Receiving 2017 Center City Starr Awards at Phoenix Community Alliance’s Annual Member Luncheon Meeting on Thursday (left to right): Larry Lazarus, Rick Naimark, Tim Sprague and Phoenix City Councilwoman Thelda Williams. (Photo: Lauren Potter)
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