Leading us in the right direction

From our Executive Team to our Board of Directors, Big Brothers Big Sisters has a compassionate and dedicated group of individuals on our side that are willing to do whatever it takes to help change children’s lives for the better.

Jon Bohnert
Board Chair
Jon Bohnert is President of Symmetry Software, the leader in U.S. Payroll technology. He 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

Camille French, MBA
Founder & Principal Consultant
Amerisource HR Consulting Group LLC

Caleb Jay, JD
Senior Director, Legal Affairs
Associate General Counsel
Arizona Diamondbacks

Carlene Lowry, JD
Partner
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

Brian Rosella
Vice President, Land Group
Cushman Wakefield

Teresa Strunk
Senior Account Executive
On Media Publications

Jacque Westling, JD
Partner
Quarles & Brady LLP