ORGANIZATIONS FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE + Aliento + Center for the Future of Arizona + Make-A-Wish Arizona + The Nature Conservancy + Office of American Indian Initiatives at ASU + SPOT 127 + Xico 6 EDITOR’S NOTE Here Comes the Sun 8 10 QUESTIONS Giada De Laurentiis, celebrity chef and restaurateur 13 CREATING CULTURE Drawing on Tradition 16 CHEERS TO THE CHAIRS Upcoming philanthropic events 19 STYLE UNLOCKED Summer Bliss 27 KEY TO THE GOOD LIFE Host With the Most 30 COVER STORY ‘There Is Power in Positivity’ 37 NEXT DOORS Good to the Last Drop 41 A 2ND ACT An Unfinished Journey 44 OFFICE DOORS Dan Stellar, Arizona state director of The Nature Conservancy 47 CHARITY SPOTLIGHT Spot 127 51 FROM THE ROAD New York State of Mind 57 KITCHEN DOORS Let’s Eat! 63 BOOKMARKED Jacob Moore, vice president & special advisor to the president on American Indian affairs at Arizona State University 64 LAST LOOK A Home Run for Hope THE SUMMER ISSUE 2024, VOLUME 18, ISSUE 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 27

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