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Appointments and community involvement
- Vice-Chair, City of Phoenix Planning and Zoning Commission
- Presidential Elector, 2008
- Former Member, Arizona Board of Regents
- Member, Board of Directors, Arizona Institute
- Founding member, Goldwater Institute
- Co-Chair, Flagstaff Mayor's Advisory Council, Citizen's for Transportation Solutions
- Member and Chair, Governance Committee for the Governor's Vision 21 Task Force
- Governor's Bio-initiative task force in 2002, primarily responsible for fundraising, helped to raise $100 million and led to the formation of the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)
- Past Chairman of the Board, Arizona Chamber of Commerce
- Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Children's Action Alliance
- Past president, Board of Trustees, Desert Botanical Garden
- Member, Board of Directors, BNC Corporation, a bank holding company
- Past president, COMPAS Board of Directors
- Commissioner, Commerce and Economic Development Commission - State of Arizona
- Past president, Arizona State Board for Charter Schools
- Past president, Arizona Clean Elections Institute Board
- Vice-Chair, Phoenix Airport Planning Committee
- Former Member, Board of Directors, Maricopa County Parks
- Former Member, Board of Directors, Central Arizona Shelter Services
- Member, Board of Directors, Great Hearts Academies
- Member, Phoenix Block Watch Committee
- Helped found Kids Voting in 1988 and expand its activities into 40 states
- Helped raise more than $15 million for the Desert Botanical Garden's 1999-00 capital campaign
- Recipient of the Arizona Community Foundation Bert Getz Civic Leadership Award
- Valley Leadership Graduate
