Dynamic FEBRUARY 14, 2014 25 Valley leaders highlight diversity in careers, personalities WOMEN in BUSINESS SPONSORED BY 18 PHOENIX BUSINESS JOURNAL DYNAMIC WOMEN IN BUSINESS Laura CAPELLO ...................................................................................................................19 President and CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona Tamara CARAWAY ..............................................................................................................19 Executive vice president, Hunt & Caraway Architects Kimberly COX ...................................................................................................................20 CEO, Hildeez Recovery Garments Mary Ellen DALTON ..........................................................................................................20 Chairwoman, president and CEO, Health Services Advisory Group Susan DE QUELJOE ............................................................................................................. 21 Senior associate for marketing and communications, Girl Scouts — Arizona Cactus-Pine Council Susan EASTRIDGE .............................................................................................................. 22 Co-founder and CEO, Concord Eastridge Inc. Silvana Salcido ESPARZA ................................................................................................ 23 Owner and chef, Barrio Cafe and Barrio Queen Joyce GROSSMAN ............................................................................................................... 22 Executive director, Arizona Association for Economic Development Lea HABEN .................................................................................................... 24 Founder and CEO, SmartFem Arizona Leezie KIM .......................................................................................................................... 24 Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP Eileen KLEIN ...................................................................................................................... 25 President, Arizona Board of Regents Sheila KLOEFKORN ............................................................................................................ 25 Founder, president and CEO, KEO Marketing and ActionCoach Arizona Erin LEWIN ......................................................................................................................... 26 Senior vice president and general counsel, Avnet Inc. Lori LINDER ........................................................................................................................ 28 Chief operating officer, MomDoc Tammy McLEOD ................................................................................................................ 26 Vice president and chief customer officer, Arizona Public Service Co. Jane MORRIS .......................................................................................................................27 Executive director, Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport Authority Bettina NAVA ..................................................................................................................... 29 Partner, FirstStrategic Lauren ROSENBLUM ......................................................................................................... 29 Communications manager, Sprouts Farmers Market Melissa SANDERSON .........................................................................................................30 Vice president for international affairs, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Adelaida SEVERSON ..........................................................................................................31 President and CEO, Bushtex Inc. 4 Gayle SHANKS .....................................................................................................................31 Co-founder and co-owner, Changing Hands Bookstore 4 Jenny Holsman TETREAULT ............................................................................................ 32 Corporate counsel, Rural/Metro Corp. Jackie THOMPSON ............................................................................................................. 32 Community affairs and grassroots manager, Southwest Airlines Co. Kate WELLS ........................................................................................................................33 Co-founder, president and CEO, Children’s Museum of Phoenix 4 Robyn YOUNG ....................................................................................................................33 Executive vice president for marketing and communications, RED Development LLC 4 MENTORING MONDAY TO LAUNCH ...................................................................34 ‘Business Journal’ parent company develops national women’s speed-coaching event STAFF Project editor: Kat Bryant Project designer: Joel Chadwick Photo editor: Jim Poulin Editorial contributor: Jo Pullen NOTE: All photos of our winners were provided by them, unless noted otherwise. R EDITOR’S NOTE: To find our Dynamic Women in Business, we asked local business leaders — both male and female — to share the names of women who are shaping the growth of their companies or organizations, and of the community as a whole. We were looking for women who have the power to make command decisions within quarles-&-brady-llp their organizations; mentor those who will follow them; and lead the way in philanthropic and civic endeavors. quarlesandbrady We received more than 100 recommendations, which were researched quarlesandbrady and narrowed to a group of about 35. From there, an advisory panel including Phoenix Business Journal Publisher Don Henninger and Editor Ilana Lowery developed the final list of 25 women to be recognized this year. FEBRUARY 14, 2014 DYNAMIC 19 WOMEN IN BUSINESS rchitect Tamara Caraway has more than 33 years of experience in architectural planning and design. She co-founded Hunt & Caraway AArchitects in 1994 and became president in 2004. She took a position with another local firm in 2008, but later returned to Hunt as executive vice president. Caraway also is president of Leadership West, board vice president-business for the Arizona Business and Education Coalition, and past president of the Council for Educational Facility Planners International. BUSINESS PERSONAL Three words about the work you do: Three people you’d invite to your Creative, satisfying and humbling dream dinner party: Leonardo da Your No. 1 business goal for this year: Vinci, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Dynamic impact to communities Reagan Which social networks you A quote to live by: “If your actions use for business: LinkedIn inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, Your first role model: My you are a leader.” — mother John Quincy Adams Laura Your greatest One item on your business fridge door: A influence: My handmade “thank CAPELLO husband. He you” from my President and CEO has always 2.5-year-old grandson been an Big Brothers Big Sisters entrepreneur. The background image of Central Arizona you chose for your computer or Best advice mobile device: A mountain view from you’ve received: my motorcycle on Highway 4 through Smile and be yourself. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway in the Sierra One thing you’ve learned through Nevada Mountains in California aura Capello oversees one of the nation’s largest Big Brothers Big Sisters experience that could help other One guilty pleasure: A day just to organizations, serving more than 1,500 youth across Maricopa and Gila women in business: Put others at ease myself and be genuinely interested in them. counties. She took the reins in December 2012 after serving for nine What’s in your Twitter feed: I don’t L Biggest career home-run to date: Twitter years in other positions there. Previously, she handled community relations I did not have a female mentor as a What you most look forward to each at the ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation and young architect, so I had to create my own way. Now I can speak to day on Facebook: I don’t Facebook was a marketing consultant. She also is active with the Leadership Institute young ladies aspiring to be architects Favorite home-cooked dish: Stuffed and Suns Charities 88, among other groups. The mother of three enjoys or engineers with confidence and shells from scratch, including the pasta participating in endurance sports such as cycling and running, and has knowledge that they can be successful Favorite charitable cause or in these fields. organization: Education foundations completed seven half-marathons. One career regret: Not asking more and animal shelters questions and taking more risks when I Your personal muse or inspiration: BUSINESS PERSONAL was young and just starting my career. God’s architecture married with I was afraid of the “girl with the stupid people’s needs Three words about the work you do: Three people you’d invite to your question” syndrome. Change, inspire and impact dream dinner party: President Barack Your No. 1 business goal for this year: Obama; Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, I would like to be able to offer raises to Priscilla; and Pope Francis our staff, who have worked so hard for A quote to live by: “be the change so many years. that you want to see in the world.” — Three websites you have Mahatma Gandhi Tamara bookmarked at the office (not One item on your fridge door: including your own company’s site): Quotes and photos CARAWAY Valley Leadership, AZ