Nov. 21, 2011

Mayor-elect Greg Stanton today announced the members of his 24-person transition team. This diverse group of accomplished professionals and community leaders will assist the new Stanton Administration in finding the most experienced policy minds available to implement the agenda that Phoenix voters overwhelmingly supported in the Nov. 8 election.

“This team reflects the rich diversity that is Phoenix, and it includes some of the brightest and most capable people I know,” said Stanton. “From business to the arts, from education to social services, from our ethnic minority populations to the LGBT community – I want all of these perspectives at the table ready to work for the future of this city we all love."

Last week Mayor-Elect Stanton announced that Karlene Keogh Parks and Paul Luna will lead his transition team until Stanton takes office on Jan. 3, 2012. He also announced that Paul Blue will be the City Manager's Office representative on Mayor-elect Stanton's transition team, and will serve as Chief of Staff to Mayor Stanton following the inauguration.

The new members of the Transition team are:

• James K. Ballinger - Director, Phoenix Art Museum
• Rhonda Bannard - Owner, Inspired Connections
• Andrew Cohn - Pacific Companies
• Susan Copeland - Chair, Downtown Voices Coalition
• Angela Creedon - Assistant VP of Public Affairs at ASU
• Bob Delgado - President and CEO of Hensley Beverage Co.
• Flo Eckstein - Publisher, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
• Linda Elliot - Exec Director, 1n10
• Silvana Salcido Esparza - Owner, Barrio Café
• Nicole Goodwin - Attorney, Quarles and Brady
• Josh Grabel - Partner at Snell & Wilmer and chief counsel for the Arizona Contractor’s Association
• Don Hamill - Community Activist
• Leezie Kim - Attorney, formerly with Department of Homeland Security
• Joe Larios - Maryvale Community Activist
• Marie Levie - Public Affairs Director, Torres Law Group
• Ann Malone - Co-Founder, Citizens for Phoenix
• Charles Mitchell - Owner, All About People Inc.
• Darlene Newsom - CEO, UMOM
• Deborah Dillon - Former city of Phoenix Director of Youth and Education
• Benjamin Thomas - Pastor, Tanner Chapel AME Church
• Greg Esser - Associate Director, ASU Desert Initiative

The Transition Team’s first meeting will be 2 p.m. today in the Ceremonial Room at Historic City Hall. The opening 30 minutes of the meeting will be open to the media.

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