Getting to Know the Chamber Board

MAHES PRASAD

US Bank Private Wealth Management

Mahes Prasad is a wealth management leader with over 25 years of financial services experience, effectively leading multidisciplinary wealth managements and sales teams. Since 2021, he has served as Managing Director for US Bank Private Wealth Management. In his role he leads a team of Private Wealth Advisors in Arizona and Nevada. Prior to his time at US Bank, he served as Regional Brokerage Manager at Wells Fargo Advisors in Scottsdale, AZ where he also directly supported The Private Bank from 2007 to 2018. He also supported Juncture Wealth Strategies, a boutique investment advisory firm, from 2019 to 2021.

Mahes actively engaging in the community and serving on multiple non-profit boards.

JOAN SABA

Joan Beverly Zidan was born in Portland, Oregon with a twin sister, Jean Barbara Zidan. She attended high school in Portland and Portland State University, before attending Arizona State University. She married David Saba in 1954 and took over the management of Saba’s Western Wear in Chandler. This was the only store in the chain at that time, opened by her father-in-law in 1927.

Joan is a life member of the Chandler Service Club, has served many years on the Redevelopment Advisory Committee for the City of Chandler, served on multiple land update plans for the city, served on the Cultural Foundation Board, worked over 40 years on downtown redevelopment where she helped organize the Downtown Chandler Community Partnership.

DELANEY STARKS

Bell Bank Mortgage

Delaney Starks is an Arizona native with a passion for her community. Growing up in Ahwatukee, both her parents were in the local real estate industry, which set the groundwork for her entrance into a mortgage career.

Delaney attended Chapman University in Orange, California, earning a Bachelor’s of Science. Achieving homeownership at 23, Delaney learned the value of the “American Dream.” A self-proclaimed “nester,” she understands the importance of having pride in your home, a place to seek personal growth, and financial stability. Not to mention having a place to raise her four fur babies! Delaney is most fulfilled in her career when giving other first-time homebuyers the education and tools they need in order to experience the same freedoms.

JAY TIBSHRAENY

Justice of the Peace

Jay Tibshraeny was sworn in to his first term with the San Marcos Justice Court in January 2019. Prior to that, he served an unprecedented 7 terms as Chandler’s Mayor. He first served as Mayor from 1994 to 2002. He returned to the Mayor’s office in 2011, serving until 2019. He also served eight years in the Arizona State Senate from 2003-2011. He originally served as a member of the Chandler City Council from 1986 to 2002 as Councilmember, Vice Mayor and as Mayor.

A native of Chandler, he has a lifetime of public service in the East Valley. He has served on numerous Professional and Civic organizations, and local and regional Boards and Councils.

His economic development efforts earned the City of Chandler the standing as a regional job creation leader, and the reputation as the Innovation and Technology Hub of the Southwest.