OPEN DOORS CONTINUED in local grants. • SVP Partners have donated tens of thousands of hours as professional consultants to more than 100 nonprofits. • SVP introduced and has run the incredible Fast Pitch competition and mentoring program for seven years. • SVP has served as an integral part of the success of nonprofits such as Feeding Matters, Treasures 4 Teachers, Teen Lifeline, Spot 127, New Global Citizens, bloom365 and many, many more. Terri and I grabbed coffee a few days after her retirement plans were announced and I asked her what was next. Time. Time to enjoy being “Gigi” to her nine grandchildren and mom to her three grown daughters. Time with her husband, Ernie. Time to do those projects around the house and in life that never seem to make it to the top of her priority list. Time to embrace the impending change in this season of life. Terri’s retirement will start with the new year and I look forward to working with her successor. But she’s not dropping completely out of view as she will continue as an SVP Partner and volunteer vice chair for the Arizona Grantmakers Forum. It is my hope that we can sit together at the 2019 Valley Leadership Man and Woman of the Year luncheon and celebrate another new season of life. Happy fall, Andrea @AndreaTEvans Andrea Evans PUBLISHER

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