fbpx

Don Cardon

May 7, 2012

Commerce Authority to name new CEO at next meeting

The Arizona Commerce Authority will announce its new president and CEO at its May 18 board meeting.

May 4, 2012

Commerce Authority ‘stipends’ draw scrutiny

The Arizona Commerce Authority set off alarms at the Goldwater Institute this week after the government agency announced it would be awarding thousands of dollars to companies that were eliminated from a competitive grant program.

Jan 23, 2012

Cardon will return $50K signing bonus

Outgoing Arizona Commerce Authority President and CEO Don Cardon will give back the $50,000 signing bonus he received last year.

Jan 19, 2012

Commerce Authority lawyers exploring whether Cardon should pay back $50K

Attorneys for the Arizona Commerce Authority are poring over outgoing CEO Don Cardon’s contract to see whether the agency can recoup a $50,000 signing bonus he received, and will likely put safeguards into his successor’s contract to make sure it won’t be a question next time.

Jan 13, 2012

Capitol Quotes: Jan. 13, 2012

This week's most outstanding quips, gibes and utterances.

Jan 11, 2012

Head of Arizona Commerce Authority to step down

Arizona's top economic development official is stepping down.

Jan 4, 2012

ACA awards second grant from deal-closing fund

Silicon Valley Bank will be the second recipient from the Arizona Commerce Authority’s $25 million deal-closing fund, and several more are likely to be announced soon.

Oct 7, 2011

Rocky start for Commerce Authority has fiscal hawks looking to rein in power

Outraged by what they see as exorbitant spending and questions of transparency, some lawmakers are considering taking back some of the power they gave the Arizona Commerce Authority last session.

Sep 27, 2011

Cardon announces $18.2 million fed grant to ACA for small business loans

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has awarded an $18.2 million grant to the Arizona Commerce Authority, which President and CEO Don Cardon said the authority plans to use as the foundation of a revolving loan fund for small businesses.

Sep 27, 2011

Commerce Authority set to begin awarding grants from deal-closing fund

The Arizona Commerce Authority board of directors approved guidelines for its $25 million Arizona Competes fund, vowing close scrutiny of any company that wants a grant from the deal-closing fund.

Sep 6, 2011

Officials say ACA teleconference call meets open meeting law

At the Arizona Commerce Authority’s first four board meetings, more than two dozen business leaders and policymakers sat at a table that wrapped around half of the second-floor conference room in the Executive Tower, with so many others in attendance that chairs became scarce.

Sep 6, 2011

Commerce quandary: Sharp differences over picking winners and losers with state money

The man who was hand-picked by Gov. Jan Brewer to oversee a new agency charged with re-igniting Arizona’s struggling economy is set to collect a whopper of a paycheck. But Don Cardon’s idea of how to guide the Arizona Commerce Authority may run contrary to the governor’s own philosophical leanings about how the quasi-public group should go about luring new business to the state.

Subscribe

Get our free e-alerts & breaking news notifications!

You don't have credit card details available. You will be redirected to update payment method page. Click OK to continue.