Our Former Board Chairmen
It takes a special leader to guide other very accomplished business and community leaders. Over the course of four decades, Greater Phoenix Leadership has been fortunate to see a variety of gifted individuals play this pivotal role in shaping and contributing to the business and social landscape of the Greater Phoenix region and beyond.

2022-Present Pam Kehaly – Blue Cross Blue Shield

2019-2022  Michael Bidwell – Arizona Cardinals

2017-2019  Don Brandt – APS

2015-2017  Sharon Harper – The Plaza Companies

2013-2015  John Graham – Sunbelt Holdings

2011-2013  J. Doug Pruitt – Sundt Construction

2009-2011  Philip L. Francis – PetSmart, Inc.

2007-2009  Robert M. Delgado – Hensley & Company

2005-2007  José A. Cárdenas – Lewis and Roca LLP

2003-2005  William J. Post – Pinnacle West Capital Corporations/APS

2002-2003  Drew M. Brown – DMB Associates, Inc.

2001-2002  Richard H. Silverman – Salt River Project

2000-2001  Jack A. Henry – Arthur Andersen

1999-2000  Quentin P. Smith, Jr. – Employee Solutions, Inc.

1997-1999  R. Michael Welborn – Bank One, Arizona, NA

1996-1997  L. Edward Eisele – Holsum Bakery, Inc.

1995-1996  Louis A. Weil III – Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.

1994-1995  Timothy T. Day – Bar-S Food Co.

1993-1994  Richard C. Kraemer – UDC Homes, Inc.

1992-1993  Jerry Colangelo – Phoenix Suns

1991-1992  O. Mark DeMichele – Arizona Public Service Company

1990-1991  John R. Norton III – J.R. Norton Company

1989-1990  Gene E. Rice – MeraBank

1988-1989  Richard Snell – Ramada Inns Incorporated

1987-1988  Herman Chanen – Chanen Construction Company

1986-1987  Howard McCrady – Valley National Bank

1985-1986  G.M. “Solly” Sollenberger – Sollenberger Realty Inv. Co.

1984-1985  Don Tostenrud – The Arizona Bank

1983-1984  Darow “Duke” Tully – Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.

1982-1983  Dennis E. Mitchem – Arthur Anderson

1981-1982 Jack Marinick – Garrett Turbine Engine Company

1980-1981  William A. Franke – Southwest Forest Industries

1979-1980  Keith Turley – Arizona Public Service Company

1978-1979  Jack Pfister – Salt River Project

1977-1978  James P. Simmons – United Bank of Arizona

1976-1977  William P. Reilly – Arizona Public Service Company

1975-1976  James B. Mayer – Valley National Bank