Board of Directors
Katherine Scardello
Board Chair
Senior Vice President, Bank of America
Katherine (“Katie”) M. Scardello is a commercial banker and community volunteer. She is a Senior Vice President of Bank of America. Katie has been a board member of Fresh Start Women’s Foundation for nearly a decade. She previously served on the board of Phoenix Children’s Museum. She is committed to changing the lives in her community by investing in women to help them reach self-sufficiency and provide for their families. Katie lives in Phoenix with her husband, Stephen, and two daughters.
Additional Board Members
Mary Pahissa Upchurch
Senior Partner
Gray Associates, INC.
Gena Bonsall
Community Volunteer
Donna Easterly
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
APS
Antoinette Farmer-Thompson, Ph.D.
Provost & Chief Academic Officer
Strayer University
Lorraine Field
Chief People Officer
Sonora Quest
Kim Fowee-Perera
Director of Events & Special Programs
Finnegan
Elise Gould
Director of Integrated Marketing Communications
Salt River Project
Shirley Gunther
Vice President, External Affairs
Dignity Health
Frances Haynes
Chair Real Estate Industry Team, Partner
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
Andrea Katsenes Pappas
Director of Media Relations
Cox Communications
Karlene Keogh Parks
Community Volunteer
Janet Kizziar, Ph.D.
Psychological Consultant
Marlene Klotz-Collins
Community Volunteer
Stefanie Layton
Senior Director - Investor Relations
Offerpad
Cynthia A. Lietz Ph.D., LCSW
Interim Dean & President's Professor
ASU College of Public Service & Community Solutions
Nancy Loftin
Attorney (Ret.)
Barbara Milazzo
Community Volunteer
Jessica Pennington
Audit & Assurance Managing Director
Deloitte and Touche, LLP
Belle Petznick
Community Volunteer
Melinda Petznick
Co-Owner, Director of Sales
D.A. Ranch Lodge and Estate Vineyards
Pat Petznick
Co-Founder
Fresh Start Women's Foundation
Beatriz Elisabeth Rendon
VP of Strategic Initiatives
ASU
Renie Scibona
Chief Executive Officer
EXTENSION Marketing Team
Lisa Stevens Anderson
President
Q Point Health
Beverly Stewart
Co-Founder
Fresh Start Women's Foundation
Rhonda Turner
Chief Human Resource Officer
Benchmark Electronics
Patty White
Community Volunteer
Adrianne Wright Taylor
Community Volunteer
Robyn Young
Chief Marketing Officer
SmartRent
Kathleen Ziegler
Senior Vice President, Operations
CopperPoint Insurance Companies
Emeritus
Harriet "Hank" Barnes (deceased)
Charter Member
Sandy Cowen
Karlene Keogh Parks
Janet Kizziar, Ph.D.
Eleanore Klein
Marlene Klotz Collins
Pamela Overton Risoleo
Pat Petznick
Barbara Ralston
Beverly Stewart
Honorary Members
JoAnn Fitzsimmons
Cindy McCain
Jewell McFarland Lewis (deceased)
Ann Symington