but also connecting the dots of that leadership, in particular on long-term, systemic issues. The Valley and the state are more complex and we’ll need more deliberate connectivity to have greater impact for the near and long term. 3 HOW DIFFERENT IS THIS FROM VALLEY LEADERSHIP’S MISSION BEFORE THIS? MEANING, HOW IS IT A PIVOT? Not too different, actually. We’re still going to be recruiting the best and brightest into our programming and they’re still going to go on to do great things. It is a strategic pivot that shifts the focus from a leadership program that individuals start and finish, to developing a leadership culture within Arizona that seeks to impact long-term issues. 4 HOW HAS THE COMMUNITY RALLIED AROUND IT? Our alumni and partners have been tremendous. Right now we have more than 75 alumni participating with our first two Impact Teams (health and education) and they’re alumni from across all of our programs: Accelerate, Institute and Youth. Additionally, many local philanthropic partners have collectively agreed to invest in the Pivot via a multiyear collaborative investment providing funding to ramp up for the capacity needed to reach our goals and create sustainability for the future. 5 IS THIS KIND OF COLLABORATIVE PHILANTHROPY UNIQUE? We’re grateful to our philanthropic partners here in the Valley who have committed more than $1 million to this effort over the next three years. They all understand the value of doing things together and they’ve been doing it for years. It’s new to Valley Leadership, and that’s what makes our Pivot so special. Let’s seize opportunities together and solve problems collectively. No one group is going to do it solo. 6 WHAT KINDS OF LONG-TERM ISSUES WILL THE PROGRAM ADDRESS? We’ve started out with health and education and eventually will launch other Impact Teams around issues affecting the state as well as those our alumni our passionate about. We’ve begun work on child well-being, arts and culture and job/economy teams and hope to launch some or all of those by the end of the year. 7 WHAT TANGIBLE THINGS CAN WE EXPECT TO COME OUT OF IT? First and foremost, visit ImpactMakerAZ.org , where you’ll see who’s on our Impact Teams and what they’re working to accomplish. Just having a system that can allow for coordinated work (via teams) is a great first step in leveraging and mobilizing our leaders. Then, as the work moves forward, we hope to see actual progress made in the issues the teams are tackling. 8 HOW WILL YOU MEASURE SUCCESS? In a couple of ways. One, are we doing any work? The first two Impact Teams just created “to-do” lists of what they can tactically tackle in opioids, food and nutrition, post-secondary access and pathways to great jobs. We have specific indicators we’ll work toward and make sure we measure our progress along the way. Secondly, are we providing value to the great work already being done in these areas by our strategic 14 | VALLEY LEADERSHIP MAN & WOMAN OF THE YEAR 10 QUESTIONS CONTINUED

partners? We’re not looking to create new programs or duplicate any work; we’re looking to be helpful to work that’s already in progress and move the short-term and long-term needles. 9 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT VALLEY LEADERSHIP TODAY? That we’re more than a nine-month leadership program that you start and finish. We’re a vehicle for leadership to grow and have impact where it’s needed most. 10 WHAT DO YOU SEE FOR THE ORGANIZATION IN THE NEXT 40 YEARS? Our vision is simple: a broad spectrum of Arizonans working together to impact the issues that matter most, setting the example on leadership. As we “pivot” to facilitating that leadership, we hope to see Arizona grow and thrive and set the example of how to get things done. WWW.VALLEYLEADERSHIP.ORG/PATHTOIMPACT