Az Big Media will be profiling one of the Most Influential Women in Arizona for 2025 each day leading up to the celebratory dinner on August 21, 2025. Today, meet Dayna Badhorn, regional president, Americas Electronic Components for Avnet.
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Dayna Badhorn, Avnet
Background: Badhorn is the regional president of Americas electronic components organization at Avnet. In this role, she leads all activities tied to Avnet’s electronics components business in the Americas where she oversees operations and sales teams supporting business in the region. Badhorn is also responsible for setting the strategy to provide differentiated value to our global electronics services (EMS) and original equipment manufacturers (OEM) customers.
Source of pride: “The most important thing to me is building a team that collaborates to perform well, so I’m very proud of the fact that we’ve maintained high employee engagement scores throughout my tenure as president, even in very challenging markets.”
Professional advice: “Always be willing to take on a new challenge and learn something new. You never realize where they may lead you in your career journey.”
Surprising fact: “I had the opportunity to dance in the Super Bowl half time show with Diana Ross when it came to Phoenix. I competed in dance for 12 years, and when I saw the Super Bowl needed Half Time dancers I tried out and made the cut.”
Celebratory dinner
The 2025 honorees will be celebrated at a special awards dinner on August 21, 2025, at Chateau Luxe in Phoenix. Sponsors of the Most Influential Women in Arizona reception and dinner include presenting sponsor Phillips Law Foundation, cover photo shoot sponsor Greenberg Traurig, VIP red carpet sponsor Vertex Education and Legacy Traditional Schools, dessert sponsor Silver Cain, beverage sponsor Arizona Escrow & Financial Corporation, 360 photo booth sponsor Clayco, digital sponsor Ganem Companies, fine jewelry sponsor Osborne Jewelers, and special gift sponsor Tarbell’s. Get tickets here.
