2016 FINALISTS
Greg Linaman II
Jenny Moody
COO and general counsel Arizona Commerce Authority azcommerce.com
Vice president and international counsel Kahala Brands| kahalamgmt.com
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n addition to Linaman’s position as COO and general counsel, he is also the ACA’s ethics officer and staffs the ethics and compensation committees of the ACA’s board of directors. He regularly leads ACA special project teams, including teams assembled to attract major employers. In his time at ACA, Linaman helped drive the ACA to exceed its annual job-creation goals by more than 20 percent in fiscal years 2013-2015 and has led teams that work with companies representing a capital investment of more than $1 billion. Linaman has also served on the founding board of directors for Phoenix Collegiate Academy.
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oody started with Kahala more than five years ago as a legal intern during her first summer of law school. From there, she earned a more permanent position with the company’s legal team, where she worked throughout law school. After passing the bar, Moody joined Kahala’s in-house legal team as a full-time attorney. Within one year, she was promoted to her current position, where she handles the legal aspects of the company’s international business in the 26 foreign countries in which it operates, assists with negotiating international expansion deals and manages an IP portfolio of nearly 1,000 trademarks and 100 domains.