Leading Us in the Right Direction

Jon Bohnert
Board Chair
Jon Bohnert has over 25 years of experience contributing to different types of organizations, from large to small, and public to private. He graduated in 1983 from Ball State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business. He’s a specialist in executive management, and team building, as well as an accomplished speaker.

Laura Capello
President & Chief Executive Officer
Laura Capello joined Big Brothers Big Sisters in May 2011 as Vice President of Marketing and Development and is very familiar with the agency as she served in a similar capacity from March 1998 until Feb 2005. Prior to her return to the organization, she served as the Manager of Community Relations and Special Projects at the Arizona State University Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation. She also worked as a consultant for four years helping several nonprofit and for profit clients with their marketing and special event’s needs, including Mesa Arts Center, the Celebrity Fight Night Foundation, The Arthritis Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Chaparral Suites, Eight, Arizona PBS and Luke Air force Base.

Laura believes giving back is one of the most important things she can do, so she continues to stay active in her community. As a member of Valley Leadership Class XXV, she stays involved with its Leadership Institute and served as class chair for two years. She also serves on the board of Jobs for Arizona Graduates, a nonprofit that runs programs for High School Students that helps them stay in school, and Beads of Courage, an arts-in-medicine program that helps children facing life-threatening illnesses.

Laura holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University and is pursuing her Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Management from the ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation.

Board of Directors

*Note: All Board Members are voting members and vote regularly during board meetings

Lori Maxwell, MS
Board Secretary
Infrastructure Manager
Encore Capital Group

Fred DuVal, JD
President
DuVal and Associates

Pam Giannonatti
Consumer/Community Relations Manager
Fry's Food Stores

Curt Krizan, CPA
CFO
Fiesta Bowl

Adriana Murrietta
Executive Director
Pike and Susan Sullivan Foundation

Michael Seaver, CPBA, SPHR, MBA
Executive Coach and Leadership Consultant
Seaver Consulting, LLC

Kim Wagie, MBA
Director, Business Data Management
Arizona Public Services Co.

Danny Valenzuela
Councilman & Firefighter
City of Phoenix