Az Business and AZRE magazines announced the publications’ lists of the Most Influential Women in Arizona of 2022 including Ruth Veloria, chief strategy and customer officer for the University of Phoenix. 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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Ruth Veloria, chief strategy and customer officer, University of Phoenix
BACKGROUND: Ruth Veloria is a customer first visionary who has led the reinvention of student experience for the past decade at University of Phoenix. She holds an MA in Chemistry from Oxford University, completed her MBA at Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and has over 25 years of experience in strategic business issues and customer experience innovation
SOURCE OF PRIDE: “I am a huge advocate for customer centricity. When I joined University of Phoenix, I brought best practices to build a better student listening and follow up system. This system continues to provide insights that influence many policy changes which have improved outcomes for our busy working adult students.”
SURPRISING FACT: “I owe my comfort with public speaking to many years spent in musical theatre. I have performed in nine of the fourteen Gilbert and Sullivan comic Operettas and met my husband at Kellogg doing the annual “Special K” revue; a student written, directed, and produced show.”
SOURCE OF INSPIRATION: “Margaret Thatcher was a highly visible female leader during my youth, and I followed a similar path from the middle class to a degree in chemistry at Oxford University. Her work ethic, her principled determination, and her ability to succeed in a male dominated arena inspired my journey.”
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