Board of Directors
Nancy Loftin
Attorney (Ret.)
Nancy is an attorney and community volunteer. She retired as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of APS and Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, an energy holding company with consolidated assets of approximately $20 billion. Prior to joining Pinnacle, Nancy prosecuted white collar crime.
Nancy has been a board member of Fresh Start for over fifteen years. She previously served on the boards of Phoenix Children’s Hospital, University of Arizona Health Network, U of A Foundation, Arizona State University’s Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics and Arizona Town Hall.
Nancy and her husband, Mark, are native Phoenicians and they have a son, daughter in law and two grandchildren.
Additional Board Members
Mary Pahissa Upchurch
Senior Partner
Gray Associates, INC.
Gena Bonsall
Community Volunteer
Dr. Antoinette Farmer-Thompson
Deputy VP
Educational Outreach & Student Services
Arizona State University
Michelle Friedman
VP of Global Communications
Ebay
Elise Gould
Director of Integrated Marketing Communications
Salt River Project
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
Director - Investor Relations
APS
Cynthia A. Lietz PhD, LCSW
Senior Associate Dean & Professor
ASU College of Public Service & Community Solutions
Barbara Milazzo
Community Volunteer
Pamela Overton Risoleo
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, 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
Terry Roman
Partner
Snell & Wilmer
Katherine Scardello
Senior Vice President
Bank of America
Lisa Stevens Anderson
President
Q Point Health
Beverly Stewart
Co-Founder
Fresh Start Women's Foundation
Patty White
Community Volunteer
Adrianne Wright Taylor
Community Volunteer
Emeritus
Harriet "Hank" Barnes (deceased)
Charter Member
Sandy Cowen
Karlene Keogh Parks
Janet Kizziar
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