A crowd of nearly 500 people packed Chateau Luxe in Phoenix Thursday night to honor Az Business and AZRE magazines’ Most Influential Women in Arizona Business.
“The Most Influential Women issue of both magazines is easily our most popular issue of the year,”said AZ Big Media Publisher Cheryl Green. “This year, we had more than 2,000 women under consideration and chose 50 influential women, five Generation Next women to watch and 12 groundbreakers in commercial real estate.”
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Green said all the women featured have earned influence in their respective fields through demonstrated track records of profitability, leadership and innovation.
The women selected to the 2015 list for 2015 and honored Thursday were:
Amy Abdo, director, Fennemore Craig
Jennifer Anderson, senior vice president and regional manager, Wells Fargo
Karen Anderson, researcher, ASU’s Biodesign Institute
Lauren Bailey, founder, Upward Projects
Glynis Bryan, CFO, Insight Enterprises
Rita Cheng, president, NAU
Judith S. Gordon, associate professor and associate head for research at the University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine
Alisa Gray, shareholder, Tiffany & Bosco
Sue Hasenstein, BMO Harris Bank
Melissa Ho, Polsinelli
Bo Hughes, CFO and COO, Pinnacle Bank
Veronique James, CEO, The James Agency
Isabelle Jazo, senior vice president of strategy, LaneTerralever
Carolyn J. Johnsen, Dickinson Wright
Eileen Klein, Arizona Board of Regents
Rosey Koberlein, CEO, Long Companies
Becky Kuhn, executive vice president, Banner Health
Betsy Kuzas, chief operating officer, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Michelle Lawrie, economic development director, Goodyear
Nona Lee, SVP and general counsel, Arizona Diamondbacks
Hope Leibsohn, member, Sherman & Howard
Stacey L. Lihn, Gallagher & Kennedy
Tina Machado, president, CodeRed-I
Carol May, president, Wisdom Natural Brands DBA SweetLeaf
Sara McCoy, first female to manage a power plant for SRP
Erica McGinnis, president and CEO, AIG Advisor Group
Tammy McLeod, vice president, APS
Rose Megian, president and CEO, Health Net of Arizona
Dion Messer, general counsel – intellectual property, Limelight Networks
MaryAnn Miller, senior vice president, Avnet
Ioanna Morfessis, president, IO.Inc.
Harriet Mountcastle-Walsh,VP and General Counsel, Honeywell
Annette G. Musa, Arizona market president, Comerica Bank
Christine Nowaczyk, senior vice president, Bank of Arizona
Deborah Pearson, Arizona State Credit Union
Susan Pepin, president and CEO, Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust
Suzanne Pfister, president and CEO, St. Luke’s Health Initiatives
Christina Roderick, principal, REDW
Patricia Rourke, market president, Bankers Trust
Lisa Sanchez, COO, The CORE Institute
Adelaida V. Severson, president and CEO, Bushtex
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-AZ 9th District
Sherri Slayton, Alliance Bank of Arizona
Wendi A. Sorensen, Burch & Cracchiolo
Molly Stockley, vice president of hospital growth, CTCA
Cathy Valenzuela, president, Arizona Business Bank
Kimberly Van Amburg, CEO, Casino Del Sol Resort
Cheryl Vogt, managing director, Marsh
Cynthia Walter, president, BAGNALL
Lori L. Winkelman, Quarles & Brady LLP
The groundbreakers selected from the commercial real estate world were:
Kathy Bollinger, executive vice president of University Medicine, Banner Health
Danielle Casey, economic development director, City of Scottsdale
Cindy Cooke, senior executive vice president, Colliers International
Karen Halpert, senior vice president, Head of Property Management, VEREIT, Inc.
Diane Jacobs, principal, Holly Street Studio Architects
Alison Melnychenko, vice president of marketing , DTZ
Jody Pokorski, partner, Snell & Wilmer
Barbi Reuter, COO, Cushman & Wakefield
Maria Salenger, senior associate, Jones Studio
Cathy Thuringer, principal, Trammell Crow
Alisa Timm, director of management services, Lincoln Property Company
Vicki Williams, senior vice president, commercial real estate, Alliance Bank of Arizona
In addition to the Most Influential Women in Arizona Business, Az Business also selects five “Generation Next” women who are making an impact on Arizona, even though they are less than 40 years old. Those women selected for 2014 are:
Denyse Airheart, interim director of economic development, City of Maricopa
Jessica Benford, shareholder, Ryley Carlock & Applewhite
Dr. Ivana Dzeletovic, Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center
Stephanie Parra, executive director, T.W. Lewis Foundation
Teresa M. Pilatowicz, of counsel, Garman Turner Gordon
