Changing Lives. Building Futures. Your Donor Newsletter Summer & Fall 2015
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MARICOPA COMMUNITY C OLLEGES FOUNDATION Changing Lives. Building Futures. Your Donor Newsletter Summer & Fall 2015 10th annual Heroes of Education In This Issue event Honors Linda Mazon Gutierrez Heroes of Education page 1 and College Heroes CEO Message page 2 This year marked the 10th individuals, organizations The Campaign page 3 anniversary of the Heroes or companies who have Scholarship Update page 3 of Education Dinner which distinguished themselves by was held at the Sheraton in providing exceptional support Employee Recognition page 4 Downtown Phoenix on and/or service to one of the April 16, 2015. More than Colleges. Those honored at the Maricopa Gives page 5 440 community and business event include: The Honorable Student Spotlight page 5 leaders were in attendance Adolfo Gamez (Estrella this year and over $120,000 Mountain Community College), New Employees page 6-7 in scholarship funds Elizabeth Acord Maribito were raised (Gateway Community College), Student Success page 7 Linda Mazon Gutierrez, 2015 Hero of Education Dr. Ruth Tan Lim (Mesa Linda Mazon Gutierrez, President & CEO of the Community College), Glendale Rotary (Glendale Hispanic Women’s Corporation (HWC), was Community College), Warren Buxton (Paradise recognized for her personal and professional Valley Community College), Chief Kara Kalkbrenner commitment to support Maricopa Community (Phoenix College), The Honorable Harry Mitchell The Maricopa Community College students and educational opportunities. Ms. (Rio Salado College), Marshall Trimble (Scottsdale Colleges Foundation Gutierrez and the HWC have successfully partnered Community College) and Dr. Yvonne D. Montiel 2419 W. 14th Street with the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation (South Mountain Community College). Tempe, Arizona 85281 mcccdf.org since 2006 to provide scholarships for graduates of the Maricopa Community Colleges Achieving a Since its inception in 2006, the Heroes of 480.731.8407 College Education (ACE) program. Ms. Gutierrez has Education event has raised over $1 million served as the congressional and state legislative liaison on health care issues for the State of Arizona in scholarship funds to support Maricopa Request an on-line edition of the newsletter from leticia.graham- Health Care Cost Containment System for 25 Community College students. [email protected] years and prior to her retirement in 2007 from state government served as the liaison to the National “We are grateful for our community’s commitment Governor’s Association in Washington D.C. Ms. to build the scholarship support that we provide to Gutierrez is married to former State Senator Jaime students in the 10 Maricopa Community Colleges,” Gutierrez and together they have four children. said Dr. Steve Helfgot, CEO of MCCF. “This dinner MARICOPA is just one of the many fundraising efforts of our COMMUNITY Also recognized at a special ceremony prior to the Foundation, District and Colleges. It’s an investment COLLEGES FOUNDATION dinner were 10 College Heroes, one from each of not only in our students, but in the future wellbeing the Maricopa Community Colleges, representing and vitality of our community. “ “Breaking Up is 2015-2016 MCCF Hard to Do!” Board Members Executive Officers *Dr. Rufus Glasper Chancellor Do you remember that song? It was a big hit Chair Maricopa Community for Neal Sedaka in 1975, remember? If you Russell Johnson Colleges President & CEO do that’s pretty good . and you’re probably Merchants Information *Alfredo Gutierrez Solutions, Inc. Governing Board of “a certain age.” But if you remember that Member, Maricopa Vice Chair Community Colleges the first time he had a hit with that song was Ashley Kasarjian in 1962 you are REALLY of “a certain age”… Counsel Antonio Hampton Snell & Wilmer LLP Operations Director, probably somewhere around my age! Southwest Region Secretary Xerox Corporation Rodolfo Parga, Jr. So, by now you are probably wondering what the point is and what, in fact, this has to do Managing Shareholder *Johanna Haver Ryley Carlock & Governing Board with anything. I’ll tell you. Applewhite Member, Maricopa Community Colleges Treasurer David P. Kohne Stephanie Hertzberg As I write this I am three weeks from retirement, the conclusion of a 44 year career in Director Director, Business community colleges including 13 years with the Maricopa Community Colleges and seven KPMG LLP Development Smith Group JJR of those years as President & CEO of the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation. I am Immediate Past Chair Edmundo Hidalgo clearly of “a certain age,” and while my retirement has been long planned (with lots of exciting Heidi R. Schaefer President & CEO things on the horizon), nonetheless, “breaking up is hard to do.” Director, Corporate Chicanos Por La Taxes Causa, Inc. Salt River Project *Irene H. Kovala It’s not hard leaving the day-to-day grind of the work behind; I’ve been working for a long President & Chief President Executive Officer Glendale Community time. What’s hard is separating—at least to some extent—from the people who have so Dr. Steven R. Helfgot College enriched that work and made it so worthwhile, day-in-and-day-out, year-in-and-year-out, Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation Richard Loope and it is to those people that I want to say thanks. Founder & President Board of Directors HL Design Build, LLC Thanks, first, to all of you in our community, who support us, who make gifts to the Lydia A. Aranda Kirk McClure Co-Founder Director, Business Foundation and allow us to do the work that we do and create opportunity for students. BASC American Development Group McCarthy Building It’s obvious but true—we couldn’t do it without you. Companies Inc. Lynne Beyer Owner Chery Milovich And thanks to all those students, some who I’ve come to know and others who I have never Lynne Beyer Design Mainstream Marketing Inc. Services LLC met, who are hungry for educational opportunity, grateful beyond belief, for the support that Richard L. Boals *Dennis E. Mitchem they get from us and who often bring us to tears and always make us proud with what they President & CEO (Honorary Life accomplish in school and beyond. BlueCross BlueShield Member) of Arizona Dr. Ioanna Morfessis *Dr. Chris A. President A special thank you to all of those who have served on the Maricopa Community Colleges Bustamante IO.INC. President Foundation Board during my tenure. Your support has been a treasure. Your willingness to Rio Salado College Julie R. Rees push us has helped us to become a better organization. Your enthusiasm, your commitment, Principal *Dr. Donald R. Triadvocates your gifts of time, talent and treasure have inspired us all. Campbell (Honorary Life Linda B. Rosenthal Member) Retired Governing Finally, a profound and heartfelt thanks to my colleagues on the Maricopa Community Retired Governing Board Member, Board Member, Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation staff. Each has unique talents and skills, but individually and collectively Maricopa Community Colleges Colleges what they share is a passion for our mission, a deep devotion to helping students and a true Joellen Tenison Steve Curley Vice President, desire to make a difference. It’s hard to ask for more and it has been both an honor and a Executive Vice Administration & CFO pleasure to work with each and every one of them. President Health Services Western Alliance Bank Advisory Group *Dr. Paul Dale Misha Patel Terrazas Enough said; thank you all! President Area President, Paradise Valley Metro East Community College Wells Fargo Bank Arizona *Dr. Paul A. Elsner (Honorary Life Wendy Villa Member) Government Affairs Chancellor Emeritus Arizona Public Service Paul Elsner Associates Company Los Vientos, Inc. Deb Vosler Steven R. Helfgot, Ed.D *LeRoy M. Gaintner Senoir Business (Honorary Life Analyst President and CEO Member) Discount Tire CPA/Managing Partner Staff Gaintner, Bandler, Reed & Peters PLC Mary O’Connor Executive Vice *Dr. Eugene Giovannini President & Chief President Operating Officer Maricopa Corporate College *Ex Officio 2 The Power of Determination Angie Rose dropped out of school in scholarship her last year at the college. Advisory Board for the Nina Mason 8th grade. She did not attend high She decided she was going to go to Pulliam Scholarship. ASU, but did not apply for the Nina school and had her first of 5 children Mason Pulliam Passport Scholarship Angie is motivated by goals and is at the age of 17. She is a single mother. because she felt there were others more not happy if she is not on her way to worthy than her to get it and also felt achieving something or heading towards At 30, she went she had only had it for one year so she a goal. Her advice to other students in back to school. wouldn’t be qualified. Eventually, the similar situations is to find what drives She enrolled Scholarship committee contacted her to you and that failure is not an option. originally at find out why she didn’t apply – and they You should have no choice than to be Phoenix College made it happen when a spot became successful. but withdrew. available. For the future, Angie says she wants to She enrolled Angie spent 3 years at ASU, while stay with Maricopa Community Colleges. again, at still working at GateWay (and raising She wants to work with communities GateWay CC and got 2 B’s which gave 5 children) and got her degree in guiding them towards education. She’s her the confidence to move ahead with Psychology. She then became a Board passionate about low socio economic her education. Approved employee at GateWay for areas and wants to make people aware the Student Services department of the opportunities and resources that Angie participated in the GateWay Work/ (Professional Status). She is half way are available. She feels there is a lot of Study Program in their Financial Aid through her graduate degree at Grand untapped talent out there and everybody Department.