The People Behind First Place®
Board of Directors (Click for bios)
Sara Dial
Board Chair
Sara Dial & Associates President and CEO
Joyce Millard Hoie
Vice Chair
Former Raising Special Kids Executive Director
Tess Burleson, CPA, MBA
Board Secretary
TGen Chief Operating Officer &
TGen Health Ventures President
Jack Henry
Board Treasurer
Founder & Managing Director
of Sierra Blanca Ventures, LLC
&
Clarke’s Grandfather
Denise D. Resnik
Board Member
First Place Founder, President/CEO
DRA Collective Founder & CEO
SARRC Co-Founder & Emeritus
Board Member & Matt's Mom
Nancy L. White, J.D.
Board Member
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie Partner
& Molly's Mom
Howard Sobelman
Board Member
Snell & Wilmer Partner
Susan I. Smith
Board Member
Director of IT Frontline Services
Salt River Project & Aaron's Mom
Kathy Hancock
Board Member
Vertex Advisors Group Consultant
Michael Trailor
Board Member
Native American Connections Chief Strategy Officer
Tom Ortega
Board Member
RIESTER Chief Creative Officer
Amy Pawlowski
Board Member
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Executive Director, Complex Care
Leadership
Advisors
Steven A. Betts
Betts Real Estate Advisors Founder & President
Peter Bell
Ascendigo Autism Services
President & CEO and Tyler's Dad
Joe Blackbourn
Everest Holdings
President & CEO
George Braddock
Creative Housing Solutions, LLC Director
David C. Brown
Home Matters® CEO & National NeighborWorks® Association (NNA) Executive Director
Catherine Camp Boyle
Autism Housing Pathways, Inc.
Founder & President
Mother of a young man
with autism
Ellis Carter
Caritas Law Group, P.C.
Legal Counsel
Joseph Cooper
NuvOx Pharma Chief Business Officer
James D. Howard, Jr.
Dudley Ventures Founder & Principal Shareholder
Anna Hundley, M.Ed.
Autism Treatment Center (ATC)
Texas Executive Director
Bill Karny
Col. Harland Sanders Foundation President (USA)
& Charlotte's Grandfather
The Late Natalie S. Lang
Lang Associates
Business Consultant
Raun D. Melmed, M.D.
SARRC Co-founder & Medical Director; Melmed Center Director & Developmental Pediatrician
Daniel Openden, Ph.D., BCBA-D
SARRC President & CEO
Wellington "Duke" Reiter, FAIA
Solutions Initiative at the
ASU Foundation
Senior Vice President & Managing Director
Paige Rogers, M.S.W., C.P.R.P.
Community Connections Consulting Services Founder Former SARRC VLSA Director
Jeff Ross, M.A.
First Place Adult Transition Specialist
Paul Shattuck, Ph.D.
AJ Drexel Autism Institute
Drexel University Associate Professor & Life Course Outcomes Research Program Leader
Michael Sklar
Sonata Properties
Broker & Managing Member
Christopher Smith, Ph.D.
SARRC Vice President & Research Director
Michael Trailor
Native American Connections Chief Strategy Officer
Linda J. Walder, Esq.
The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation (DJF) Founder & Executive Director