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• Judith A. Patrick was named chair of the Board of Directors of SCF Arizona by Gov. Jan Brewer on May 19. Patrick, a Tucson resident, is the first woman appointed to the post and the first chair from outside the greater Phoenix area.
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Government• Judith A. Patrick was named chair of the Board of Directors of SCF Arizona by Gov. Jan Brewer on May 19. Patrick, a Tucson resident, is the first woman appointed to the post and the first chair from outside the greater Phoenix area. Patrick said she wants to ensure corporate stability and increased [...]
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Legal• Gretchen Jacobs has started her own firm, Arizona Governmental Affairs, initially focusing on areas such as the high-tech industry, procurement, nonprofits, education and insurance.Jacobs, previously with Greenberg Traurig’s Phoenix office as of counsel, has worked with legislators and the executive branch at the Capitol since 1999. She is admitted to practice law in Arizona and [...]
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Education• John Murphy, PharmD, associate dean of academic and professional affairs at the UofA College of Pharmacy, has been elected president of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.Murphy has nearly 30 years of service to pharmacy education and is past president of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.The ACCP is a professional and scientific society [...]
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Awards• Continuing a 26-year tradition, Native American Recognition Days’ annual banquet at the Heard Museum on Nov. 19 honored the following six members of the Native American community. Debra Krol was recognized with the festival’s Woman of the Year Award. Krol, a marketing communications manager at the Heard Museum, has worked as a journalist for [...]
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Government• Steve Owens, director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, has been elected president of the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS).“As ECOS president, I will be working closely with the new national leadership to develop a better working relationship between the federal government and the states and make sure that environmental protection stays [...]
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Media• The Arizona Newspapers Association will present its annual Freedom of Information awards to those people whose actions reinforce the principle of open government. The nominees are:Rhonda Bodfield and Enric Volante, Arizona Daily Star, for their investigation into Pima County nursing home.George Sanchez, Jack Gillum, Andrea Rivera, Jamar Younger, Leslie Newell and Tiffany Kjos, Arizona [...]
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Awards• The life of the late Sen. Franklin “Jake” Flake will be honored by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry with the organization’s 2008 Heritage Award during a dinner and ceremony on Dec. 5.“The Arizona Chamber is privileged to give this year’s award to the Honorable Jake Flake,” said Glenn Hamer, president & CEO [...]
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Awards• Margie A. Emmermann, director of the Arizona Office of Tourism (AOT), has been named “2008 State Tourism Director of the Year” by the National Council of State Tourism Directors.This honor is given annually to a tourism director whose leadership has “obviously and measurably improved their state or territory’s travel and tourism profile.” Emmermann, the [...]
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Arts• Denisha de Mos has been appointed director of business initiatives for The Maricopa Partnership for Arts and Culture. In this newly created position, de Mos will work with board and staff members in the development of strategic products. De Mos joins MPAC with more than 12 years of product development and strategic marketing experience [...]
