A "90th" Welcome from our Board President
Many people are surprised when they learn Phoenix Theatre is 90 years old, particularly when Arizona itself is just a few years its elder. So I have to say, in addition to the five C’s of AZ you know … copper, cotton, cattle, citrus and climate … I would add a sixth, and that is Culture (at least since 1920).
We are doing a lot of celebrating and commemorating this season, not just for our 90th year, but for the body of remarkable work we’re bringing to this city. We hope that in addition to great entertainment, the talent representing Phoenix Theatre – both on stage, back stage and back office – will help enable our most important customers (that’s you, by the way) to enter a world that expands your minds as well as your hearts.
Laugh when we’re funny, feel free to cry when we touch on something significant, and, by all means, when you enjoy yourselves, applaud when the curtain comes down. We love applause.
What a privilege it is to serve as the Theatre’s president … the place makes me tingle.
Robert Hopkins
President, Phoenix Theatre Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE BOARD
President, Robert Hopkins
Vice President, St. Joseph’s Foundation, Barrow Neurological Foundation
Treasurer, Dean Duncan
Finance Manager, Salt River Project
Secretary, Michelle Taylor
Sr. Consultant/Southwest Practice Leader – Group & Health Care, Towers Watson
Immediate Past President, Dave Howell
Vice President, Government & Community Relations, Wells Fargo
Emeritus, Mark Hiegel
Former Senior Vice President, R & R Partners, Inc.
Leslie Shell Benner
Marketing Manager, Cox Communications
C.A. Howlett
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs - US Airways
Melissa Leonesio
Community Volunteer
Emeritus, Todd Peterson
C.S. & W. Contractors, Inc.
Linda Pope
Giving Hearts Foundation
BOARD MEMBERS
Corinne Quayle Berger
Principal, Berger Holdings, LLC
Kurt Bloeser
Retired Executive VP of First Interstate Bank and Community Volunteer
Gary Birnbaum
Managing Partner, Mariscal Weeks, McIntyre and Friedlander; P.A
Jennifer Bohnert
Community Volunteer
Jane Christensen
Founder and President, Omni Medical Research
Scot L. Claus
Lead Counsel- Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, P.A.
David Drennon
Director of Community and Public Affairs, Arizona Department of Commerce
Ira Gaines
President, Peachtree Partners
Don Henninger
Publisher, The Business Journal
Patsy Kelly
Treasurer, Phoenix Theatre Guild
John Adam Kowalski
President, Pivot Productions
Pat Flores Kriegsfeld
Banner Phoenix Internal Medicine Physicians
Robert Machiz
CEO, Weight Watchers of Arizona
Vicki Marce
Community Volunteer
Al Molina
Chairman and CEO, Molina Fine Jewelers
Stefan Palys
Associate, Lewis & Roca Lawyers, LLC
Caleb Reese
Professional Singer/Actor
Mario Trejo Romero
Mario Romero Team Realtors
Robin Sewell
Host, AZ Highways Television
Carol Sheehan
Owner, Sheehan Coaching & Consulting
Sue Sisley, MD
Clinical Faculty, Internal Medicine/Psychiatry, St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ensuring Tomorrow Productions
Benée Hilton Spiegel
Community Volunteer
Patrick van den Bossche
Chief Operating Officer, Barrett-Jackson Auction Co., LLC
Connie Waddell
President, Phoenix Theatre Guild
Richard Warren
Playwright and Co-Founder of New Works Festival
Tom Whalen
Technology Manager, Wells Fargo Bank