Community Advisory Board

Board Roster
CAB Roster

Board Officers

Hope Hennessey, Chair, Hennessey Marketing
Paul Lindsey, Vice Chair, Real Estate, Entrepreneur (Retired)
Ed Frisch, Secretary, University of Arizona (retired)

Ex-Officio Members

Jack Gibson, AZPM Chief Executive Officer
Laura Todd Johnson, University of Arizona General Counsel

Emeritus Members

Betsy Bolding, Tucson Electric Power (Retired)
Judith Brown, University of Arizona College of Nursing (Retired)
Jennifer Casteix, University of Arizona College of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
Dan Cavanagh, Dan Cavanagh, Inc.
Karen Christensen, Arts Consultant, Attorney (Retired)
John Hildebrand, University of Arizona Department of Neuroscience
James Jutry, DeConcini, McDonald, Yetwin & Lacy PC
Jan Lesher, Pima County
Anne Maley, Anne Maley Consulting
Jim Murphy, Pima Council on Aging (Retired)
Ellen Poulson, Photographer (Retired)
Simon Rosenblatt, U.S. Army (Retired)

Board Members

Jodi Bain, Bain Law Firm. PLLC
Ron Carsten, Raytheon Missile Systems (Retired)
Mary Ann Dobras, Nursing (Retired), Community Volunteer & Philanthropist
Lynne Wood Dusenberry, University of Arizona Office of General Counsel (Retired)
Joyce Finkelstein, Executive Director, Green Valley/Sahuarita Volunteer Clearinghouse
Nicola Finley, M.D., Founder, Dr. Nicola, PLLC, and Adjunct Faculty, UA College of Public Health
Favin Gebremariam, Casa de los Niños
Brooke Lee Harris, Lewis Roca
Alejandro Higuera, Communications Coordinator, Project Outreach FAMILIA, University of Arizona, College of Education
Hassan Hijazi, University of Arizona, Office of Global Initiatives
Joseph Howell, Citi
Sylvia Lett, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Pat Lopez III, Rusing, Lopez & Lizardi PLLC
Lynn Nadel, University of Arizona Department of Psychology (Retired)
Christina Noz, Moeller & Conway, PLLC
Lauren Ortega, Deputy Director, Pima County Department of Transportation
Hank Peck, TCI Wealth Advisors, Inc. (Retired)
John Pedicone, Tucson Unified School District, Flowing Wells Unified School District (Retired)
Alba Rojas-Sukkar, Executive Director, Arizona Oncology Foundation
Alyssa Sanchez, Student Representative, University of Arizona
Patricia Schwabe, Peach Properties, Penca
Minna Shah, Architecture, Marketing (Retired), Dun & Bradstreet
Magdalena Verdugo, YWCA Southern Arizona
About the Board

The AZPM® Community Advisory Board is composed of citizens who represent the diverse interests of the communities served. The board advises AZPM® Radio and Television station management on a wide variety of issues relating to southern Arizona public broadcasting.

To learn more about how you can get involved with AZPM® and help us become an even more vibrant part of the Southern Arizona community, e-mail a Board member and one will contact you to discuss how you can help.

A meeting of the Community Advisory Board. A meeting of the Community Advisory Board. (Photo: AZPM)

AZPM® employs an open meeting policy whereby interested members of the public are welcome to attend. The board meets five times a year; upcoming meetings are posted on the meeting calendar below.

You may send your questions or concerns to the AZPM Community Advisory Board at any time through the CAB Contact form. Comments received will be sent to the chair of the Community Advisory Board. Management will ensure that your message is presented to the Executive committee of the CAB at its next regular meeting. The Executive Committee may include your issue or comments as an agenda item at an upcoming meeting of the full CAB. You will be notified via email at the disposition of your issue. Thank you for your interest in AZPM.

CAB Meeting Schedule

Thursday, Feb 15 at noon
via Zoom

AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
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