New board members for Free Arts
Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona announced Ryan Anderson, Mayra Flores and Debra Vanderwerf have joined the nonprofit’s board of directors.
Ryan is chief financial officer at OH Partners, an independent, national creative communications agency based in Phoenix. He has over 18 years of experience and strategic leadership in accounting, finance, treasury, analytics, legal, governance and risk management. He has built high-performance teams, transformed operations, solved complex problems and achieved uncommon financial results.
Mayra comes to the Free Arts board with a great deal of nonprofit and foundation experience. She’s currently a program manager at The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation, where she works directly with the foundation’s executive director and its many nonprofit partners. Prior to that, Mayra was at Chicanos Por La Causa Inc. and the Association for Supportive Child Care in Tempe.
Debra is an arts and human service administrative leader and community builder. She recently moved to Phoenix from Massachusetts where she worked for several nonprofit organizations. Most recently, she was interim chief administrative officer for River’s Edge Arts Alliance, where she oversaw day to day operations of its community arts program.
“All three bring different strengths and assets to our board,” said Alicia Sutton Campbell, executive director, Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona. “We look forward to utilizing their knowledge and expertise as we continue to look for ways to expand our programming and services to children who have experienced trauma in Arizona.”
Jaburg Wilk partner Guffey named to board
Douglas Guffey has been named to the Board of Directors of NOAH – Neighborhood Outreach Access to Health
Guffey, a healthcare attorney and partner at Jaburg Wilk, said “My career has been centered on working with doctors and medical facilities. This is a great opportunity to support a non-profit that provides medical care to uninsured, underinsured and underserved patients who have no other access to quality care.”
Growing out of the Sunnyslope Desert Mission health center established in the 1930s by Helen Lincoln, wife of John C. Lincoln, NOAH in its present form as a Federally-Qualified Health Center has been serving North Phoenix, Central Phoenix, and Scottsdale since 1997. The health center has evolved from a single pediatric nurse practitioner traveling from school to school to eight fixed health centers located in low-income areas, providing access to quality primary medical, dental and behavioral health services to more than 23,000 children and adults per year. NOAH helps all in need of care, regardless of ability to pay.
UA’s Dr. Khadijah Breathett selected as one of ‘40 Under 40′
Khadijah Breathett, MD, MS, was selected by the National Minority Quality Forum as one of “40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health.” The NMQF chose the 2019 group from hundreds of applications of health-care professionals from throughout the United States, noting these 40 represent the next generation of thought leaders in reducing health disparities.
Dr. Breathett, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Division of Cardiology, is a member of the UA Sarver Heart Center and a heart-failure specialist with the Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac Transplantation Team at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson. Her research interests include reducing racial/ethnic and gender disparities in advanced heart failure and prevention of heart failure in those populations. Her research is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
“Dr. Breathett is a young physician-scientist with incredible passion and drive who is making a difference already after only two years as a faculty member at the Sarver Heart Center. Her work has the potential to be generalized and change delivery of care to under-represented populations, not only in advanced heart failure, but in many conditions,” said Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, director of the UA Sarver Heart Center and chief of cardiology at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson.
Sarah Lossing joins Platinum Living Realty
Platinum Living Realty, an independent luxury real estate brokerage with four offices across Arizona, announced that Sarah Lossing has joined their brokerage. Based out of Platinum Living Realty’s DC Ranch office in Scottsdale, Lossing brings four years of experience to assist those looking to buy or sell a home.
“We are pleased to welcome Sarah to Platinum Living Realty,” said Michelle Macklin, co-owner of Platinum Living Realty. “Sarah’s diverse business background has prepared her well for being a successful real estate agent, and her excellent marketing and negotiation skills will serve her clients well.”
“My motto is to ‘create a life you love, find a home you love to live in,’ and I have found my own home that I love in Platinum Living Realty,” said Lossing. “The resources and coaching that they offer will only aid me in better helping my clients achieve their goals.”
