Economic Development Advisory Board
Agendas & Minutes
Public Participation
Advisory board meetings operate on a hybrid system. Public participants are welcome to attend in person or listen a video conferencing platform.
Members of the public can address the Board in the following ways:
For help with the online comment card, or for any other technical difficulties, please call 480-644-2099.
Board Members
The Economic Development Advisory Board shall act as the advisory board to the Mesa City Council on matters pertaining to economic development, including goal setting, strategic planning, marketing and business recruitment, retention and expansion.
The membership of the Economic Development Advisory Board shall include: nine (9) voting members who are residents of Mesa and up to eight (8) ex-officio non-voting members. Three (3) of the ex-officio members shall be the Mayor, City Manager, and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mesa Chamber of Commerce, and five (5) may be City of Mesa representatives that are currently sitting on the Greater Phoenix Economic Council Board of Directors.
The members of the Board shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council for staggered terms of three (3) years. All terms shall terminate on June 30 of the applicable year. No member shall serve more than two (2) complete consecutive terms; however, a member may be reappointed after the lapse of one (1) year from the ending of the previous term.
Board Member |
Role |
Date Appointed |
Term Expires |
J. Steven Blake President & Associate Broker,
COBE Real Estate
|
Voting Member
Partial Term
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7/1/25 |
6/30/26 |
Kurt D. Ferstl
Senior Counsel, Mesa Site & Attack Programs,
The Boeing Company |
Vice Chair
Voting Member
Partial Term
|
4/18/24 |
6/30/26
|
Michelle Genereux
Manager, Land Rights Management
Salt River Project
|
Chair
Voting Member
1st Term
|
7/1/23
|
6/30/26
|
Charles Gregory President Emeritus, Benedictine University |
Voting Member
1st Term |
7/1/25 |
6/30/28
|
Amanda Kay
Pharmacist Supervisor, OptumRX |
Voting Member
1st Term |
7/1/23 |
6/30/26 |
Anthony Ruiz Senior Associate, EDGE Realty Partners |
Voting Member
Partial Term |
4/3/25 |
6/30/27 |
Frank Sanders
Corporate Vice President, Global Supply Chain
Intel Corporation |
Voting Member
1st Term
|
7/1/24 |
6/30/27
|
Andrew Schreiner
President / General Manager,
Nammo Defense Systems Inc. |
Voting Member
Partial Term |
7/1/25 |
6/30/26 |
Susan Stephensen
Local Government Affairs Director,
HonorHealth |
Voting Member
1st Term |
7/1/25 |
6/30/28 |
Mark Freeman
Mayor, City of Mesa |
Ex-Officio Member |
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Scott Butler
City Manager, City of Mesa |
Ex-Officio Member |
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Sally Harrison
President & CEO, Mesa Chamber of Commerce |
Ex-Officio Member |
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Richard Blake Senior Supply Chain / Commodity Director,
Virgin Galactic |
Ex-Officio Member |
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Sonny Cave
Retired, ON Semiconductor Corporation |
Ex-Officio Member |
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Natascha Ovando-Karadsheh
Associate Broker/Owner, KOR Properties |
Ex-Officio Member |
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Mark Drayna Senior Engineering and Operations Manager,
FUJIFILM Electronic Chemicals |
Ex-Officio Member |
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