Local First Arizona Foundation Staff

Kimber Lanning | Executive Director

Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez | Director Fuerza Local

Liza Noland | Director of Rural Programs

Emily Bell | Healthy Foods Coordinator

Jenny Strickland | Individual Giving Manager

Anna Wong | Brand & Marketing Manager

Crystal Alvarez | Digital Marketing Specialist

Kate Radosevic | Local Foods Development Coordinator

Ruth Ellen Elinski | Northern AZ Director

Michael Peel | Southern AZ Director

Lauren Haggerty | Rural Communications Coordinator

Rachael Hudson | Outreach Coordinator, AmeriCorps Vista

Board of Directors

Deanna Salazar
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

Keisha Tatem
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Robin Romano
President/CEO, Marisol Federal Credit Union

Bo Hughes
Executive Vice President/COO, Pinnacle Bank

Jenna Rowell
Community Affairs Manager, Arizona Public Service (APS)

Jeffrey Brodin, Board Chair
Principal, Brodin HR Law

Angie Harmon, Vice Chair
Social Investments Manager, Freeport-McMoRan Foundation

William Mandeville, Board Secretary
Director of Development, The Nature Conservancy

Levi Esquerra, Treasurer
Director, Rural Policy Institute, Program Director,
Center for American Indian Economic Development, NAU

Dr. Jonathan Koppell
Dean, College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University