The “Let’s Give Arizona a Hand Up Award” will be presented at the upcoming Champions of Change Awards through a partnership between AZ Big Media and Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona. Finalists for the award were determined based on how their company’s corporate giving and community volunteer activities are building a brighter future for Arizona nonprofits and making a direct and quantifiable impact on our communities. The Champions of Change Awards will be held Thursday, May 16, 2024. Each day leading up to the event, we will preview one finalist for the Let’s Give Arizona a Hand Up Award. Today, learn about K Durham Law.
Sponsors of the Champions of Change Awards include BOK Financial (impact sponsor), Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona (spotlight sponsor), Stearns Bank (step-and-repeat sponsor), Maricopa Corporate College at Maricopa Community Colleges (photo booth sponsor), Lerner & Rowe Gives Back (name tag sponsor), REDW Advisors and CPAs (floral sponsor) and Center for the Future of Arizona (dessert sponsor).
To learn more about the Champions of Change Awards, click here.
K Durham Law
In Arizona’s vibrant community, K Durham Law emerges as a lighthouse—a beacon of steadfast commitment to leadership, empowerment, and corporate responsibility. Anchored by Kelley Durham’s visionary mentorship, the ethos of this dynamic law firm extends far beyond the courtroom and into the heart of the community through the SHE Leads! program from the Arizona Foundation for Women, proudly nominating this transformative initiative for the “Let’s give Arizona a hand up award.
SHE Leads! is more than just a training program—it’s a nine-month sojourn of self-realization stitched together with strategic fundraising, insightful mentorship, and community enrichment. As chair of the Mentor Committee and a multi- year program mentor, Kelley has poured her expertise into fostering a new cadre of women leaders—leaders whose synergy of professional excellence and societal contribution exemplifies K Durham Law’s dedication to service.
Kelley’s guidance through SHE Leads! seamlessly mirrors K Durham Law’s ethos—uncharted personal advancement paralleling significant community contributions. Jessica Driver, Class of 2022, attests that it was through this program she could “unlock tools” needed for professional advancement, leading to a promotion. Yet equally significant was the program’s commitment to philanthropy, raising funds to assist Arizona’s women in their own journeys of growth.
Even the curriculum design—a strategic blueprint for building influential leaders—is imbued with K Durham Law’s commitment to impactful corporate citizenship. With the help of mentors like Kelley, SHE Leads! participants glean wisdom from essential leadership modules and propel funds into the community’s heart, driving nonprofit support and attaining measurable community impact.
Just a few of the tangible outcomes the SHE Leads! program has generated. The structured fundraising component creates a dually beneficial impact: fostering women’s professional growth and seeding future nonprofit endeavors—reciprocating successes that amplify across societal echelons.
Kelley Durham and K Durham Law have not just administered leadership—they’ve incubated it. They’ve championed a legacy of women who lead in business with the profound acknowledgment that community elevation is paramount to true success. This ripple effect of mentorship, leadership development, and societal impact encapsulates the spirit of the “Let’s give Arizona a hand up award”—a celebration of initiatives that embed social progress into the fabric of their corporate identity.
K Durham Law is playing an intrinsic role in transforming conventional corporate participation into a catalyst for broad-spectrum community enhancement. It is a testament to Kelley’s leadership and the firm’s commitment to unleashing an era of leaders who imbue every step forward with philanthropy, creating an ever-expansive impact on Arizona’s bright future.
