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Jul 26, 2013

Commerce Authority committee to decide Watson bonus

The Arizona Commerce Authority’s compensation committee will decide on Monday how much of a bonus CEO Sandra Watson will receive for her first year at the agency’s helm.

Arizona Commerce Authority names Sandra Watson as new CEO
Oct 16, 2012

Commerce Authority names Watson as new CEO

An eight-month, $75,000 nationwide search for a new Arizona Commerce Authority CEO ended when the only identified candidate – who worked in the building – was selected and unanimously approved today.

The ACA board today named interim CEO Sandra Watson to the job permanently after more than an hour in executive session.

Arizona Commerce Authority President and CEO Don Cardon, Gov. Jan Brewer and developer/sports entrepreneur Jerry Colangelo pose for a photo at Stirling Energy Systems/Tessera Maricopa Solar Field. The group serves with 33 others as the newly formed Arizona Commerce Authority Board, which is charged with making recommendations on improving the state’s economy.
Oct 15, 2012

Commerce Authority may announce new CEO Tuesday

After a search that has spanned most of the year, the Arizona Commerce Authority may be ready to name its new CEO.

The agenda for the ACA’s Tuesday meeting includes public discussion and possible action on the selection of a new CEO. The CEO search is also listed as an executive session agenda item.

Aug 8, 2012

Former Commerce Authority chief Don Cardon to receive $60,000 discretionary bonus

Former Arizona Commerce Authority CEO Don Cardon will receive the majority of a $75,000 discretionary bonus from his contract, though private funds, not state money, will be used to cover the bill.

Jun 22, 2012

Mum’s the word on next Commerce Authority CEO

More than a month after it called off a planned announcement on its next CEO, the Arizona Commerce Authority is staying tight-lipped about how it will choose the successor to Don Cardon when he leaves the economic development agency at the end of the month.

Jun 7, 2012

Brewer to participate in corporate groundbreaking

Gov. Jan Brewer and the head of Arizona’s economic development program are scheduled to participate in a corporate groundbreaking ceremony. Clear Energy Systems is breaking ground today for its new... […]

May 18, 2012

Arizona Commerce Authority transparency criticized by PIRG

The Arizona Public Interest Research Group yesterday released a report critiquing the Arizona Commerce Authority’s transparency practices, calling on the agency to make more information about subsidy programs available online and to fight for legislative change in areas where the ACA is prohibited by law from disclosing information.

May 15, 2012

What finalists?

Though Commerce Authority officials have said they are reviewing whether they will release the names of the finalists being considered in the search for a new CEO, current CEO Don Cardon told our reporter today that the selection committee doesn't even have a list of finalists.

May 15, 2012

ACA backtracks on plans to announce new CEO

After initially saying it would announce its new CEO at a meeting Friday, the Arizona Commerce Authority now says the selection may be pushed back and that it doesn’t even have a list of finalists yet.

May 11, 2012

Commerce Authority backs off controversial ‘stipends’

The Arizona Commerce Authority announced late Friday afternoon that it will not be awarding the $5,000 stipends it had earlier promised to15 companies eliminated from a competitive grant program.

The Goldwater Institute’s Clint Bolick sent a letter to the ACA earlier this month, warning that the awards for unsuccessful semifinalists in the agency’s Innovation Challenge could be a viol[...]

May 10, 2012

Commerce Authority shields activity from public

The Arizona Commerce Authority came into existence nearly a year ago with a vow to be open and transparent, but the economic development agency has not followed through on all of those commitments.

The Commerce Authority has refused to disclose the list of finalists for its CEO position, refused to release information about who vets applicants for a $1.5 million grant program and makes [...]

May 9, 2012

Commerce refuses to disclose CEO finalists

The Arizona Commerce Authority thus far has not released its list of finalists for outgoing CEO Don Cardon’s job, but one source who’s familiar with the search said Arizona Chamber of Commerce President Glenn Hamer is in contention and has been interviewed for the position.

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