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Chairman of the Board Robert D. Ramirez President and CEO Vantage West Credit Union Ramirez is responsible for operations of a $1.6 billion credit union with more than 141,000 members with 17 locations in four counties – Pima, Pinal, Cochise and Maricopa. In addition to serving as the Tucson Metro Chamber board chair this year, he is member of the Sun Corridor Inc. Chairman’s Circle, vice chair of the Pima Community College Foundation board, past chair of CUES and a member of the boards of El Rio Health Center and San Miguel High School.
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Vice Chair Larry Lucero Senior Director of Government Relations and Economic Development UNS Energy Corporation and subsidiary Tucson Electric Power Lucero assists in advancing the interests of the utility and its customers. He also works with a variety of community organizations. Among those are Sun Corridor Inc., Chicanos Por La Causa, Southern Arizona Advisory Council, and Tucson Youth Development/ACE Charter High School.
Secretary Sherry Janssen Downer Partner and Owner Law Office of Sherry J. Downer
Ghee Alexander General Manager Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort
Downer is an attorney who helps her clients navigate complex labor and employment issues and business problems. She is secretary of the Chamber and serves on the Pima County Judicial Nominating Commission and the SHRM-GT Legislative Committee. She holds leadership positions within the parent organization of her daughter’s school. Downer has been honored as a Women of Influence, Up and Comer and by 40 Under 40. Her peers recognized her as a Southwest Super Lawyers “Rising Star,” as one of the Best Lawyers in America and AV-Preeminent, the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating available.
Alexander is responsible for all aspects of the resort operation – including planning, positioning, financial performance, resource deployment and guest satisfaction. In addition to serving on the Chamber board, he is an executive board member of the Greater Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Arizona Lodging and Resort Association. In 2014 he was named General Manager of the Year by the Tennessee Hospitality and Tourism Association.
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Immediate Past Chairman Thomas P. McGovern Principal Emeritus Psomas
Treasurer David Lopez-Monroy Shareholder BeachFleischman
McGovern represents Psomas, a regional engineering firm, in various outward-facing roles in the Southern Arizona business and civic community. He serves on the executive committee of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council board and chairs the economic vitality advisory committee of the Pima Association of Government. He also is an Arizona Forward member of the Southern Arizona Regional Council.
As a partner and head of the firm’s international tax practice, LopezMonroy provides tax advisory and compliance services to businesses and individuals involved in crossborder business activities. He’s a new Chamber board member and is a board member of the Nonprofit Loan Fund. He is active with the Business Executives Leadership League and serves as a finance council member of St. Cyril Parish.
William R. Assenmacher CEO CAID Industries
Dr. Amy Beiter CEO Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital
CAID Industries is Southern Arizona’s largest industrial metal fabricator serving local and international customers. Headquartered in Tucson, CAID also has locations in Logan, Utah, and Calama, Chile, and will celebrate 70 years in business in 2017. He serves as chair of the Chamber’s Air Service and Project Prosperity taskforces. Assenmacher is founder and president of the Southern Arizona Business Coalition and chairman of Commerce Bank of Arizona, the only locally owned community bank. He serves on the boards of Tucson Airport Authority and AMIGOS. He is a UA Tech Parks Global Advantage Partner.
Beiter has served St. Mary’s and the community for more than 20 years. Named CEO in 2012, she oversaw the hospital’s major renovation. Beiter is board-certified in internal medicine, a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine and the American College of Physician Executives. She was selected as one of the “100 Physician Leaders of Hospitals and Health Systems” in the U.S. by Becker’s Hospital Review, and one of Arizona’s most influential women in business by Arizona Business. In addition to serving on the Chamber board, Beiter chairs the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
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