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Phoenix Arizona Chapter

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

4343 E. Camelback Rd., Suite 230
Phoenix, AZ 85018
602.224.1800 phone
602.224.1801 fax
desertsouthwest@jdrf.org

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Staff Directory

Ken Brissa
Executive Director
602-224-1813
kbrissa@jdrf.org

Paula Bommarito 
Associate Executive Director
602-224-1818
pbommarito@jdrf.org

Shasta Broyles
Development Coordinator -- Outreach
602-224-1811
sbroyles@jdrf.org

Sarah Grogger
Development Coordinator – Walk to Cure Diabetes, Marketing 
602-224-1821
sgrogger@jdrf.org

Joan Kaminski
Development Manager
602-224-1815
jkaminski@jdrf.org

Elaine Matie
Office Manager
602-224-1814
ematie@jdrf.org

Jael Rodriguez
Development Coordinator –
Event Logistics
602-224-1822
jrodriquez@jdrf.org

Elizabeth Lawren Romero
Development Manager –
Outreach, Government Relations
602-224-1823
eromero@jdrf.org

Jenna Blusiewicz
Development Coordinator –
Corporate Partners
602-224-1812
jblusiewicz@jdrf.org




Board of Directors:
The Desert Southwest Chapter operations are under the direction of a volunteer board of directors.

Executive Committee

Bob McAuslan                                President
Western Alliance Bancorporation

Scott Whyte
Secretary
Catholic Healthcare West

Maureen Musselman
Treasurer
American Express

Tammy Crawford                 
Gala Director
Desert Duel Memorial
           
Chip Gerber
Nominating Director
Retired

 

Carine Girardin
Marketing & Communication
DMB Realty Network

Dr. Khalid Hasan
Outreach Director
Pediatric Endocrine Gilbert

Martina Spinatsch
Government Relations
Dial / Henkel


Branch Presidents

Dr. Joseph Hughey
New Mexico Branch
Retired

Crystal Kasnoff
Southern Arizona Branch

Directors

Lorry Bottrill
Mercy Care Plan- Aetna

Michael Christopher, MD
St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center

Deanna Clarkson
4C Consulting

Spencer Greene
United Health Care 

Derrick Hall
Arizona Diamondbacks

Scott Horn
GenSpring Family Offices, LLC

Eliot Kaplan
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP

Kimberly Lewis
Sovereign Finance

Thomas Maguire
Hebets & Maguire, LLC

David Matthews

Stephanie McRae
Translational Genomics Research Institute (Tgen)

Peter Michaelson
Sonora Quest Laboratories

 

Mike Minnaugh
Peak Insurance Agency, Inc.

Tony Nissley
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Shawn O’Mara
American Traffic Solutions

Gary Pederson
Retired

David Rau
Realty Executives

Tim Reckell
Riviera Opticare, Inc.

Dawn Roberts
Willis North America

Einar Seadler
Accenture Management Consulting

John Smeck, III
Johnson Capital Partners

Christopher Volk

Michael White
R.B. White, Inc.

John Werstler
CB Richard Ellis




JDRF Positive Profile
Luke Wharram
Luke Wharram was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on September 13, 2007 at two and a half years of age. Now four years old, Luke is still learning what it is like to live with diabetes, but takes each day without complaint. more»