| 10 | VALLEY LEADERSHIP · MAN & WOMAN OF THE YEAR WOMAN OF THE YEAR

| 11 | VALLEY LEADERSHIP · MAN & WOMAN OF THE YEAR | 11 | VALLEY LEADERSHIP · MAN & WOMAN OF THE YEAR As president, CEO and co-founder of Plaza Companies, Sharon Harper oversees all facets of company operations, including the ownership, development, leasing or management of nearly 10 million square feet of Arizona medical office properties, senior living facilities and bioscience/biotechnology centers. Harper has been heavily influential in the widespread success of SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center, of which Plaza Companies is the master developer. Notable medical projects include Banner Estrella Medical Center in Phoenix, Paradise Valley Medical Plaza and numerous other on- and off-campus projects. Harper and Plaza Companies also played a prominent role in the development and management of many of Arizona’s premier senior-living facilities, including Vi at Silverstone and Vi at Grayhawk. Recently, she and her husband Dr. Oliver Harper received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Phoenix Theatre. Plaza was recognized as one of the top real estate development and brokerage firms by the Phoenix Business Journal in 2016, and Sharon Harper received the publication’s Landmark Leaders recognition in 2016. Plaza was also recognized as one of Arizona’s leading real estate companies by AZ Big Media in 2017. Harper was the chairman of the Prop. 123 campaign in 2016, was the recipient of the “Distinguished Service Award” by the Greater Phoenix Economic Council in 2014 and was also listed among AZRE’s “People to Know in Commercial Real Estate,” Real Estate Forum’s “Women of Influence” and AZ Big Media’s “20 Most Influential Women in Commercial Real Estate” that same year. She was the recipient of the “Lifetime Achievement Award” and “Most Admired Leader” by the Phoenix Business Journal and received the “Citizen Leadership Award” from the International Economic Development Council in 2013. Harper currently serves as immediate past chairman of Greater Phoenix Leadership, serves on the executive board of GPEC, and was appointed to the trustees of ASU, a board of leaders that serve as advisors for the university and President Michael M. Crow. She is also a trustee for the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, and was appointed to the executive board of Gov. Doug Ducey’s Arizona Zanjeros, a business leadership group created to help promote Arizona’s economic development. She is an active member of the Inaugural Valley Leadership CEO Circle. Past appointments include stints on the board of directors for the Arizona Community Foundation, past chairman of Banner Health Foundation and chairman of the board of trustees for Brophy College Preparatory School. Harper also served as National Finance Chairman for Arizona Senator John McCain during both his 2000 and 2008 presidential runs. Sharon Harper P RES I D E NT, C EO A N D FO U N D E R P L A Z A C O M PA N I ES