"As a university professor, I LIVE UNITED by helping students earn their college education and advanced degrees so that they can be successful in their careers and family lives. I work to help them understand the importance of giving back to those who are less fortunate. Having served on Mesa United Way's Community Allocation Committee, I learned first hand the importance of awareness and empathy to better serve as your Mesa United Way Board Chair. My name is Tom and I LIVE UNITED."
The volunteer Board of Directors provides leadership and sets policy for Mesa United Way. Board members act as stewards for the monies raised in our community, understand United Way's legal responsibilities, review existing policies and formulate new policies, review and approve the annual budget and audit, and review and approve community partner funding decisions.
Our Board of Directors represent every facet of community life. These hard-working people are invaluable to our community, both for their enthusiasm in raising money and their wisdom in assuring its distribution to those most in need.
Board Members are listed in alphabetical order.
Kirk Adams, The Adams Agency
Steve Adams, Alphagraphics
Brian Allen, Udall, Shumway, & Lyons, PLC - Ethics Officer*
Denny Barney, Landmark Companies
Steve Beck, COBE Development
Chris Brady, City of Mesa
Susan Carland, Realty Executives - Help Mesa Committee Chair*
Patrick M. Cassidy, Pollack Investments
Brent Cope, Arizona Regional Medical Center
Michael Cowan, Mesa Public Schools - Board Vice Chair *
Jim Crutcher, Berge Ford
Charlie Deaton, Mesa Chamber of Commerce
Sally Downey, Ph.D., East Valley Institute of Technology - Campaign Co-Chair *
Fred Edman, The Boeing Company
Mike Elliott, Nesbitt Contracting - Mesa Community Foundations Chair*
John G. Ford, Southwest Ambulance - Health Committee Chair*
John Giles, Law Office of John C. Giles, P.C.
Lillie Gould, The Palms on Southern - Self-Reliance Committee Chair*
Tony Ham, The Boeing Company
Alan Heywood, Americopy - Marketing & Communications Committee Chair*
Fred Himovitz, Himovitz Properties
Keith Hjelmstad, ASU Polytechnic
Michael Hughes, A New Leaf
Doug Johnson, Wells Fargo Bank
Hon. Kyle Jones, Mesa City Council
David E. Luna, Mesa Public Schools
Paul Maryniak, The Arizona Republic
Dea McDonald, DMB & Associates
Robert McNichols, Daedalus Real Estate Advisors LLC
Christian Mendivil, Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
Jeff Mirasola, Qwest Communications
Dave Palmer, Farnsworth Companies
Shouan Pan, Mesa Community College
Scott Perkinson, Perkinson Reprographics - Secretary *
Hon. Gary Pierce, Arizona Corporation Commission
Laura Robertson, Banner Heart Hospital
Paul Sanders, Business Journal
Thomas Schildgen, Ed.D., ASU Polytechnic Campus - Board Chair *
Gary Smith, Community Volunteer
John R. Soethe, Salt River Project - Community Investment Chair *
Hon. Scott Somers, Mesa City Council
Dean M. Taylor, Taylor Made Services PLLC
Grant Taylor, Empire Southwest LLC - Basic Needs Chair*
Wilford Taylor, Wilford L. Taylor, P.C.
Deanna Villanueva-Saucedo, Mesa Public Schools/MCC - Strategic Planning Chair*
David Wade, Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Ron Wells, Cox Communications
Lynn C. Westergard, Schmidt Westergard & Co. - Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair *
Mary Jo Whalen, Community Volunteer
Richard White, JacksonWhite Attorneys at Law
Ben Whiting, Whiting Dental
Jo Wilson, Mesa Community College at Red Mountain - Education Committee*
Chas Wirken, Gust Rosenfeld, PLC - Campaign Co-Chair *
John Wright, Larry John Wright, Inc.
Jan Zale, Leisure World Community Association
*Members of the Executive Committee
