SPOTLIGHT
President and CEO: Michael Atkinson Publisher: Amy Lindsey Vice president of operations: Audrey Webb
RAISING WAGES: PNC Bank will bring its minimum pay rate from $15 to $18 per hour, beginning Nov. 22. This represents a 20% increase from the bank’s current $15 minimum rate and is more than double the national minimum wage of $7.25.
EDITORIAL
LEADING DENTAL INDUSTRY: Delta Dental of
Interns: Jacob Flores | Gabriella Herran-Romero | Elinor Tutora
Editor in chief: Michael Gossie Senior editor: Rebecca L. Rhoades Staff writer: Kyle Backer
Arizona appointed Michael Jones as president and chief executive officer, effective in October. He will also serve as the president of the charitable Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation, which provides much-needed funding, education and dental supplies to those in need across the state.
Contributing writers: Alison Bailin Batz | Christina Caldwell | Erin
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: The Taiwan-USA Industrial
Art director: Mike Mertes
Cooperation Promotion Office and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding on industrial cooperation with the aim to foster closer partnership between Taiwan and Arizona.
TAKING HEART: Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson recently marked its 100th Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), a milestone of note for a new program that continued to grow even during the pandemic.
Thorburn | Steven G. Zylstra ART Design director: Bruce Andersen
MARKETING/EVENTS Digital marketing specialist: Paul Schaum Marketing & event specialist: Lynette Carrington OFFICE Special projects manager: Sara Fregapane Database solutions manager: Amanda Bruno
HOMEBUILDING MILESTONE: Fulton Homes, Arizona’s largest family-owned and -operated homebuilder, is marking the achievement of 45 years of building quality single-family homes with high-grade amenities and plentiful greenspaces in communities across the Valley.
AZ BUSINESS MAGAZINE
HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE BOOST: Apricus Health
AZ BUSINESS ANGELS
announced it’s partnering with the WCUI School of Medical Imaging and Nursing and Franklin Pierce University Goodyear Campus, to establish externship programs.
MAKING THE GRADE: Great Hearts Academies, a nonprofit network of tuition-free public charter schools in Arizona and Texas, announce its 2021 graduating class of seniors in Arizona were awarded more than $46 million in merit-based scholarships. Ninety-five percent of the 569 graduates went on to immediately attend college.
Senior account executives: David Harken | April Rice Advertising coordinator: Heather Barnhill
AZ BUSINESS LEADERS Director of sales: Sheri Brown AZRE | ARIZONA COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE Director of sales: Ann McSherry EXPERIENCE ARIZONA | PLAY BALL Director of sales: David Ealy
PUTTING UP WALLS: Paul Johnson Drywall announced that the firm was again named a Top 50 Contractor for 2021 by Walls & Ceilings Magazine. This marks the sixth consecutive year for PJD to be named as an industry leader on the national list.
RECORD GROWTH: Despite the economic downturn due
to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hughes Federal Credit Union set records in 2020 for growth in credit union assets, capital, deposits, loans and members. Credit union assets totaled $1,652,308,495.00, an increase of 18.46%. 4
AB | September - October 2021
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