PHILANTHROPY Services, she puts her safety on the back burner, working with some of the most challenging cases of individuals who struggle to be understood and heard. Genovese is a community activist focusing much of her energy on improving connectivity to services for people with opioid addiction. She has compassion for everyone believing that everyone has the ability to heal and lead a positive and functional life.
Mike Brown, WaFd Bank Arizona
Tom Davis
In November, Brown stepped up as chairman of The Care Fund, a Scottsdalebased nonprofit that helps families with a critically ill child pay their home mortgage or rent when medical expenses severely limit their ability to meet their monthly
with the Arizona Community Foundation, Pioneer Title’s Leave Things Better provides one $10,000 grant each month to a local qualifying nonprofit. To date, the grant program has approved donations to The Arizona Community Foundation COVID-19 Community Response Fund, The Arizona Community Foundation Black Philanthropy Initiative, Child Crisis Arizona and Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
Barry Chasse stations this fall. Each station allows for students to wash while safely separated. Finally, they worked with another four schools to assemble and launch “Little Free Libraries” to provide anytime, outdoor access to books for kids.
Trevor Wilde, Wilde Wealth Management Group
Heather Genovese, Southwest Behavioral & Health Services
Heather Genovese is a champion for children with high needs, vulnerable adults, and people with addictions. As the vice president of crisis and opioid services at Southwest Behavioral & Health
Mike Brown
Fellow Airpark father Trevor Wilde not only joined the boards of both Junior Achievement of Arizona and Child Crisis Arizona this past summer to lend a personal hand, but he gathered his entire team to pitch in by providing more than 6,000 meals to local families in need, all available curbside and at no cost to the families or organization through Child Crisis.
housing obligations. Beyond this, Brown helped initiate more than $160,000 in community giving over the past year through the bank’s WaFd Foundation and during the first months of the pandemic led his team through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan program, ultimately providing 912 PPP loans totaling $88 million across Arizona.
Barry Chasse, Chasse Building Team
Heather Genovese
Local father and business owner Barry Chasse worked with his team to help children gain access to education in safer ways. First, they worked with more than 30 schools to financially support alternative graduations, celebrations and other honors last spring. Then, they worked with 13 Arizona schools to install handwashing
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Trevor Wilde