FALL 2022
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Vision for an ‘Athletics District’
Improvements Could Amount to $1 Billion By Steve Rivera Dave Heeke and the University of Arizona have a longterm vision…
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Col. Scott C. Mills Takes Command: Davis-Monthan Gets a New Leader
By Tom Leyde Davis-Monthan Air Force Base has a new leader. Col. Scott C. Mills took command of the Rescue…
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Fall Issue 2022
From the Publisher BizTucson is proud to present our second annual Women Leading the Region Awards, honoring the incredible women…
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Women Leading the Region
By Tara Kirkpatrick Our second annual Women Leading the Region issue spotlights 15 stellar individuals whose contributions to academia, athletics,…
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A Northern Welcome
Visit Tucson Annual Meeting Highlights New Travel Between Tucson, Canada By Jake O’Rourke At Visit Tucson’s first in-person annual meeting…
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Heeke’s Long Road Leads to Tucson
Michigan Man Finds a Home at UArizona By Steve Rivera For Dave Heeke it was a long and sometimes winding…
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Backing the Bowl
Sponsors, Supporters, Officials Ready to Get Arizona Bowl Relaunched By Steve Rivera Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl officials are champing at…
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A Focus on Tucson
Bourn Companies Specializes in Large-Scale, Mixed-Use Projects By Rodney Campbell Forgive Don Bourn if he’s feeling a sense of déjà vu.…
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Tech Launch Arizona Marks a Decade
From UArizona Minds to Marketplace By Jay Gonzales In the not-so-distant past, ground-breaking research conducted on the University of Arizona…
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From Computer Engineer to Commercialization
Doug Hockstad Leads Tech Launch Arizona to Prosperity By Jay Gonzales There was a point in his professional career when…
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Launching an Innovation Ecosystem
Tech Launch Arizona Posts $1.6 Billion in Economic Output By Jay Gonzales Though its decade at the University of Arizona may…
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Bigger, Better El Tour de Tucson
Route Tweaks, Cycling Greats Mark the 2022 Race By Valerie Vinyard As the Banner-University Medicine El Tour de Tucson prepares for…
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Cycling CEO
TJ Juskiewicz Brings New Zeal to El Tour de Tucson By Valerie Vinyard For TJ Juskiewicz, taking charge of a large…
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Tour de Force
Kathryn Bertine is Women’s Cycling’s Most Ardent Advocate By Valerie Vinyard Longtime cycling advocate and Tucson resident Kathryn Bertine was excited to…
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Long Time Caring
Long Realty Cares Foundation Marks 20 Years By Loni Nannini Twenty years ago, employees with the largest real estate company…
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Grant Process Values Inclusion
Raffle Raises Thousands Each Year By Loni Nannini Since it was formed, the Long Realty Cares Foundation has fine-tuned a unique…
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Reaching Out
Foundation Finds the Underserved and Lesser-known Nonprofits By Loni Nannini This year, Long Realty Cares Foundation marks a 20-year crusade…
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Fighting Aphasia
University of Arizona a Leader in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences By Rodney Campbell Hollywood legend Bruce Willis recently had…
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TENWEST Returns
Festival Celebrates Tucson’s Arts, Business Ecosystem By Tom Leyde The TENWEST Impact Festival returns to Tucson in November after a two-year…
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FosterEd Pitches a Winner
Nonprofit Aiding Foster Care Youth Awarded at Fast Pitch Tucson By Tom Leyde Children in foster care need a lot…
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Mara Aspinall
Managing Director – BlueStone Venture Partners By David Pittman Mara Aspinall is a biotech industry executive and healthcare trailblazer who…
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Erika Barnes
Executive Senior Associate Director of Athletics, SWA – University of Arizona By Tara Kirkpatrick The first sentence of Erika Barnes’…
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Elizabeth Cantwell
Senior VP for Research and Innovation – University of Arizona By Tara Kirkpatrick To be true to herself, Elizabeth “Betsy”…
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Mimi Coomler
CEO – Tucson Medical Center By Tara Kirkpatrick If you want to walk in Mimi Coomler’s shoes, start with the…
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Marcy Euler
President and CEO – Pima Foundation By Tara Kirkpatrick She may call herself “just a girl from Montana,” but Marcy…
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Carlotta Flores
Owner – Flores Concepts By Rodney Campbell Operating the nation’s longest-running, family-owned Mexican restaurant is more than a point of…
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Sarah Frost
CEO – Banner-University Medical Center Tucson – Banner-University Medical Center South By Rodney Campbell The woman who promoted Sarah Frost…
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Reneé Gonzales
CEO – Long Realty Company By Tara Kirkpatrick Running the region’s leading real estate company, Reneé Gonzales’ favorite part of…
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Lisa Hagins
Regional President – OneAZ Credit Union By Eva Halvax When Lisa Hagins first moved to Tucson, she knew she’d found…
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Styne Hill
Chair – Community Foundation for Southern Arizona Board of Trustees By David Pittman With wisdom, skill and dedication, Wyllstyne D. Hill…
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Karla Bernal Morales
VP – Arizona Technology Council By David Pittman Karla Bernal Morales, a leader in education, nonprofit and governmental endeavors, is…
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Lea Márquez Peterson
Chair – Arizona Corporation Commission By Tara Kirkpatrick In state matters of corporate, energy and public policy, Lea Márquez Peterson…
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Kathy Prather
Superintendent and CEO – Pima Joint Technical Education District By Eva Halvax Kathy Prather has never lost sight of the…
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Sandra Sagehorn-Elliott
President and CEO – Vantage West Credit Union By Rodney Campbell Being a manager is one thing. Being a leader…
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Michelle Trindade
Senior VP, Customer Experience – GEICO By Eva Halvax Michelle Trindade finds potential in everything. As senior VP of customer…
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