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96th Arizona Town Hall April 25-28, 2010 • Tucson, Arizona Building Arizona’s Future: Jobs, Innovation & Competitiveness Background report coordinated by The University of Arizona Eller College of Management 2010-2011 ARIZONA TOWN HALL OFFICERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, COMMITTEE CHAIRS, AND STAFF OFFICERS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EX OFFICIO BRUCE L. DUSENBERRY STEVEN BETTS The Officers and the following: JOHN HAEGER Board Chair Vice Chair (Administration) LISA ATKINS JIM CONDO RON WALKER CAROL WEST GILBERT DAVIDSON Board Chair Elect Secretary LINDA ELLIOTT-NELSON KELLIE MANTHE DENNIS MITCHEM HANK PECK Vice Chair (Programs) Treasurer PAULINA VAZQUEZ MORRIS KIMULET WINZER BOARD OF DIRECTORS SAUNDRA E. JOHNSON DAVID SNIDER Principal, HRA Analysts, Inc.; Fmr. Executive Vice Member, Pinal County Board of Supervisors; Ret. City KAREN ABRAHAM President, The Flinn Foundation, Phoenix Library Director, Casa Grande Senior Vice President, Finance, Blue Cross Blue LEONARD J. KIRSCHNER JOHN W. STEBBINS Shield of Arizona, Phoenix President, AARP Arizona, Litchfield Park Controller, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Higley ROB ADAMS JOHN E. KITAGAWA PRISCILLA STORM Mayor, City of Sedona Rector, St. Phillip's in the Hills Episcopal Church, Vice President, Public Policy & Community Planning, LARRY ALDRICH Tucson Diamond Ventures, Inc., Tucson President and CEO, University Physicians Healthcare, ARLENE KULZER ALLISON SURIANO Tucson Former President & C.E.O., Arrowhead Community Associate, Kennedy Partners, Phoenix LISA A. ATKINS Bank, Glendale GREG TOCK Vice President, Public Policy, Greater Phoenix JOSEPH E. LA RUE Publisher and Editor, The White Mountain Leadership; Board Member, Central Arizona Project, Executive Vice President, Sun Health; CEO, Sun Independent, Show Low Litchfield Park Health Partners; Attorney, Sun City PAULINA VAZQUEZ MORRIS STEVEN A. BETTS THOMAS LARGO Fmr. Deputy Director and General Counsel, Arizona Ret. President & C.E.O., SunCor Development Co.; Councilmember, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Department of Administration; Candidate for United Attorney, Tempe Community, Scottsdale States House of Representatives, Phoenix VICTOR BOWLEG GORDON LEWIS DANIELLE VIOLA Mediator, Family Center of the Conciliation Court, Attorney; Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C., Phoenix Attorney, Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P., Phoenix Pima County Superior Court; Adjunct Faculty, Pima LISA LOVALLO RICHARD S. WALDEN Community College, Tucson Vice President and Systems Manager, Cox President, Farmers Investment Co., Sahuarita TERESA BRICE Communications, Southern Arizona, Tucson RON E. WALKER Program Director, Phoenix Office of Local Initiatives KELLIE B. MANTHE Mohave County Manager, Kingman Support Corporation (LISC), Phoenix Senior Vice President, Market Development Manager, CATHY WEISS LORI BURRESS Bank of America, Phoenix Director, Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts, Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, Mt. Graham JOHN C. MAYNARD Wickenburg Regional Medical Center, Safford Member, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, CAROL W. WEST EVELYN CASUGA Nogales Community Volunteer; Former City Council Member General Manager, Community Development and FRANCES MCLANE MERRYMAN (Ward II), Tucson Customer Offices, Arizona Public Service Co., Casa Vice President and Senior Wealth Strategist, Tucson JEFF WILLIAMSON Grande Catalina Foothills Office, Northern Trust Bank, Tucson President, The Arizona Zoological Society, Phoenix GLORIA CHAVEZ BENJAMIN H. MILLER KIMULET WINZER Teacher, Adams Elementary School, Mesa Unified Manager, Real Estate & Investments, Miller Bros., Chief Compliance Officer, Arizona Physicians IPA, School Dist., Mesa L.L.C., Sedona Phoenix ARLAN COLTON DENNIS E. MITCHEM COREY WOODS Planning Director, Pima County Development Director, Corporate Relations, Northern Arizona Tempe City Councilmember; Director of College and Services, Tucson University, Phoenix Career Articulation, Phoenix Union High School GILBERT DAVIDSON MARK NEXSEN District, Tempe Town Manager, Marana Mayor, Lake Havasu City ERIC F. DESCHEENIE KAREN NICODEMUS EX OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS Legislative Staff Assistant, Navajo Nation - Office of Ret. President, Cochise College, Sierra Vista SHIRLEY AGNOS the Speaker, Window Rock ALBERTO OLIVAS President Emerita, Arizona Town Hall DIANA YAZZIE DEVINE Director, Center for Civic Participation, Maricopa JAN BREWER Chief Executive Officer, Native American Connections, Community Colleges, Mesa Governor of Arizona, Phoenix Phoenix PAUL R. ORME MICHAEL M. CROW TRINITY DONOVAN Attorney, Mayer President, Arizona State University, Tempe Executive Director, Chandler Christian Community MICHAEL J. ORTEGA JOHN HAEGER Center; City Council Member, Chandler Cochise County Administrator, Bisbee President, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff SHAWN DRALLE Julie Pastrick ROBERT N. SHELTON Investment Banker, RBC Capital Markets, Phoenix Chief Executive Officer, Flagstaff Chamber of President, University of Arizona, Tucson BRUCE L. DUSENBERRY Commerce, Flagstaff President, Horizon Moving Systems; Attorney, Tucson HANK PECK COMMITTEE CHAIRS/VICE CHAIRS LINDA J. ELLIOTT-NELSON Certified Financial Planner, TCI Wealth Advisors, Inc., FINANCE/AUDIT: Larry Lange Dean of Instruction, Arizona Western College, Yuma Tucson COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING: Ivan GREGORY W. FALLS STEVE B. PERU Johnson/David Howell Attorney, Sherman & Howard, Phoenix Coconino County Manager, Flagstaff DEVELOPMENT: Art DeCabooter MARY GRIER KATHRYN PROCHASKA LAW FIRMS: Gordon Lewis/Sheryl Sweeney Assistant City Attorney, Phoenix Chair, Yuma County Board of Supervisors (Dist. 3), CORPORATE: Len Kirschner/Roc Arnett KATHY HAAKE Yuma PUBLIC ENTITIES/EDUCATION: Art DeCabooter Ret. Manager, Human Resources, Salt River Project, LETICIA RAMIREZ SOUTHERN ARIZONA/TUCSON: Gilbert Davidson Phoenix Vice President, Advocacy, Government and HUMAN RESOURCES: Chip U’Ren ROBERTA HOFFMAN Community Relations, Carondelet Health Network, MEMBERSHIP: Edith Auslander/Dennis Mitchem Owner, Beaver Insurance Agency; Former Mayor, Tucson NOMINATING: Jamie Matanovich/Mike Harris Parker EVERETT RHODES RESEARCH: Warren Prostrollo/Jay Kittle KIM HOLAWAY Director, Project CENTRL, University of Arizona, Casa TECHNOLOGY: Toby Payne Town Councilmember; Ret. Administrator, Marana Grande TRAINING: Greg Falls/Mary Grier Unified School Dist., Eagar FERNANDO SHIPLEY ROBERT F. INGOLD Mayor, City of Globe; Agent, State Farm Insurance, STAFF President & Owner, Sun River Investment Properties, Globe TARA JACKSON, President L.L.C., Yuma SARAH BROWN SMALLHOUSE BRIDGET COSTELLO, Director of Development JAMES G. JAYNE President, Thomas R. Brown Family Foundation, LUZ MADRID, Exec. Assistant—Office Operations Navajo County Manager, Holbrook Tucson DEBBIE STANHOPE, Website and Publications ROY STANHOPE, Accounting Ninety‐Sixth Arizona Town Hall April 25‐28, 2010 Building Arizona’s Future: Jobs, Innovation & Competitiveness Background Report Prepared by The University of Arizona Robert N. Shelton, President Eller College of Management Paul R. Portney, Dean The Outreach College Michael A. Proctor, Dean College of Social and Behavioral Sciences John Paul Jones III, Dean Project Coordinator Vera Pavlakovich‐Kochi Eller College of Management, Economic and Business Research Center Editors Vera Pavlakovich‐Kochi Jen E. McCormack Authors Alberta H. Charney Thomas Combrink Stephen Cornell Erik Glenn Ronald J. Gunderson Jim Holway Dan Hunting Miriam Jorgensen Gail Lewis Jen E. McCormack Lora Mwaniki‐Lyman Ben Lyon William P. Patton Vera Pavlakovich‐Kochi Jeffrey Peterson Tom R. Rex Jim Rounds James Tamerius Marshall J. Vest Andrea Whitsett Arizona Town Hall Research Committee Warren Prostrollo, Chair Jay Kittle, Vice Chair Arlan Colton Darryl Dobras Bruce Dusenberry, ex officio Susan Goldsmith Jim Holway Tara Jackson, ex officio Anna Jolivet Kathleen Lee Robert Matia Elizabeth McNamee Elliott Pollack Everett Rhodes Scott Rhodes Fred Rosenfeld David Snider Joe Snell Suzanne Taylor Cathy Weiss Devan Wastchak The Arizona Town Hall gratefully acknowledges the support of sponsors who understand the importance of convening leaders from throughout the state to develop consensus-based solutions to critical issues facing Arizona. Our sincere thanks are extended to the sponsors of the 96th Arizona Town Hall. Contributing Sponsor Collaborating Sponsors Supporting Sponsors Civic Sponsors Associate Sponsors August 2010 February 2010 The 96th Arizona Town Hall convened in April 2010 to develop consensus recommendations addressing our state’s economic development opportunities. The full text of these recommendations is contained in this final report. An essential element to the success of these consensus-driven discussions is the background research report that is provided to all participants before the Town Hall convenes. The University of Arizona Eller College of Management coordinated this detailed and informative background material and it provides a unique resource for a full understanding of the topic. Very special thanks go to Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi who spearheaded this effort and served as a contributing author, marshaled top talent to write individual chapters, and ensured all deadlines were met. For sharing their wealth of knowledge and professional talents, our thanks also go to the many authors who contributed to the report. The 96th Town Hall was made possible through the financial assistance of our generous sponsors, which included Contributing Sponsor Arizona Public Service; Collaborating Sponsors Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona and Freeport-McMoRan