are far more effective.” The membership of SALC is a who’s who of influential business and non-
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of the Region profit leaders who not only drive Tucson’s economy and its philanthropy, but also build, maintain, nurture and grow grass-roots support for key community initiatives. SALC members are people who own or run organizations that build and sell our homes; loan us money; sell us cars and trucks; design and engineer our streets and highways; provide medical care; insure our assets; prepare our taxes; represent our legal interests; design websites; distribute the beer we drink; and produce precise missile systems for the United States military and its allies. The membership ranks of SALC are www.BizTucson.com
made up of a diverse group who positively influence Tucson. Their collective investments in people, innovation, technology, manufacturing, wealth creation and philanthropy are indisputable and substantial. Shoopman said those who join the organization do so because of what he calls a “greater-good gene” in their makeup. “SALC is a leadership organization that views issues through a business lens,” he said. “It employs research and fact-based decision-making to develop strategic policy important to Southern Arizona and the state.” Though SALC is viewed as an effec-
tive and visionary organization today, it was not an overnight success. It took a several years of long, difficult work before its accomplishments became apparent. Tucson water war of 1999
SALC’s first major victory came in 1999 when it led the effort to defeat a voter initiative known as Proposition 200, which would have restricted the city of Tucson from delivering its allocation of Colorado River water for residential usage. “SALC understood that an adequate supply of water was essential not only continued on page 42 >>> Spring 2018
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for life, but also for the region’s economic growth and vitality,” Shoopman said. The conflict pitted two auto dealers against one another: Bob Beaudry and Jim Click. Beaudry worked to get the measure on the ballot and was a public spokesman for its approval. Click, an SALC member, strongly opposed the proposal. Steve Lynn, a longtime SALC member who managed the campaign to defeat the initiative, recalled a discussion he had with Click that foreshadowed the initiative’s downfall. “Jim (Click) and I were having a conversation in the parking lot and Jim said, ‘I’m going to go after that initiative and beat it,’ ” said Lynn, a former utility executive and veteran campaign operative who now serves as chief strategy officer for Strongpoint Marketing. “I told Jim, ‘If you raise the money, I’ll run the campaign.’ Jim did what he said, and beating that proposition was a real turning point because it gave this community a vast water supply into the future that might not have been there had that proposition passed.” SALC leads transformative RTA election
In 2005, after multiple attempts over a 20-year period to pass a transportation funding bill for Tucson and Pima County, SALC led a successful, game-changing election campaign in which voters established the Pima County Regional Transportation Authority. The RTA is a $2.1 billion, 20-year plan that has resulted in completion of 785 transportation projects through 2017. The RTA was overwhelmingly approved after SALC built a large coalition of support among divergent interests, a strategy the organization has continued to employ to push its initiatives past the finish line. “SALC recognized that you had to get every stakeholder at the table – environmentalists, business people, transit people, highway people, neighborhoods – everyone had a voice,” Shoopman said of the RTA victory. “It took time and hard work, but we won by a 65-35 percent margin, which was a remarkable turnaround from previous elections.” Also remarkable, some have said, was the maestro performance of Shoopman, an SALC newcomer, in orchestrating the RTA victory in his first year on the job. continued on page 44 >>>
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By David Pittman The Southern Arizona Leadership Council grew out of a desire to bring together resources and CEO-level leadership to find solutions to critical strategic issues facing the region. Dissatisfied with the lack of a strong voice of business, Hank Amos, owner of Tucson Realty and Trust, Tucson’s oldest real estate company, began a discussion with six visionary business leaders. The seven are now credited as founders of SALC. Those founding members represented a broad segment of Tucson’s economy – Amos; Si Schorr, a partner in one of Tucson’s most prominent law firms; Larry Aldrich, then-president and CEO of Tucson Newspapers; Charles Bayless, president and CEO of Tucson Electric Power; David Wright, president of Arizona Bank; David Mehl, owner of Cottonwood Properties; and Greg Shelton, a VP at Raytheon Missile Systems. Conversations led to a series of meetings ultimately attracting 30 interested business leaders to the discussions. They shared a common theme – to form a group capable of using the influence, resources and leadership of local CEOs to create a vibrant economic environment and high quality of life in Southern Arizona. The group identified an emerging category of new organizations known simply as CEO leadership groups. The founders of SALC adopted the basic structure used by these new groups adding a unique Southern Arizona spin. The formula: limit membership to the senior leader of an organization, engage issues of strategic importance, remain fiercely non-partisan and conduct business in an ethical way with integrity and honesty in every aspect of its operation. Bayless was elected as the first chair of SALC and led the development of the www.BizTucson.com
vision and mission for the organization. Similarly, business leaders in Phoenix had started their own CEO leadership group several years earlier, and those leaders saw value in a potential partnership with the new Tucson-based group. They offered assistance as SALC began operations. Greater Phoenix Leadership immediately became a close ally and today SALC works closely with GPL and the newest CEO group in the state, Flagstaff’s Northern Arizona Leadership Alliance, for the good of all the communities and for Arizona. Reflecting back, Bayless said, “I had no idea that SALC would grow and prosper as it has, but I knew the time was right for a new leadership group and I had to be part of it.” SALC’s second chair, Aldrich, added, “We had some very difficult conversations in those early days and I wondered if we could keep the group together. In the end the members recognized what was at stake and today this community is far better off because we did.” “The diversity among the seven founding members of SALC was an important factor in making the organization successful,” said current SALC President Edward P. “Ted” Maxwell. “It is amazing to me that Amos, Aldrich, Mehl and Schorr, four of the original seven founders, continue as members of SALC today. The continuity they provide has served us well over the entire 20 years of SALC’s existence.” “SALC has done many wonderful things and made a lot of progress,” Amos said, “but there is still much to be done in many areas. Two of the most critical are building needed infrastructure and improving our business climate in order to attract more jobs.”
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SALC has often been invisible on efforts to better the community. A prime example of that is the genesis of the plan to revitalize downtown, create Downtown Tucson Partnership and form – and later re-form – Rio Nuevo. In the early 2000s, several prominent and influential SALC members – Click, Lynn, well-known real estate investor and developer Don Diamond and Louise Francesconi, who was then president of Raytheon Missile Systems – participated in a series of early-morning meetings aimed at breathing life into Tucson’s downtown. Much of the city core at the time was boarded-up and emptied out after work hours as government workers and lawyers headed for the suburbs. SALC launched the Downtown Tucson Action Team with the long-term goal of ensuring a successful revitalization of downtown. SALC played a role in the creation of the Downtown Tucson Partnership and invested time and energy into the early days of Rio Nuevo. “SALC was instrumental in encouraging the legislature to extend the Rio Nuevo tax increment financing out to 25 years and in making necessary changes on the Rio Nuevo Board which has done such a remarkable job in recent years,” Shoopman said. “A great deal of credit goes to Fletcher McCusker, the Rio Nuevo board chair and an SALC member who provided the outstanding leadership necessary for success. “SALC’s catalytic role in downtown revitalization in no way diminishes the great work done by many others to make downtown a great success,” Shoopman added. “Although SALC’s role was not visible, it was critical and a great example of SALC member influence helping address critical problems faced by our community.” MAP Dashboard brings visibility
SALC purposely did much of its work behind the scenes and did not seek attention for its efforts well into its second decade of existence. However, that has changed. “When I was hired back in 2005, the SALC board indicated they wanted results, not press clippings, and I was very comfortable with that,” Shoopman said. However, avoiding the limelight and lacking engagement with the general population created an image of SALC as something of a secretive society among many Tucsonans. In 2015, using the launch of the MAP Dashboard as impetus, SALC began engaging the public as never before. The organization built a new website, introduced a new logo and entered into continued on page 46 >>> www.BizTucson.com
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continued from page 44 a full-time contract with Strongpoint Marketing to assist SALC in becoming more open, visible and transparent. “Our membership recognized that to take SALC to the next level, we had to add a new dimension to what we were doing and engage the community more broadly,” said Lisa Lovallo, thenchair of SALC and Cox Communication’s highest-ranking executive in Southern Arizona. “I was often struck by the lack of community knowledge around the effort and resources SALC brings to solve big problems that impact the quality of life here.” MAP Dashboard – which stands for Making Action Possible for Southern Arizona – is a collaboration among SALC, the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, the UA and now the Pima Association of Governments. MAP Dashboard is a website built and operated by the UA Eller Economic and Business Research Center. It gives residents of Southern Arizona unprecedented access to continually updated, comprehensive economic and lifestyle data. It is intended as a tool that can be used by government officials and the general public to make more informed, fact-based policy decisions. The formation of SADA
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Another example of SALC’s ability to build strong and effective coalitions was its leadership in the formation of the Southern Arizona Defense Alliance, which is designed to support and protect military installations operating in the region. SADA is made up of a broad group of community and civic leaders, businesses, military-support groups, private citizens and elected officials not only from metro Tucson, but also from Fort Huachuca, Yuma and other areas of Southern Arizona. According to SALC, Southern Arizona’s six military assets provide more than 57,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs, and pump nearly $8 billion into the regional economy annually. Military installations in Southern Arizona include Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and the 162nd Fighter Wing of the Arizona National Guard in Tucson; the Arizona National Guard Silverbell Army Heliport in Marana; Fort Huachuca, the U.S. Army installation outside Sierra Vista; the Yuma Marine Corps Air Station, and the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground. “We took the organizational lead in creating SADA,” Shoopman said. “With the strong support of the Tucson Business Alliance – each committing $5,000 to initiate the project – SADA was born. It’s been sustained by the good work of our partners and many new members have joined the effort. “In forming SADA, our initial work was to counter a negative campaign against Davis-Monthan by a small group of Tucsonans who were sending messages of concern to Congress and to military decision-makers,” Shoopman said. “The net result was growing concern in Washington about the base of support for the military in Tucson and Southern Arizona.” Shoopman said SADA conducted a survey that demonstrated overwhelming support by Tucson residents for Davis-Monthan. “We took the survey results to Washington, D.C., and handcarried them to members of Congress and military leaders at the Pentagon,” Shoopman said. U.S. Sen. John McCain, a Republican from Tucson and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said SADA is “one of the nation’s best models for supporting a region’s military” he’s ever seen. continued on page 48 >>> www.BizTucson.com
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Many reasons for SALC’s success
Building coalitions and alliances with other business organizations – as well as government officials, nonprofit charities and all of Arizona’s universities – is a key strategy for SALC to achieve its goals and widen its influence. “Early in my SALC career, business groups didn’t talk to each other very often,” Shoopman said. “That has changed and SALC has been an agent stimulating alliances and cooperative agreements.” Yet there are many other factors that have contributed to SALC’s results. Those factors were outlined in an article contained in a 17-page publication titled “Twenty Years of Action & Impact,” which was distributed to SALC members at its 2018 Annual Meeting & Retreat in December at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort. The article, written by Jim Kiser, a former editorial page editor of the Arizona Daily Star who joined SALC’s staff in 2006, cited the following reasons for the group’s success:
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• A decision to keep SALC nonpartisan and non-ideological • Selectivity in undertaking projects or issues. SALC only takes on issues its members believe can realistically be attained. • A focus on what is good for the community and not just isolated business interests • An emphasis on getting things done without concern about who receives credit
• Dogged persistence, as demonstrated by SALC’s multi-year effort to change the Tucson Charter to clearly give the city manager authority to supervise city operations • A board of highly successful people who understand their role and the importance of hiring strong, highly capable executives to supervise the organization and its staff
Rick Myers, a former SALC president and board chairman, said what makes SALC unique is its strategic, long-term vision. “SALC has always been about economic development, better education and building a better community,” said Myers, a former IBM executive and the current CEO of Tempronics. “So, within that, we’re always focused on the issues that need to be taken care of right now from a tactical standpoint. “But what I love about SALC is it also has a strategic vision. It’s not just about what can I do for you today, but also what do we need to be accomplishing today in order to realize long-term goals.” Biz
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Members for the Partisan Priorities are Set Aside at SALC By David Pittman Members of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council say they take great pride in being part of the organization and universally praise its efficiency, leadership, vision, resources and success in making a difference on major issues within Tucson, Arizona and, at times, even nationally. They say they are honored to work and learn alongside the most successful business leaders in the Tucson region to make a difference – strictly to better the community and for strictly altruistic reasons. “I like talking to SALC members because it comes from them that they’re proud to be part of this organization,” said Rick Myers, CEO of Tempronics 50 BizTucson
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and a past president and board chair of SALC. “They’re proud not only because of what the group accomplishes, but how it accomplishes it. “SALC’s success is not due to any one person. Our success comes from the work we do together, the conviction we have and our ability to execute and win. SALC is made up of a group of winners.” One of those is Mike Hammond, a partner in Cushman & Wakefield|Picor, a leading Tucson commercial realty firm. Hammond said SALC’s future “is in good hands” and the organization “has broad respect in the community.” “Even those who take shots at us understand we are a force to be reckoned
with and they will need our support on certain issues,” said Hammond, also a past chair of SALC. “There’s no other organization like it in Tucson. It’s run efficiently and brings the right people to the table to discuss issues. As I get older, I don’t want to be in organizations that are irrelevant – and SALC is extremely relevant.” The current board chair, Greg White, CFO of Raytheon Missile Systems, said SALC is comprised of a diverse, “highintegrity” group of people who put improving the community ahead of their personal or partisan views. Decisions are for the overall good of the community and not for any one faction. “When you go to a board or memwww.BizTucson.com
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to me personally,” Lovallo said. “I’ve received a lot of good advice and support from members.” Cristie Street, managing partner of Nextrio, said she is pleased to be an SALC member because it provides her the opportunity to work alongside Tucson’s top business leaders while also helping improve the community. “SALC has an impressive membership of citizen leaders that get things done,” she said. “It offers me the chance to roll up my sleeves, work hard and learn from the best.” Edmund Marquez, owner of The Edmund Marquez Allstate Agencies and SALC member, echoed those sentiments.
“I’ve done a lot of work for nonprofit boards for many years, but I decided to get involved in something I’m passionate about – economic development,” Marquez said. “I firmly believe SALC is the room of rooms. Beyond the great individual members and the networking opportunities, we hear from the best. “I love the fact that the people in the room are decision-makers who have skin in the game and truly care about Tucson. I’ve gained many amazing relationships and a lot of insight into what is happening throughout the state.”
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It should come as no surprise that the board of directors of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council has perennially been made up of top leaders from top companies in the Tucson region. The current board is led by executives of two of Tucson’s largest employers. Chair Greg White is VP and CFO of Raytheon Missile Systems, and Vice Chair Judy Rich is president and CEO at Tucson Medical Center. Throughout its two-decade history, SALC’s board has consistently chosen high-quality staff leaders to manage and guide the organization throughout its various stages of development. In its 20-year history, SALC has employed five executive staff leaders. The first was Barbara Huffstetler, a former executive aide to a Pima County supervisor, who provided the skills needed to keep the fledgling organization alive during a period in which its members vigorously debated the mission and direction of the group. “Barbara did a good job putting things in place and getting it launched,” said Si Schorr, an SALC founder and senior partner at the law firm Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie. Huffstetler was succeeded by retired Marine Lt. Gen. Robert Johnston, who served as right-hand man to Army Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf when he commanded the Americanled forces that crushed Iraq in the
1991 Persian Gulf War. Johnston, the first of a trio of high-ranking military men to guide SALC, presided over the group’s first major victory – the defeat of Proposition 200, a voter initiative led by car dealer Bob Beaudry that would have restricted the city of Tucson from using its allocation of Central Arizona Project water for home delivery. “Gen. Johnston brought order to things and emphasized efficiency,” said Hank Amos, president of Tucson Realty & Trust and a founding SALC member. “We liked the military precision he brought to the organization.” Rick Myers became SALC president in 2003 and served in that capacity for two years. Myers now serves on the Arizona Board of Regents and as CEO of Tempronics, an early-stage, venture-backed technology company. He took the SALC position after retiring as VP and GM of IBM Tucson. SALC experienced consistent growth and continued progress during Myers’ tenure. Like Johnston, Myers continues to be an active member of SALC. On Jan. 1, 2005, Ron Shoopman, a retired Air Force brigadier general who served as commander of the Air National Guard’s 162nd Fighter Wing at Tucson International Airport, became president of SALC. Soon thereafter the organization hit its stride and has gone on a 13-year continued on page 54 >>> Spring 2018
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MAP Dashboard Today The MAP Dashboard Indicators project enters its fourth year with newly designed indicators, new measures, national recognition and growing success. The MAP Dashboard project’s overarching goal is to measure the progress of this region and inspire factbased action that results in a more successful and prosperous future for our community. The MAP Dashboard team at the University of Arizona Economic and Business Research Center works daily to execute this project. They have responsibility for developing trusted data that ensures credibility for the project. The MAP Advisory Board works with the MAP team to set goals and ensure that the project has the desired impact. The Advisory Board includes the University of Arizona, Southern Arizona Leadership Council, Community Foundation for Southern Arizona and Pima Association of Governments. In 2018 the MAP includes new indicators that display trend information as well as four new indicators – housing affordability, behavioral health, physical well-being and creative occupations. MAP Dashboard received national recognition for website excellence from the Association for University Business and Economic Research and from the Association for Public Data Users. Locally, MAP won a Common Ground award from Metropolitan Pima Alliance. MAP Dashboard also was one of three finalists for the Arizona Governor’s Celebration of Innovation in Academia Award. Most important, use of MAP Dashboard is growing locally, nationally and worldwide. MAP Dashboard website traffic grew 40 percent between January 2017 and January 2018. Government officials now cite MAP data during public-policy debates, nonprofits use the data to validate community needs they are working to address and business leaders, along with economic developers, are the using the data to make the case for their products and to convince companies to relocate to our region. UA President Robert Robbins said, “The MAP Dashboard is an amazing tool for our community and I am pleased to pledge my full support to the project.” View the MAP Dashboard at www.mapazdashboard.com 54 BizTucson
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continued from page 121 run in which it has achieved substantial and seemingly inexhaustible victories. During Shoopman’s tenure, SALC built a strong reputation as an influential business organization not only in Tucson, but across the state and in Washington, D.C. “When I started at SALC, we had 56 members, a tiny budget and a little two-room office,” Shoopman said. “We now have about 140 members and more revenue and resources at our disposal than ever before.” However, Shoopman and SALC President Edward P. “Ted” Maxwell downplayed their role in SALC successes, giving credit instead to the CEO membership they represent. “The effectiveness of SALC is not derived from our professional staff. It comes from the members. They drive the organization.” Maxwell said. “It is their reputation, influence, resources and direction that has allowed SALC to accomplish the great things it has done.” Largely because of SALC’s substantial membership and financial growth, and with an eye toward future succession, the organization’s board expanded SALC’s staff and installed a new leadership triumvirate at the beginning of last year. Maxwell, an SALC VP since 2013, was promoted to SALC president, succeeding Shoopman in January 2017. While
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Brought together various business groups and associations such as the Tucson Metro Chamber, Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities (now Sun Corridor, Inc.), Metro Pima Alliance and other area chambers and trade associations in collaborative business coalitions such as the Tucson Business Alliance and the Tucson Regional Water Coalition. The groups involved in these collaborative efforts have distinct individual missions, yet share a vision for economic vibrancy.
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SALC 2018 Policy Goals & Actions
Focus on Impactful Collaboration
The mission of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council is to improve greater Tucson and the state of Arizona by bringing together resources and leadership to create action that will enhance the economic climate and quality of life in our communities by attracting, retaining, and growing high quality, high-wage jobs. SALC continues the forward momentum that began 20 years ago by encouraging impactful collaboration by leadership in all sectors. These are the focus areas for 2018:
Governance Focus Area Co-Chairs: Ted Hinderaker, Si Schorr, Sarah Smallhouse
The Governance focus area engages governance issues both locally and statewide. Focus Area goals include efforts to correct structural deficiencies in governance as well as to support and prepare new leadership for elected office. The ultimate goal is efficient and effective governance for Southern Arizona and for the State of Arizona. Actions include: • Support a private-sector effort to make additional changes and improvements to the Tucson City Charter and Tucson election process. • Lead an internal evaluation of 2018 regional and state legislation, referendums and initiatives designed to improve the electoral process. • Support the development of candidates and civic leaders through partnerships with the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy, the Hispanic Chamber Candidate Academy and the Arizona Chamber Public Leadership Academy. 56 BizTucson
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• Lead an effort to raise awareness of business issues among the emerging leaders of Tucson Young Professionals and the Southern Arizona FlinnBrown Fellows who will receive an associate membership in SALC. • Support actions to improve the quality of school board members through regulatory/structural changes and board member training.
Innovation Economy Focus Area Co-Chairs: Paul August and Harry George
The Innovation Economy focus area pursues the development of high-tech, high-wage jobs for the region. It supports efforts in research, tech transfer, funding through Science Foundation Arizona and Fund of Funds and emerging technology like solar, and leads regional efforts in bioscience. Objectives: • Build Southern Arizona’s research strengths around bioscience technology.
• Nurture all sources of revenue, including venture capital, to build a critical mass of bioscience companies in Southern Arizona. • Build a talent base, through education and workforce development, that captures and retains Southern Arizona’s human resources. • Develop and maintain a business climate supportive of the biosciences and their growth in Southern Arizona. • Educate, inform, and spur to action opinion leaders and the general public on Southern Arizona’s future. • Develop the regional infrastructure to allow and support anticipated growth.
Healthcare Focus Area Co-Chairs: Nancy Johnson and Matt Wandoloski
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continued from page 56 healthcare community as an asset for building the economy and quality of life. SALC supported efforts to design and implement a functional Health Information Exchange for the state and worked with University of Arizona’s leadership to bring Banner Health into the community. Actions include: • Support efforts that promote and enhance the economic impact of healthcare through healthcare business attraction, retention and expansion. • Support Gov. Doug Ducey’s efforts to ensure that states have the resources to sustain the positive benefits realized through the expansion of Medicaid while transitioning to a new or improved healthcare system in 2018. • Work to increase the growth and impact of digital health initiatives in Arizona through its Bioscience Leadership Council of Arizona and Startup Tucson, the University of Arizona and Mayor Rothschild’s Healthcare Sector Partnership initiative. • Support legislation and efforts to sustain or increase the stability and affordability of healthcare for individuals and employers. • Explore the prospect of bringing together appropriate parties to expand the number of primary care Graduate Medical Education opportunities in Arizona. • Support legislation and efforts to expand the availability and use of advance practice primary care physicians’ assistants, nurse practitioners and registered nurses.
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• Support efforts to review gaps in the healthcare workforce to determine possible action to address any significant shortages.
Infrastructure Focus Area Chair: Tom McGovern
The quality of critical infrastructure directly impacts efforts within the state and the Tucson region to prosper economically and to build a high quality of life for its residents. This focus area is aimed at improving the regional infrastructure. Actions include: • Lead the Tucson Regional Water Coalition, engaging the private sector and governmental agencies to address local, state and federal water policy issues. This business group partnership is focused on regionalism and effective water management in the Tucson region. • Support the Land Use Vision Project, an outgrowth of the Tucson Regional Town Hall with the goal of developing a regional vision on land use. • Endorse and monitor the Regional Transportation Authority, Arizona Department of Transportation and Pima Association of Government Transit Initiatives. • Lead the Business Partners for Trade and Transportation to ensure the business community has a common voice and coordinated effort regarding the region’s infrastructure needs. • Lead the business community’s effort to identify and secure funding for the initial development and construction of Sonoran Corridor infrastructure connecting I-19 and I-10 south of Tucson International Airport. • Lead the business community’s efforts to identify and secure funding to complete the full buildout for SR-189. • Support the development of adequate infrastructure to facilitate increased commerce and trade with Mexico at the Mariposa Port of Entry, the Intermountain West Corridor/I-11 and the Sonoran Corridor, as well as rail needs.
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P-20 Education Focus Area
Co-Chairs: Rosey Koberlein, Steve Lynn and Donald Pitt SALC envisions a seamless and efficient P-20 education system that promotes outstanding achievement through high standards, a rigorous curriculum, accountability and community involvement. Only such efforts will ensure that all Southern Arizona children have the opportunity to reach their full potential. SALC’s major emphasis in K-12 education is support for Tucson Values Teachers, a program to attract, retain and support the very best teachers for Tucson’s children. SALC leads the Education Business Boardroom, a leadership idea exchange and development effort for K-12 District superintendents and SALC members. SALC endorses and monitors the Literacy for Life Coalition, UA Book Festival, P-20 Council, ABEC, RODEL AllA’s, Solutions Through Higher Education and Expect More Arizona. Actions include: • Partner with Tucson Values Teachers to attract and retain high quality teachers in every Southern Arizona classroom. • Lead the Education Business Boardroom, a leadership idea exchange and development effort for K-12 district superintendents and SALC members. • Engage Southern Arizona education leaders to better understand, and help them to address the challenges they face.
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• Secure funding for early childhood education and full-day kindergarten for students living in poverty by 2022.
• Secure increases in K-12 per-pupil funding moving Arizona into the third quartile of all states by 2025. • Secure funding for state universities at 50 percent of the cost to educate Arizona students by 2022.
Strategic Initiatives Committee
Co-Chairs: Bruce Dusenberry and Warren Rustand The Strategic Initiatives Committee develops the legislative agenda for SALC with recommendations for action on pending legislation, initiatives and referendums for Board consideration. The committee also screens ideas and requests for SALC support on topics not covered under one of the SALC focus areas. The Strategic Initiatives Committee functions as SALC’s legislative arm as well as the main portal through which new ideas for SALC involvement will be reviewed and evaluated, whether the ideas come from inside SALC or outside. The committee has four key purposes: • Evaluate and recommend action on new initiatives of strategic value to Southern Arizona and the state for SALC board consideration. • Evaluate requests for SALC support and forward any recommendations for action to the SALC Board. • Coordinate SALC’s response to proposed legislation and ballot initiatives that do not fall under SALC focus areas. • Monitor ongoing SALC initiatives that do not fall under one of the above SALC focus areas. Source: Southern Arizona Leadership Council 2018 Policy Goals & Actions
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Education Tops By David Pittman Now, more than ever, education is a priority of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council, which has a long history of championing the effort. “Education is the No. 1 issue among our members and it’s the No. 1 issue in the state right now,” said Ron Shoopman, CEO of SALC. “Parents are deeply concerned about their kids’ education. There is a growing discomfort among Arizonans that we are underfunding K-12 education.” A study released in January found Arizona’s education system woefully underfunded. The Quality Counts report by Education Week ranked Arizona in 50th place among the 50 states
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and Washington, D.C., for adjusted perpupil education spending. The study ranked Arizona in 46th place based on three factors: school finance, K-12 achievement, and chances for education success. SALC President Edward P. “Ted” Maxwell said school funding in Arizona is headed for a fiscal cliff because large revenue sources created by the passage of Prop. 301 and Prop 123 – which together provide about $600 million in school funding annually – are set to expire in 2021 and 2025, respectively. SALC is working with leaders around the state to renew both sources of capital.
Both Shoopman and Maxwell said action also is needed to solve a teacher retention crisis in the state. “Right now, 46 percent of new teachers are gone in three years,” said Shoopman. “They are leaving the profession entirely or going to other states. We started this school year with about 1,300 teacher vacancies, and in the first month 500 more quit.” Despite the dire outlook, both SALC leaders believe there is a real opportunity for education reform in Arizona and they want to be a part of it. Maxwell said Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is very much aware of the state’s K-12 challenges. He said SALC will
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work closely with the governor, the Arizona Legislature and other stakeholders throughout the state to forge a new path forward for Arizona education. “While many are critical of the amount of money Gov. Ducey put in his education budget, 80 percent of the new money he put in his overall budget went for education,” Maxwell said. “The governor recognizes that education is a priority and a great deal of momentum is building around it.” The group also is targeting an effort to expand opportunities for vocational training that leads to certifications and excellent career opportunities. Shoopman believes a majority of
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Edward P. Maxwell
Shelley Watson
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Pamela Speder
John Pedicone
Pamela Duncan Executive Assistant
Director of Economic Development
Director of Education Policy
Katherin Rogerson
Jim Kiser
Colleen M. Niccum
COO Tucson Value Teachers
Director of Governance
CEO Tucson Value Teachers
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Stan Abrams
Larry Aldrich
David Allen
Bonnie Allin
President SPA 550
Aldrich Capital
VP UA Tech Launch Arizona
President & CEO Tucson Airport Authority
Edward Altamirano
Hank Amos
Mara Aspinall
Bill Assenmacher
VP, Area Manager Chase Bank
President & CEO Tucson Realty & Trust Co.
President & CEO Health Catalysts
CEO CAID Industries
Paul August
Bruce Beach
Amy Beiter
Mark Benz
VP Biology Icagen
Chairman of the Board & Senior Advisor BeachFleischman
President & CEO Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital
CEO Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital
Carmen Bermudez
Fred Boice
Chairman & CEO Mission Management & Trust Co.
President Boice Financial Company
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SALC Members
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Kathy Bollinger
Don Bourn
Garry Brav
Zack Brooks
President, Arizona West Region Banner Health
President & CEO Bourn Companies
CEO BFL Construction Company
Associate Member Flinn Brown Fellow
Martha Brumfield
Don Budinger
Neal Cash
Rita Cheng
President & CEO Critical Path Institute
Founder & Former President Rodel Foundations
President & CEO Community Partners
President Northern Arizona University
Jack Clements
Jim Click
David Cohen
Mel Cohen
President The Clements Agency
President Jim Click Automotive
President BeachFleischman
Partner Mesch Clark Rothschild
Ann Costello
Jannie Cox
President Roche Tissue Diagnostics
CEO Meet Me Concepts
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SALC Members
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Joe Coyle
Michael Crow
Marcel Dabdoub
Pat DeConcini
Principal & Managing Director The Patrick Group
President & Professor Arizona State University
Principal CID Holdings
Principal 4-D Properties
Chris Denzin
Don Diamond
John D’Orlando
Rob Draper
VP, Operations CenturyLink
Chairman Diamond Ventures, Inc.
President & Publisher Arizona Daily Star
President O’Rielly Chevrolet
Jon Dudas
Allison Duffy
Michael Duran
Bruce Dusenberry
Sr. VP & Secretary of the Univesrity University of Arizona
President Silverado Technologies
VP/Chief Development Officer TMC HealthCare/TMC Foundation
President Horizon Moving Systems
Ali Farhang Partner / Owner Farhang & Medcoff
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Harry George
CEO Nuanced Media
Managing Partner Solstice Capital
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SALC Members
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Ryan George
Chris Gleason
Paulo Goes
David Goldstein
CEO Simpleview
CEO NextMed
Dean, Eller College of Management University of Arizona
President Diamond Ventures
George Gough
John Graham
Mike Hammond
Meredith Hay
Director, Government Affairs Monsanto Company
President & CEO Sunbelt Holdings
Chairman & CEO Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR
Professor, Physiology UA College of Medicine
Duff Hearon
Margaret Hepburn
Todd Hill
Ted Hinderaker
President Ashland Group
President & CEO Legacy Foundation of Southeast Arizona
VP, Region Manager Granite Construction Company
Partner Hinderaker, Rauh & Weisman
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Shawn R. Hollenbach
Mike Holmes
VP, Private Client Advisory Northern Trust Company
Associate Member Flinn Brown Fellow
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David Hutchens
Raena Janes
Lynette Jaramillo
Nancy Johnson
President & CEO Tucson Electric Power & UNS Energy Corp.
Owner RJ Homes Real Estate Group
CEO Casa de la Luz Hospice
CEO El Ro Community Health Center
Tim (TJ) Johnson
I. Michael Kasser
Thomas W. Keating
Chuck Kill
CEO HTG Molecular
President Holualoa Companies
President Trailhead Ventures
CEO Bedmart (retired)
Eileen Klein
Rosey Koberlein
George Krauja
Steve Lace
President Arizona Board of Regents
CEO Long Companies
Director Fennemore Craig
Executive VP Royal Automotive Group
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Lee Lambert
Taylor Lawrence
CEO Mister Car Wash
Chancellor Pima Community College
President Raytheon Missile Systems
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Mike Levin
John Lewis
Lisa Lovallo
Steve Lynn
Executive VP Port of Tucson/Century Park Research Center
President & CEO Commerce Bank of Arizona
Market VP for Southern Arizona Cox Communications
Chief Strategy Officer Strongpoint Marketing
Clint Mabie
Kevin Madden
Jill Malick
Dewey Manzer
President & CEO Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
CEO Madden Media
VP Business Banking Manager Wells Fargo Bank
President & CEO MicronView
Edmund Marquez
JP Martin
Ross McCallister
Nancy McClure
Agency Owner The Edmund Marquez Allstate Agencies
Associate Member Flinn Brown Fellow
Principal MC Companies
First VP CBRE
Fletcher McCusker
Michael McDonald
CEO Uaventure Capital
CEO Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
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SALC Members
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Ian McDowell
Tom McGovern
David Mehl
Dennis Minano
Vice President & Regional Director, Tucson Sundt Construction
Principal Emeritus / Consultant Psomas
President Cottonwood Properties
Vice Chair Sonoran Institute
Omar Mireles
Mark Mistler
Ed Moomjian
Tom Morgan
President HSL Properties
President, Southern Arizona BBVA Compass Bank
Partner Rusing, Lopez & Lizardi
President & CEO Grayline Tours / Citizen Auto Stage Co.
Rick Myers
Dan Neff
Phong Ngo
Allan Norville
CEO Tempronics. Inc.
Chairman of the Board M3 Engineering & Technology
VP General Plasma
Owner Norville Investments / Gem & Jewelry Exchange
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Tony Penn
Mitch Pisik
Donald Pitt
Jane Poynter
President & CEO United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona
President & CEO Pisik Consulting Group
Chairman of the Board Campus Research Corporation
CEO World View Experience
Jeff Prileson
Robert Ramirez
Manuel Ramos
Eric Renaud
Executive VP & CFO The Offshore Group
President & CEO Vantage West Credit Union
President & COO Asarco
President & CEO Pima Federal Credit Union
Judy Rich
Cody Ritchie
Dr. Robert C. Robbins
John-Paul Roczniak
President & CEO TMC HealthCare
President Crest Insurance Group
President University of Arizona
President & CEO University of Arizona Foundation
Bill Roe
Warren Rustand
Past Chairman Arizona Democratic Party
CEO Summit Capital Consulting
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Calline Sanchez
Michael Sarabia
Si Schorr
Jeremy Sharpe
VP, IBM Enterprise Systems Storage IBM
Principal / Designated Broker DESCO Southwest
Partner Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
VP, Community Development Rancho Sahuarita
Keri Silvyn
Marc Simon
Neil Simon
Anita Simons
Attorney Lazarus, Silvyn & Bangs
Partner Snell & Wilmer
Partner Venture West
Associate Member Flinn Brown Fellow
Sarah Smallhouse
Jim Smith
Teri Spencer
Nan Stockholm Walden
President Thomas R. Brown Foundations
Executive VP Empire Southwest
President & CEO Ephibian
VP & Legal Counsel Farmers Investment Co.
Cristie Street Managing Partner & CEO Nextrio
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Matthew Sweger
Principal Swaim Associates Architects
Partner Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
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Greg Taylor
Steve Touché
Richard Underwood
Kip Volpe
Regional VP of Community Affairs Cenpatico Integrated Care
President Lovitt & Touché
President AAA Landscape
VP/Treasurer Estes Company
Richard Walden
Dr. Eric Walk
Matthew Wandoloski
Greg White
Chairman, President & CEO Farmers Investment Co.
Chief Medical & Scientific Officer Roche Tissue Diagnostics
VP Strategy and Informatics Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
CFO, VP Finance Raytheon Missile Systems
Julie Williams
Jen Wong
Judy Wood
Bruce Wright
VP, So. AZ Division Southwest Gas Corporation
President Tucson Young Professionals
CEO Contact One Call Cente
Associate VP for University Research Parks Tech Parks Arizona
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