Thursday, September 5, 2013

Major League Baseball

Senior Vice President of Standards & On-Field Operations

Joe Garagiola, Jr. was previously senior vice president of baseball operations, and before that the General Manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Girish Patel, Green Card Fund

Girish Patel, Managing Director

Green Card Fund (also known as “Green Card Fund, LLC” and “Arizona EB-5 Regional Center”) is a federally approved United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS)  Regional Center with a focus on projects designed to bring improvements in education, healthcare, hospitality, municipal infrastructure and emerging ‘green’ technologies.

Thursday, November 7, 2013

EDMC/Education Management Corporation

Todd Nelson, Chairman of the Board

Education Management Corporation is among the largest providers of private post-secondary education in North America, based on student enrollment and revenue, with 110 locations in 32 U.S. States and Canada. EDMC is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Arizona Business Leadership Association, Inc. provides its members with the opportunity to pursue excellence through its people and programs.

TOP TIER SPEAKERS

Jim Ward,
Former President of Lucas Arts Entertainment Company and Currently Interim President & CEO of The Phoenix Symphony

Michael Pazak,
Director of Sales, Amazon.com

John Weber,
President, Remy International

Robert Meyer,
President & Chief Executive Officer, Phoenix Children’s Hospital

Shelby Yastrow,
Former EVP, General Counsel, & Corporate Secretary of McDonald’s Corporation; Current Member of the Board of Directors of Great Clips; New York Times Bestselling Author

Dean Kamen,
Founder of Deka Research International, Founder of FIRST

Bob Klosterboer,
SVP & General Manager, ON Semiconductor

FROM OUR BLOG

  • 5 Ways To Build Meaningful Relationships From Contacts

    At AzBL we talk about the importance of connecting and building business relationships as a member. It’s one of our differentiators as an association and a major reason we have retained a solid base of long-term members. Of course, we were all new members at one time. Today, most feel very connected to AzBL, while… Read more

  • The Old Fashioned Way

    On May 8th Arizona Business Leadership recognized Grand Canyon University (GCU) with our annual Arizona Business Leadership Award™. Brian Mueller, GCU President and CEO, gave an inspiring speech with a focus on the “old fashioned way.” The old fashioned way he described is very contemporary in a number of respects: Disruptive innovation has been a… Read more

  • Business Is Personal

    During her recent ABL presentation Rhoda Olsen, the CEO of Great Clips, repeated this mantra several times:  business is personal.  Words like “personal” have many connotations.  In this context it was about the “30,000 stylists who are the daily strength of your brand.”  Simply put, it is about trust and connection with your fellow workers…. Read more

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MEMBER PROFILE

sally_bell Sally Bell Section Chief/Finance Division - Arizona Office of the Attorney General

The focus of my professional life has been to create top-performing operations wherever I’ve worked. Today, I lead the Bankruptcy & Collection Enforcement Section of the Attorney General’s Office where we work with many different client agencies throughout the State of Arizona. Through increased, continuous focus on efficiency and collaborative relationships, we work to obtain optimal results for everyone’s… Read more