Leading Us in the Right Direction

Jim Mapstead
Board Chair
Jim Mapstead is an entrepreneur and business owner for 37+ years, and currently is the owner of Accurate Signs & Engraving, Inc.  He has had the good fortune of serving on several commissions and non-profit boards in Phoenix, including Board Chair of Local First Arizona, Herberger Theater Center Vice Chair, the Phoenix Planning Commission, the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Phoenix Parks & Conservation Foundation Board of Directors, President of the Executive Association of Greater Phoenix, President of Valley Citizens League, President of the Sunnyslope Village Alliance, President of the Sunnyslope Kiwanis Club, and is also a former Big Brother.  Jim is a lifelong political and neighborhood activist, and has been engaged in numerous political campaigns and issues impacting our community. He  is also a graduate of Valley Leadership Class XXVI.  Jim and his wife of 35 years, Jill, have two adult daughters, and enjoy traveling the world for food and wine.

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

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

Ahron Cohen
President & CEO
Arizona Coyotes Hockey Club

Paul Evans, CPA, CGMA
Principal
Evans CPA & Consulting PLLC

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

Curt Krizan, CPA
CFO
Fiesta Bowl

Lori Maxwell, MS
CIO
State Bar of Arizona

Clarence Stallings
Vice President and Managing Director
Fidelity Investments

Danny Valenzuela
Councilman & Firefighter
City of Phoenix