Az Business and AZRE magazines announced the publications’ lists of the Most Influential Women in Arizona of 2022 including, Lisa Rulney, senior vice president for business affairs and chief financial officer, University of Arizona. In celebration of the 11th anniversary of the Most Influential Women program, azbigmedia.com is profiling one of the Most Influential Women of 2022 each day leading up to the Most Influential Women of 2022 dinner and reception.
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Lisa Rulney, senior vice president for business affairs and chief financial officer, University of Arizona
BACKGROUND: Passionate about unlocking and developing the potential in those around her, Lisa Rulney serves as the University of Arizona’s (UA) senior business and financial officer. Her strategic leadership of the finance and administrative functions — traditionally male-dominated — ensures her teams have the flexibility to create innovative and effective business processes that advance the university and its mission.
SOURCE OF PRIDE: “In the immediate weeks of the pandemic, I established the Financial Sustainability Emergency Response Taskforce made up of faculty, staff, and students in seven working groups that focused on mitigation strategies, new opportunities to generate revenue and novel approaches to the way we did business in order to maintain UA’s long-term institutional health. In just 15 months, we implemented over 80 recommendations from the task force.”
SURPRISING FACT: “I can pitch a tent, light a fire, operate a portable camp stove and lead guided groups off-trail through forests using only a topo map and compass — without getting lost!”
SOURCE OF INSPIRATION: “My earliest memories of leadership were formed by Thelma Gentry, my paternal grandmother. Thelma was an inspiring, gracious and humble leader. She taught the importance of volunteerism by including me on rounds for Meals on Wheels, modeled lifelong learning via daily reading, shared her love of the environment by teaching me how to maintain her gardens, and instilled my fidelity to accuracy and acumen through her role in my grandfather’s construction company.”
Most Influential Women in Arizona Business for 2022
Dr. Suzanne Bentz, Red Mountain Weight Loss
Stephanie A. Bivens, Bivens & Associates
Rachel M. Bond, MD, Dignity Health
Suzanne Boyles, City of Buckeye
Alaina Chabrier, SRP
Margaret Chamberlain, OneAZ Credit Union
Rachel Davis-Schultz, CopperPoint Insurance Companies
Jennifer Delgado, Burch & Cracchiolo
Brigitte Finley Green, Engelman Berger
Lin Sue Flood, Hospice of the Valley
Christine Gannon, BrightWorks Consulting
Karen Hoffman Tepper, PhD, Terros Health
Dawn Jones, Intel
Lisa Lovallo, Cox Communications
Lyndel Manson, Arizona Board of Regents
Carli Ann McClure, Grant Thornton
Karla Morales, Arizona Technology Council
Emily Nachlas, Western Alliance Bancorporation
Breanna Naegeli, PhD, Grand Canyon University
Shar Najafi-Piper, PhD, Copa Health
Christina Noyes, Gust Rosenfeld
Grace O’Sullivan, Arizona State University
Reena Rastogi, MD, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Sara Regan, Desert Financial Credit Union
Karen Roch, Credit Union West
Lisa Rulney, University of Arizona
Melanie Smihula, Edkey Sequoia Schools
Sherry Stotler, Valleywise Health
Lynn Toler, TV judge and host
Kelli Tonkin, Enterprise Bank & Trust
Telle VanTrojen, Geneva Financial
Ruth Veloria, University of Phoenix
Amy Walters, Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Annabel Whiting, PNC
Reine Yazbeck Hamilton, Wells Fargo
Sandra Zebrowski, MD, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Most Influential Women in Commercial Real Estate for 2022
Morgan Betancourt, project director, Okland Construction
Keri Davies, partner, LevRose Commercial Real Estate
Alicia Hardwick, leasing manager, Prologis
Michelle Heeb, president and CEO, Forward Tilt
Dani Huval, business development director, Chasse Building Team
Bev Jensen, regional operations manager, Colliers
Carrie Kelly, executive director, Arizona Association for Economic Development
Alexandra Loye, executive managing director, Cushman & Wakefield
Stephanie Maderazzo-Hughes, CEO and COO, Canyon State Electric
Nancy McClure, first vice president, CBRE
Kathleen Morgan, managing director, Newmark
Vicki Robinson, senior vice president, JLL
Heather Skinner, vice president of global real estate, JP Morgan Chase
Angela Watson, president and CEO, Shepley Bulfinch
