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Donald E. Cline, former Vice President and Chief Executive Officer in Arizona for US West, is a native of Oklahoma. He joined Mountain Bell in Colorado in 1950 and held management positions in sales, public relations, advertising, and operations. Don came to Arizona in 1973 as Assistant Vice President for External Affairs and served in that position until 1982 when he was named Arizona Vice President and Chief Executive Officer until his retirement in June 1987. For two years Don served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of First National Utilities Inc., a water utility holding company. In February 1990, Mr. Cline accepted a gubernatorial appointment as Director of the Arizona Department of Commerce. In April 1991, he left government service to return to the utility company he helped build. Currently he is semi-retired and is President of DEC Enterprises, a private consulting firm.

Mr. Cline currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Banner Health Foundation and is former Chairman of the Board of the Board of Governors of the Standard Register/PING LPGA tournament. Don served on the Governor's Commission on Reform of the Welfare System in Arizona and was a member of the Commission on Cost Efficiency in State Government (Mini-Grace). He is past chairman of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, the Governor's Task Force on Urban Air Quality, Surface Transportation Advisory Committee of Phoenix and the Arizona Board of Advisors for Mountain Bell. Don was president of the Boys Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix and served as general chairman of the very successful1988 Citizens Bond Committee. He was a member of the citizens group, which won the designation of "All American City" for Phoenix.

Active in many civic and business affiliations, Don is chairman of the Dean's Council of ASU's College of Extended Education and co-founder of Data Network for Human Services, Inc. He belongs to All Saints Lutheran Church, and was a member of United for Arizona, ASU Council of 100, Phoenix 40, and is a life member of the Fiesta Bowl Committee. He belongs to the Prescott Country Club, and is past President of the Board of Governors of Moon Valley Country Club.

Don has been honored with the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith's Torch of Liberty Award, the Arizona Newspaper Association's Billy Goat Award, and the Phoenix Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America's PHOENIX Award. He was named Citizen of the Year by the Phoenix Board of Realtors for unselfish contributions to the betterment of Phoenix, and designated Man of the Year by the Phoenix Advertising Club for outstanding service and inspiration to the life of the community. The University of Arizona honored Don with their Distinguished Citizen's Award of 1986 for his professional achievements and community contributions. The Phoenix chapter of Executive Women International honored him with their first Executive of the Year Award in 1987. In 1996 Arizona State University College of Extended Education awarded Mr. Cline the ASU Distinguished Achievement Award and he was named Volunteer Fund Raiser of the Year by the ASFRE, American Society of Fundraising Executives.

Don is an avid golfer and takes pleasure in spending time with family: three children, eight grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren.

Cammi Bailey is founder and president of Camala C. Bailey, CPA, PC, a Certified Public Accounting firm in Tempe, Arizona.

After several years as a CPA with national and local accounting organizations, Cammi established her own CPA firm in 1998.

Her firm specializes in strategic planning and business coaching, including its proprietary CFO ON DEMAND™ service for small business owners. The firm is known nationally for its expertise in medical and veterinary accounting and consulting, with Cammi a popular speaker on veterinary financial issues.

The mission (and passion) of her firm, is helping business owners make sound decisions to achieve success in their businesses and lives. The staff works on every facet of the client business from initial start-up, to growth and successful exit strategies including business sales and retirement.

Cammi is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and The Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants. She's sat on several local boards including the Arizona Small Business Association and National Association of Women Business Owners.

Cammi lives with her husband, Randy, and champion Affenpinscher dogs in Tempe. She has two sons; one with an MBA working on his CPA certification and the other studying business communications at Arizona State University.

Her hobbies include breeding and showing Affenpinschers in national competition, abstract painting, scuba diving and geo-caching.

Judy Lynn serves as the managing member of 831 Investors, a property management corporation. She was employed in various levels of restaurant management for Smitty’s of Arizona from 1976 to 1989.  During her graduate studies at ASU, she served as program assistant for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at ASU, a program that reaches out to older adults in the community by offering short courses, lectures and workshops.

Judy has been involved in non-profit organizations across the Valley of the Sun for more than 17 years. Her experience includes serving as a board member of the Arizona Coalition on Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting from 1998 to 2003. She is presently a member of Assistance League of Phoenix and previously served as president. As president of this volunteer organization of 350 women, she presided over, organized, and supervised fundraising and philanthropic programs serving thousands of underprivileged children and adults.

Judy is currently a member and past president of the Phoenix Friends of the Arizona Cancer Center. As president of this organization, she led a group of 45 active and dedicated women in raising funds specifically for cancer cure research at the University of Arizona’s renowned comprehensive cancer center.

Judy earned her bachelor’s degree in 2000 and master’s degree in 2008 in Communication Studies (with focus on organizational communication) from ASU. 

A resident of the Valley since 1975, Judy is the proud mother of three step children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. In her spare time, she enjoys learning, reading and cooking.

Alan Sparks is Owner and President of Gemma Companies, LLC. Gemma was founded in 1999 and operates two business divisions; Gemma Consulting and TeleSys Communications.

TeleSys Communications Company is a CenturyLink (formerly Qwest Communications) Channel Alliance Member specializing in sales and marketing of business voice and data network products.

Gemma Consulting has worked with clients on a wide variety of business assignments. The company specializes in due diligence for corporate acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization for firms facing changing environments, and financial analysis for companies seeking to improve internal efficiencies. Gemma also works closely with real estate investors and developers in California, Arizona, and New York. Recent and current assignments involve market forecasting for a new ocean-based spa product line, valuation work for a California based aerospace company, and budget development for a rapidly growing health care services firm. Gemma also owns a series of patents and trademarks for water treatment processes and services. The patents have been licensed to a third party for sales to municipalities across the U.S.

Prior to his role at Gemma Companies, Mr. Sparks was Vice President of Network Services at Cox Communications where he managed a staff responsible for all field operations related to telecom services, including Cox's video, voice, and data products. Alan has also held various technical and senior engineering management positions at Cablevision Systems; a New York based telecommunications company with operating systems on Long Island and in New York City.

Alan graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Business Administration, and earned his MBA in 1999 from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He has taken post-graduate courses focusing on corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions.

Alan is a 7-year member of the Paradise Valley Village Planning Committee. He was President for the founding chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation from 1993 to 1996. Alan has served on the Cox Charities Board of Directors, Arizona Science Center Advisory Council, the Governor's Strategic Partnership for Economic Development, and also served as a member of the Dean's Council for ASU's College of Extended Education, acting as co-chair for its marketing subcommittee.