A sold-out crowd of nearly 500 people packed The Camby Thursday as Az Business and AZRE magazines honored the publications’ lists of the Most Influential Women in Arizona for 2018.
“While their titles, industries and roads to success may differ, each woman we are honoring here tonight has crashed through walls and shattered glass ceilings to give little girls who aspire to make it to the C-suite role models to follow,” said AZ Big Media Editor in Chief Michael Gossie. “Thank you for changing the face of Arizona business.”
To select the best and brightest women to recognize, the editorial team at AZ Big Media compiled a list of nearly 2,000 women from every facet of Arizona’s business landscape — banking, law, healthcare, bioscience, real estate, technology, manufacturing, retail, tourism, energy, accounting and nonprofits. Once that list was compiled, it was narrowed down to 150 women. A selection committee then voted for the 44 women who were honored in Az Business and 16 women who were honored in AZRE.
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Sponsors for the Most Influential Women in Arizona reception Thursday included Molina Fine Jewelers, Washington Federal and Sender Associates.
One of the highlights came when Al Molina of Molina Fine Jewelers gave away a pair of 18-Karat yellow and white gold metropolis dangle earrings, containing 212 round brilliant diamonds which were valued at $5,500.
Here is the complete list of the Most Influential Women in Arizona for 2018:
Amy Altshuler, partner, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
Cathy Carlat, mayor, City of Peoria
Jennifer Carusetta, executive director, Health System Alliance of Arizona
Peggy Chase, president and CEO, Terros Health
Jill Chasson, partner, Coppersmith Brockelman
Victoria Coley, market vice president, desert states, Humana
Amy Cotton Peterson, partner, Quarles & Brady
Jennifer Cranston, shareholder, Gallagher & Kennedy
Megan Creecy-Herman, vice president and market leader, Liberty Property Trust
Lisa Dahl, executive chef and owner, Dahl Restaurant Group
Lisa Davey, vice president, Washington Federal
Kimberly Davids, general manager, The Weitz Company
Helen R. Davis, president and chair of the board, The Cavanagh Law Firm
Jane Dobbs, president and CEO, Canyon State Credit Union
Kristina Draper, chief technology officer, Wells Fargo
Lisa Duran, member, Dickinson Wright,
Coral Evans, mayor, City of Flagstaff
Stephanie Fierro, partner, Jaburg Wilk
Sara Fleury, coporate communications director, Kitchell
Wendy Forsythe, COO, HomeSmart International
Kris Gaw, COO, Maricopa Integrated Health System
Nicole M. Goodwin, managing shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Marianne Guenther, CEO, BIG YAM, The Parsons Agency
Cammie Hancock Beckert, co-owner and managing director, Camelot Homes
Dawn Hart, co-managing director and principal, Gensler
Pamela Higdon, senior vice president, Northern Trust
Mary Holman, executive vice president and private banking director, National Bank of Arizona
Amanda Houghton, executive vice president of asset management, Healthcare Trust of America
Misty Hyman, Olympic gold medalist and president of Mistyfly
Susanne E. Ingold, shareholder, Burch & Cracchiolo
Norma Izzo, member, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon
Michelle Just, president and CEO, Beatitudes Campus
Beth Katz, founder and principal, Katz Design Group
Pam Kehaly, CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Cherie Koester, principal and founder, Earthworks Environmental
Drena Kusari, general manager, Southwest and Hawaii, Lyft
Laurel Lewis, senior vice president in office properties, NAI Horizon
Alana Mann, president and owner, The Statesman Group
Karen C. McConnell, partner, Ballard Spahr
Stephanie Mitrovic, Science & Technology studio leader, SmithGroupJJR
Audrey Monell, president, Forrest Anderson Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning
Nina Mullins, senior director of land and Papago Park Center, SRP
Lisa Ordóñez, vice dean, Eller College of Management
Michelle Olson, head of Phoenix office, Fingerpaint
Jenny Poon, founder and CEO, CO+HOOTS Co-working
Jessica L. Post, director, Fennemore Craig
Kim Post, CEO of the hospital division and chief clinical office, HonorHealth
Lisa Reilly Payton, senior partner, Frazer Ryan Goldberg & Arnold
Barbara U. Rodriguez-Pashkowski, chair of the real estate practice group, Gust Rosenfeld
Darin Sender, president and founder, Sender Associates
Liz Shabaker, CEO, Versant Capital Management
Holly Shill, MD, director, Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at Barrow Neurological Institute
Kim Shepard, market president, Cigna Arizona
Cindy Thomas, CFO, Sun State Builders
Diana Thomas, founder and CEO, The World Egg Bank
Christine Wilkinson, senior vice president, Arizona State University
Antonya Williams, vice president for the Southwest region, McCarthy Building Companies
Robyn Young, executive vice president and chief marketing officer, Western Alliance Bancorporation
Marilyn Zenko, natural and cultural resources group manager, Terracon
