The Metro Phoenix Export Alliance, Board of Directors provide strategic organizational leadership to establish MPEXA as the foremost export resource organization in the region and position Greater Phoenix as a global-ready market. Business and community leaders work collaboratively to create quality jobs, greater prosperity and regional economic stability.
Executive Committee
Chairmen
Curtis Reed Jr.
JP Morgan Chase
Market Manager, AZ & NV
Vice Chairmen
Chris Camacho
President & Chief
Executive Officer
Greater Phoenix Economic Council
Secretary
Jeanine Jerkovic
Economic Development Director
City of Surprise
Treasurer
Mark Roberts
VP, Specialty Banking
Alliance Bank of Arizona
Executive Director
Dawn Nagle
Executive Director
Metro Phoenix Export Alliance
James Ahlers
General Counsel
Molera Alvarez
Staphane Frijia
Sr. VP International
Greater Phoenix Economic Council
Fernando Jimenez
International Trade Specialist
U.S. Commercial Services
Alika Kumar
Director
Minority Business Development Agency Business Center
Hank Marshall
Economic Development Executive Officer
City of Phoenix
Kevin O’Shea
Vice President International
Arizona Commerce Authority
Kristian Richardson
Director
U.S. Commercial Service in AZ
International Trade Administration
Annette Zinky
Interim Executive Director
Partnership for Economic Innovation, PEI
Full Advisory Board
Robert Blaney
District Director
U.S. Small Business Administration
Doug Bruhnke
Chief Executive Officer
Global Chamber
Brad Christensen
Marketing Director, Mountain States
UPS
Carol Colombo
Managing Member
Fedelta Partners
Gonzalo de la Melena
President & Chief Executive Officer
Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerc
Karen Dickinson
Shareholder
Polsinelli PC
Glenn Hamer
President & Chief Executive Officer
Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Paul Hickman
President & Chief Executive Officer
Arizona Bankers Association
Marianne Hughes
Export Finance Manager
Export-Import Bank
Wendy Jameson
Colnatec
Founder & CEO
Gunnar Light
Vice Chairmen
Arizona District Export Council
Jack Lunsford
President & Chief Executive Officer
Arizona Small Business Association
Alicia Marseilles
Director
AWEEC
Ligia McLean
Boeing
Regional Administrator
Alfredo Molina
Consular
Corps of Arizona Chairman
Lora Mwaniki-Lyman
Sr. Research Professional
ASU W.P. Carey School of Business
Todd Sanders
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
President & CEO
Dennis Smith
Executive Director
Maricopa Association of Governments
Sandra Watson
President & Chief Executive Officer
Arizona Commerce Authority
Ray Zuckerman
Chief Executive Officer
ServerLIFT Corporation
Steve Zylstra
President & Chief Executive Officer
Arizona Tech Council