The Phoenix Community Alliance (PCA) held its Annual Member Luncheon Meeting on Thursday at Galvanize Phoenix, an innovation campus that opened in the Phoenix Warehouse District in March, and joined PCA in June.
As the diverse PCA membership convened for the final time in 2017, it celebrated individual contributions and organizational accomplishments from the past year and took a look ahead to what promises to be a highly impactful 2018.
Highlights from the Annual Member Luncheon Meeting:
–Presentation of Center City Starr Awards to 2017 recipients Councilwoman Thelda Williams (Phoenix City Council District 1), Larry Lazarus (Lazarus & Associates),  (Arizona State University) and Tim Sprague (Habitat Metro)
–Honoring outgoing longtime board chair Mo Stein (HKS Architects) while introducing new board chair Diane Haller (Quarles & Brady)
–Announcing new board members Mark Stratz (Cushman & Wakefield), Catrina Kahler (Artlink Phoenix) and Terry Burke (Live Nation) [Note: New PCA members University of Phoenix and University of Arizona College of Management will also hold board seats in 2018.]
–Promoting board members Beau Lane (Lane Terralever) and Carol Poore to board vice chair positions