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  • Lisa Scarpinato with Kitchen on the Street and Dr Steve Chakmakian with UnitedHealthcare
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    Kitchen on the Street is a locally founded nonprofit organization that comes alongside children in need at the intersection of nutrition and academic excellence. For more information please visit www.KitchenOnTheStreet.org
    Lisa Scarpinato is the Chief Executive Office and co-founder of Kitchen on the Street. Her community involvement includes volunteer work at homeless shelters and food banks like Phoenix Rescue Mission, as well as churches and outreach programs locally and abroad.
    Attending grade school and high school in the Valley, she feels a great sense of urgency to improve the lives of impoverished children in Arizona.
    Lisa is a recipient of the POINTS OF LIGHT AWARD in recognition of her community service and involvement in co-founding Kitchen on the Street. In 2010 she received the Women Doing Good Award presented by Self Magazine and L’Oreal and appeared on the Today Show. 
    She is a member of the President’s Circle, an Advisory Committee of Paradise Valley Community College and is a Class 34 Graduate of the Valley Leadership Institute and most recently was awarded the Leader with Distinction Award from ONE.
    Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn and follow Kitchen on the Street on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
    Steve Chakmakian, D.O. joined UnitedHealthcare in January, 2011 as Chief Medical Officer for UHC Community Plan in Arizona. UHCCP currently serves approximately 450,000 Arizonans who qualify for Medicaid, or Medicare and Medicaid, as Dual Special Needs members. The individuals are served through four health plans, including plan types for individuals with developmental disabilities, long-term care services and supports, as well as persons with complex congenital and chronic conditions.
    Dr. Chakmakian is a Family Practice Physician with over 14 years managed care experience in Arizona. He completed his residency training at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ and practiced medicine in Phoenix prior to becoming a full-time Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Managed Care Organization Medical Director.
    Dr. Chakmakian attended Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine after graduating from the University of San Diego. Steve grew up in Tucson, AZ. He currently resides in Paradise Valley with his wife Kristin of 16 years, who is a practicing Pediatrician.
    Follow UHC on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
    49 min
  • FirstBank Phoenix Market President Bryce Lloyd and Jennifer Purcell with Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits
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    FirstBank began providing banking services in Colorado in 1963. Today, the bank maintains more than $18 billion in assets and operates more than 115 branch locations across Colorado, Arizona and California. FirstBank offers a variety of checking accounts, savings accounts, home equity loans, mortgages, and a full range of commercial banking services, including financing, treasury management and deposit accounts.
    Since 2000, FirstBank has been recognized as a leader in corporate philanthropy, contributing more than $65  million and thousands of volunteer hours to charitable organizations. The company is also unique in that a large portion of its stock is owned by management and employees, giving all employees a financial stake in the bank’s success through its Employee Stock Ownership Program.
    Bryce Lloyd is the Phoenix Market President at FirstBank, one of the nation’s largest privately held banks with more than $18 billion in assets and 115 locations across Arizona, Colorado and California. As Market President, Bryce oversees more than 9 locations and 100 employees throughout the Phoenix Metro area.
    He started his banking career in 1989 and has held several leadership roles within the organization before being appointed Market President. Bryce currently serves on the board for several nonprofits and committees, including the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale, and LISC Phoenix.
    Connect with Bryce on LinkedIn and follow FirstBank on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

    Founded in 2004, the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits is a trusted resource and advocate for Arizona’s 20,000 nonprofit organizations. It is comprised of more than 1,000 members across the state, both nonprofits and those in the community who support them. The Alliance is dedicated to furthering the common interests of Arizona’s nonprofit community.
    Their work is aimed at strengthening Arizona’s nonprofit community as a whole, while also providing services and programs that directly help individual organizations succeed. They do this through advocacy, education, information, connection and resources, which are tailored specifically for nonprofits, their staff, their board and their volunteers.
    The Alliance’s mission is to unite, strengthen and advance Arizona’s nonprofit sector. They envision an Arizona where all nonprofits are valued, empowered and thriving. By working with government to advocate for nonprofits, providing resources to help nonprofits save money, and creating opportunities for nonprofits to connect and grow, the Alliance strives to promote healthy, vibrant communities.
    Jennifer Purcell oversees the Alliance’s community outreach efforts including capacity building workshops, educational webinars, annual conference, partnership agreements and fundraising for the organization. She is also responsible for managing the Arizona Gives program and Arizona Gives Day, a 24-hour online statewide giving campaign held in April each year.
    Prior to joining the Alliance, Jennifer was the Community Affairs Manager at BMO Harris Bank where she developed the annual philanthropic strategy and corporate giving program within Arizona, assisted executives with board engagement and built relationships with the nonprofit commu...
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  • Palm Valley Church and Community Impact with Tere Tucker and Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank with Leanne Leonard
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    Palm Valley Church created a non-profit entity, Community Impact. Community Impact exists to work together with their neighbors, local government, businesses and schools to build relationships by bringing all together for the good of the community. Their goal is to discover the assets, talents, gifts and passions in the community to meet the needs for transformation and hope by creating those partnerships. Palm Valley Church is a PEACE Plan Church which means that there are five giants that bring chaos in the world in various degrees locally and globally; they are spiritual emptiness, corrupt leadership, poverty, disease and illiteracy. If the Church can begin to take steps in addressing these giants it will bring peace to the world and will bring about a servants heart, actions and the important of serving others.
    Tere Tucker has been a member of Palm Valley Church for over 6 years and the Director of Local Missions and Community Impact for 2 years. She comes from a background of owning her own software business where she has semi-retired and is now more available for volunteer work. Her passion is helping to make life a little easier and giving hope to those struggling, by looking at what the specific needs are in the community, and working with the community partners to bring about sustainable change. Since Palm Valley Church is a “PEACE Plan” Church it gives her this chance to be used by God to make these changes.
    Follow Palm Valley Church on Facebook and Twitter.
    For the past 23 years the Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank has been faithfully serving the people of the southwest valley. Their mission, as a faith based non-profit organization, is to provide services to families and individuals in the southwest valley who are hungry, in need, or facing crisis. AFFCB has two locations, Avondale and Tonopah, with a variety of programs and services, some shared, some unique. At each location, they offer monthly emergency food boxes and access to their clothing bank. In Avondale, they also provide monthly food boxes for seniors and infants, they have a shower on site for bathing, and they offer hygiene products and daily lunches for
    individuals. 
    Each year, AFFCB partners with other local agencies and churches to collect and distribute school supplies (Backpacks & More) in July, Thanksgiving meals in November, and Christmas food and gifts (Toys & More) in December. All their programs and services are only contingent on need and residency. Individuals seeking assistance at the Avondale or Tonopah location must have proof of residence in a neighboring city (Avondale, Goodyear, Buckeye, Tolleson, Cashion, or Litchfield Park – or – Tonopah, Arlington, Palo Verde, or Harquahala, respectively).
    The Agua Fria Food & Clothing Bank is a community supported organization. They rely heavily on in-kind and monetary donations, as well as grants. They are also an approved AZ charitable tax credit organization. Their day to day operations are possible only through the thousands of generous hours served by volunteers.
    Leanne Leonard has served as the Executive Director of the Agua Fria Food & Clothing Bank since August of 2015. Prior to coming to AFFCB she worked for Ottawa University’s Arizona campus for eight years. She was serving as the Director of Business Program’s for their four Arizona locations, and was a full time faculty member teaching courses in business, communications, and liberal arts.
    Leanne earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and Psychology from Ottawa University,
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  • Junior Achievement with Anne Landers and ASU Lodestar Center with Nicole Almond Anderson
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    Continuing education outside the traditional classroom is important for creating leaders of all ages whether it’s the ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation and their undergraduate, graduate or certificate programs designed to provide professionals with the tools they need to accelerate social impact or Junior Achievement of Arizona and their unique programs empowering K-12 students to be successful.
    Nonprofit professionals and advocates of a strong workforce will want to tune in to hear how these two organizations are making great strides to build strong communities not just in Arizona, but worldwide!
    For the last 60 years, Junior Achievement of Arizona (JA) has been empowering the futures of millions of Arizona students by giving them the knowledge and skills they need to manage their money, plan for their future, and make smart academic, career and economic choices. Delivered by 9,500 business and community volunteer mentors, our hands-on, age-appropriate programs focus on three key areas: financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship.
    Serving more than 80,000 students each year and over 2 million since its founding, JA is shaping the college- and career-readiness conversation, and we play an important role in Arizona’s workforce and economic development. Our programs help students connect what they learn in the classroom to the real world, and demonstrate how learning correlates to earning – knowledge critical to empowering today’s students to be successful, contributing members of society in the future. 
    We serve students with diverse backgrounds and socio-economic status throughout Arizona, with primary focus on providing our programs to students from low-income households.
    We are a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization wholly dependent on the financial and volunteer support of individuals, foundations and businesses.
    We have two offices – headquartered in Tempe, where our two JA BizTown® facilities are located, and another office in Tucson, serving our Southern Arizona students and partners. We are a member of Junior Achievement USA.
    Anne Landers is the Senior Director of Marketing and Development for Junior Achievement of Arizona, a Tempe-based nonprofit that prepares 83,000 primarily low-income children to succeed in work and life each year by educating them about financial literacy, career readiness, and entrepreneurial thinking. She has been with the organization for four years and is the organization’s first marketing director in 20 years.
    Before coming to JA, she was the Interim Director at an international community development nonprofit, Life In Abundance, where she oversaw the implementation of U.S. based operations of programs abroad.  She  began her career at a start-up advertising and PR agency, David and Sam PR (Decibel Blue), where she was one of the agency’s first two employees.
    Anne holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from ASU. She lives in Gilbert with her husband, two soon-to-be school-aged sons and black lab.
    Follow JA on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

    The ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation is a global leader in advancing understanding and effective philanthropic and nonprofit practice as a distinctive community development strategy.
    Through research, education, technical assistance and convenings,
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  • City of Phoenix with Michael Hammett and Downtown Phoenix Inc with Alison Sipes and Sara Lynch
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    Collaboration and volunteerism took center stage in this segment of 3C Amplified with host JacquelineDestremps and her guests Chief Service Officer of City of Phoenix Michael Hammett and Director of Events, Alison Sipes, and Events and Marketing Coordinator Sara Lynch of Downtown Phoenix.  They were presented with the idea of hosting a Volunteer Fair by Charlie Levy, owner of local music venue favorites like Crescent Ballroom , The Van Buren and Valley Bar, and set their sites to make it a reality.
    If you’ve ever thought about volunteering, but you aren’t sure where to start, then this segment is for you.  You’ll not only hear more about the Phoenix Volunteer Fair, taking place February 10 at The Van Buren, but how volunteerism can impact not just a nonprofit or the people it serves, but your life as well.
    The Volunteer Phoenix Office leads volunteer opportunities across 20 City departments for maximum, measurable impact for our residents. The office directs the City’s National Service program, including AmeriCorps opportunities in City departments. More than 40,000 volunteers contribute 500,000 hours of service each year. 
    Opportunities are available at Phoenix Sky Harbor, Phoenix Municipal Court, Neighborhood Services, Parks, Arts & Culture, Police, Fire, Human Services, among others. Check out our searchable website to find the perfect opportunity for you at Phoenix.gov/volunteer.
    Michael Hammett is the Chief Service Officer for the Phoenix City Manager’s Office. Hammett holds a B.A. in Broadcasting from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and a M.S. Global Technology and Development from the School for the Future of Innovation in Society, both at Arizona State University.
    Follow Volunteer Phoenix on Twitter.
    The sensory experience on the ground floor of any urban environment helps define the culture of a city, what people think about it, what they remember and what they love. That’s why improving the sidewalk experience is just one of many initiatives Downtown Phoenix Inc. (DPI) has created to cultivate a better downtown.
    And we’re not alone. In addition to focusing money and manpower on sidewalk activation through marketing, events and the amazing work of the Downtown Phoenix Ambassadors and Streetscape Team, we’re working with business leaders from our membership organization, Phoenix Community Alliance, and a host of volunteer and community organizations to create a more walkable, interesting and vibrant community.
    Alison Sipes is the Director of Events for Downtown Phoenix, Inc. where she has led the events team since 2016. She is focused on bringing as many events as possible to Downtown Phoenix. Her current passion projects are Flying Burrito Festival, Phoenix Volunteer Fair, Howl-o-Ween: A Dog Costume Parade, Fried French Fry Festival, and too many more to name. You can spot Alison on event day as she’s always wearing her signature gold fanny pack.
    When she’s not taking charge on event day, Alison spends most of her free time with her two lovable dogs, Franklin and Rocky.
    Connect with Alison on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagr...
    50 min
  • With Purpose LLC with Chris Aird and Brandon Pickett and About Care CEO Ann Marie McArthur
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    With Purpose is a business and leadership development company that provides encouragement, education, and empowerment to people and businesses.
    We work on the business while they work in the business. This is done through active listening, specific questions, accountability, mentorship, integrity, problem-solving, forward thinking, strategic planning, motivation, and many years of education and various situations along with the desire to see people and businesses grow. We have a heart for people and a mind for business. 
    Drawing on 25 years of leadership experience, Chris Aird remains passionate about developing people and helping them find their purpose and their potential so they will be their best. With encouragement, education, and empowering skills, he provides opportunities for leadership and organizational development



    Moving forward and leading with change from the inside out, Chris continues to help various Boards, executives, leaders, and teams. He uses a collaborative approach with companies and people to help them determine their vision and then identify a plan to help them achieve goal-oriented results for their professional and personal lives. His areas of expertise include: communication, organizational development, organizational change, succession planning, individual/team coaching, team-building, leadership development, leadership retreats, and recruiting of leadership.
    To influence these countless leaders, he uses various skills that include active listening, observing, accountability, integrity, problem-solving, forward thinking, and motivation. These and more assist in leadership and organizational development that provide needed results for the customer and community.
    Chris holds a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership, teaches his passion at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix Arizona and is a speaker-coach in the TEDx community.
    Brandon Pickett’s internal drive and passion comes through in helping others.  he has five years of managerial experiences as well as over 15 years of experience and knowledge within different organizations and fields.  This experience comes from programs for children and adults with mental health and cognitive disabilities, family dynamics, special / general education structure and classroom success/functions, social services, and adults with personal goals and/or struggles.



    To inspire desired outcomes, Brandon employs a variety of skills that include accountability, integrity, honesty, observation, interpersonal assessment, evaluation of environmental factors, problem-solving, and positive reinforcement.  His skills encompass strategic planning both individually and organizationally, communication, team leadership, team building, training development and execution, and community/ individual development.
    Brandon holds a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Behavioral Analysis and a Master’s degree in Business Leadership.  He continues to provide resources and training to the community throughout Arizona.
    Connect with Chris and Brandon on LinkedIn, and follow With Purpose on Facebook and Instagram.
    About Care is a charity serving the East Valley to provide free support services to the elderly and disabled. Our goal is to help our neighbors meet their basic needs and remain independent in their homes while reducing isolation.
    52 min
  • Debbi Bertolet Owner of Organized Inside and Out and Katie Thomas CPA with Diamond J Accounting
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    Creating a system for a better organized home, office, finances, LIFE can be daunting, but this segment’s guests broke it down into simple steps.
    On this episode of 3C Amplified guests Debbi Bertolet, owner of Organized Inside And Out and Katie Thomas, owner of Diamond J Accounting, LLC inspire listeners to get organized in their home, their business and their finances.
    Tune in now to learn how to cut through your clutter and make a difference by donating your unwanted items to a nonprofit. Katie also talks about the Arizona tax credit and the benefits individuals and businesses can take advantage of simply by choosing to donate up to $1800 a year to a qualifying charity.
    Organized Inside and Out is a residential organizing and landscaping business established five years ago by Debbi Bertolet to encompass her variety of interests in the service of others. She enjoys helping people ages 15 to 90 with their homes and gardens, and specializes in working with individuals with chronic disorganization, hoarding disorder, depression, or physical challenges. Services offered by Organized Inside and Out include residential organizing, downsizing and move management, and landscaping and yard maintenance. Garages, sheds, yard, and messy projects are Debbi’s favorites, but she is good with paper management as well.
    Debbi Bertolet is a former high school educator who started doing this type of work alongside her students as they all volunteered to help senior citizens tidy up their yards. After retirement in 2011, she sought training as a professional organizer and opened Organized Inside and Out. Debbi is an active participant in NAPO (the National Association of Organizing and Productivity Professionals) and ICD (the Institute for Challenging Disorganization). She has also volunteered over 1500 hours at the Desert Botanical Garden and is a member of the Central Arizona Cactus and Succulent Society. Debbi is happy to help your sort your piles, plan your move, and play with your cactus!
    Follow Organized Inside and Out on Facebook.
    Diamond J Accounting is a boutique accounting firm focusing on providing clients a holistic approach to their business needs including: comprehensive accounting services, strategic planning, financial analysis, compliance monitoring, and general business consulting.
    Combined, this father-daughter team has over 50 years combined experience working with business of all sizes, but have found their passion helping business owners/decision makers and nonprofits.
    The philosophy at Diamond J Accounting is that the best run businesses are those where the owners have the necessary information that is accurate and readily available to enable them to make the best business decisions, but that most business owners have better things to be doing than worrying about their accounting. 
    In fact, most business owners admit that accounting “isn’t their thing” and either spend way too much time trying to do it themselves, or, worse yet, ignore it completely until it’s time to file annual taxes. Diamond J Accounting can help by taking allowing these businesses to outsource their accounting work – they cover everything from bookkeeping, on-site support, process improvement, accounting, budgeting, financial analysis, and general business consulting.
    Katie Thomas is a mama, accountant, and the owner of her own firm, Diamond J Accounting. After graduating in 2007 from Arizona State University with two B.S. Degrees in Accountancy and in Finance and a minor in Spanish, Katie began her career as a corporate auditor. She soon developed her skill for finding finance problems into a des...
    51 min
  • Read Better Be Better with CEO and Founder Sophie Etchart and Paracore President Adam Arkfeld
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    Read Better Be Better is an after school literacy program designed to be highly effective and evidence informed. Their mission is to help children improve literacy skills to become better learners.
    They create change by helping children master reading comprehension in three ways:

    * Improving concentration
    * Encouraging an active enjoyment of reading
    * Helping develop a deeper understanding of what is being read

    They support basic classroom instruction with additional comprehension strategies to improve proficiency and positively impact future academic success. 
    RBBB uses trained 8th grade volunteers to implement a simple, but highly structured after-school program for 3rd graders. The older students work one-on- one with the younger students, modeling and fostering active engagement with a variety of texts. The program also includes constructive play activities specifically chosen for their ability to focus attention and improve concentration.
    Sophie Etchart was born in Connecticut, but raised and educated in England. She studied Spanish, French and German at the University of Newcastle-Upon- Tyne. As part of her degree, Sophie spent her third year of University living and working in Belgium and Spain.
    Upon graduation, Sophie joined a financial services agency specializing in board-level strategic HR consulting. In 2009 Sophie designed and executed the Private Equity Foundation / Deutsche Bank Leadership Program: a series of instructional workshops and networking events in partnership with INSEAD business school, France. After spending a year on loan to the Private Equity Foundation as a strategic HR consultant, Sophie committed to a full transition into the non-profit sector.
    Sophie moved to Peru in 2010 to run the education program at SKIP, an international development organization in northern Peru. For 2 years she managed a team of 25 staff and volunteers working with 330 young people aged 3-17. The key component of the program was a comprehension curriculum designed to complement the national public schooling system. This program received a commendation during a site visit by professional contacts at the Bill Gates foundation.
    Sophie met her husband, an Arizona native, in Peru and moved to Phoenix in 2012. She spent 2 years managing the JA BizTown® team at Junior Achievement. Upon her departure, each member of her team had delivered “outstanding” performance according to standardized quantitative KPI assessments.
    Sophie had identified the need for basic reading comprehension support during her 2 years at Junior Achievement. The JA BizTown® program serves over 20,000 students per year; an alarming number of whom had neither the focus nor the foundational skills to obtain the most value from the experience. When the “Move On When Reading” law was announced, she decided that the timing was critical to support those 3rd graders at risk of being kept behind. Read Better Be Better is based on the proven SKIP model and adapted to the current environment.
    In 2017, Sophie was recognized as one of Phoenix Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 younger business leaders making an impact in the Phoenix area.
    Connect with Sophie on LinkedIn, and follow RBBB on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
     

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  • Live and Learn Program Coordinator Kristin Chatsworth and Arizona Career Pathways Director Kerrie Adney-Walker
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    Arizona has one of the highest poverty rates in the United States, and this poverty disproportionately affects women and children. Seventy-nine percent of the state’s single-parent families live in poverty and are headed by women, and 24% of Arizona’s children live in extreme poverty. At the same time, Arizona has a failing education system. The state ranks 45th in the nation for educational quality and has a high-school dropout rate that is among the highest in the country, at over 23%. This climate of high-poverty and low-education traps Arizonans in a cycle of generational poverty, which is when a parent’s poverty hinders the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral development, as well as the educational and professional attainment, of their children. Generational poverty spurs higher poverty rates with each subsequent generation. This becomes everyone’s problem as high poverty rates lead to higher taxes, higher rates of incarceration, higher crime, and less stable communities.
    Live and Learn’s research-based economic empowerment program seeks to end this cycle. We are a Phoenix-area nonprofit that serves women whose lives have been affected by severe poverty, violence, and homelessness. Our mission is to break the cycle of generational poverty through life-skills and career training for women that leads to financial self-sufficiency. Live and Learn was founded in 2012 as an initiative of the Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation. The Live and Learn Program piloted under the umbrella of the Arizona Foundation for Women for three years with great success. Having proved its efficacy, Live and Learn became an independent 501(c)3 in 2015.
    Our program works by providing structured, individualized support to clients. This support focuses on the five crucial aspects needed to reach economic independence: education, career planning, psycho-social support, life-skills development, and financial literacy. Success in the Live and Learn program is achieved when clients complete training and education programs in areas with high employment demand, when there is a realistic opportunity for clients to pursue further education and advancement in their field, and when clients secure and retain employment that offers a livable wage. Eighty-five percent of women who enter our program successfully complete it within two years, allowing them to lift themselves out of poverty and create a better future for their children.
    Kristin Chatsworth has been our Program Coordinator since 2015, when Live and Learn became an independent 501(c)3. Her passion for our mission and clients has made her a vital part of our team. In her role as Program Coordinator, Ms. Chatsworth oversees the Client Coordinators, assists with clients in crisis, and coordinates the supplemental support offered to clients. Ms. Chatsworth has a B.S. in Finance from the University of Arizona and an MBA from Chapman University.
    Follow Live and Learn on Facebook and LinkedIn.
    Arizona Career Pathways is a workforce development intermediary program that responds to the needs of workers and key employers. Our mission is to demonstrate the substantial social and economic benefits that are achieved through investment in long-term credential and degree attainment for those who otherwise would not have the opportunity. Arizona Career Pathways defines the needs, identifies resources and brokers relationships that impact the education and training of a quality workforce, regional economic sustainability, and business growth.
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  • Senior Advocacy Group of Ahwatukee with Board Chair Vicki McAllister and First Responder and Board Member Derrick Johnson
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    Derrick Johnson, business owner and Captain with the Phoenix Fire Department, became a board member with the Senior Advocacy Group of Ahwatukee after years of being involved with health care and public health policy.  He joined us in the studio to share how he and guest Vicki McAllister with SAGA continue to bring important health information to first responders with the new MedStats program.
    SAGA, also known as the Senior Advocacy Group of Ahwatukee is a nonprofit comprised of local businesses and volunteers organized to assist seniors, caregivers and families through education, resources and advocacy. 
    Vicki McAllister has worked in healthcare for over 40 years. . She was a licensed skilled nursing facility (SNF) administrator and licensed assisted living manager having worked in numerous settings that serve older adults including four continuing care retirement communities, SNFs, assisted living and senior living apartments in the Phoenix Metropolitan community and Wisconsin. Her executive leadership and administrator experiences include post-acute rehab, dementia care and person centered program development within all levels of licensed care and post-acute rehabilitation services and home care.
    She has served in program development at Banner Health’s Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, as a Senior Consultant at a national healthcare consulting firm and recent Board roles included Vice President and Board Member at the Arizona Board of Examiners, NCIA/ALFM (Nursing Care Institution Administrators & Assisted Living Managers) and numerous other volunteer leadership activities. Vicki has been recognized with ACHCA as Distinguished Administrator National Award (1996) and AZ Chapter (1996) and Administrator of the Year for Arizona Healthcare (1994). She was a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Administrators.
    Vicki holds a BS degree from Carroll University and is enrolled in the MBA program at Ottawa University. She has been the Board Chair of the Senior Advocacy Group of Ahwatukee since 2017.
    Derrick Johnson has been a Firefighter/Paramedic for over 30 years and has been involved with health care in the areas of public health policy and as a provider. He became involved in SAGA in 2015 and became a board member in 2016.
    Working with SAGA, he helped develop the nonprofit’s innovative tool, MedStats, to provide important health and other information to first responders in order to save time and facilitate care during a medical emergency.
    Follow SAGA on Facebook.
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