SPA Advisory Board

The community-centered work, including 13 years as an executive director, has involved building and managing staffs small to large, establishing and executing budgets, organizing coalitions, guiding media and community relations, engaging, managing and serving on boards through the use of public/private partnerships. Collectively, these efforts have also involved partnering with state and local officials in concert with civic, business and local community leaders to successfully deliver desired outcomes for shared benefit.

Passionate about driving innovations in education, Mr. Leid’s experiences has also included leadership roles with a larger urban school district and two education non-profit foundations, each focused on leading community-centered K-12 educational initiatives and programming, operational management, innovative facility design and construction, strategic partnership development, along with direct, parent and community engagement activities in full collaboration with school district, business, and city leadership.

Prior to rejoining Oakwood Homes in October 2017 as the vice president of community operations, Mr. Leid was honored to work for Mayor Michael B. Hancock as an appointee to lead, and in two cases, create new highly entrepreneurial organizations to fulfill key aspects of the Mayor’s vision for the City of Denver, including – Director of Development Services (2011-13), Founding Executive Director, North Denver Cornerstone Collaborative (2013-16), and Founding Executive Director, Mayor’s Office of the National Western Center (2016 -17).

Presently, Mr. Leid is the co-founder of the STEAD School, a science-based, agriculturally-focused, and student-led high school that is preparing the next generation of leaders to solve food, energy and natural resource issues. Mr. Leid is currently the board president of STEAD’s Building Corporation. Additionally, Mr. Leid serves a board member of the National Western Center Authority. In 2022, Mr. Leid was honored to receive the Colorado Governor’s Growth & Innovation Award for his work, along with co-founder Amy Schwartz, on the STEAD School.

Mr. Leid received his Bachelor of Science in General Business from Arizona State University (1989), a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Denver (1991), and a Masters in Public Administration from Arizona State University (1995).

“Michael’s extensive experience in risk management, security and crisis response will be an incredible resource in his new role,” Luoma said. “University Business Services is delighted to welcome Michael to ASU in support of our students, faculty and staff and the Sun Devil community.”

Anderson comes to ASU from Arizona Public Service, where he was general manager for enterprise security. During his five-year APS career, Anderson was the critical infrastructure protection senior manager, overseeing the company’s performance in the Department of Energy’s COP compliance audits. Anderson also administered physical and cybersecurity operations, overhauled their Emergency Event Program and designed the Insider Threat Program that assessed physical, cyber and financial risks.

“My father had a very rewarding 25-year career in higher education in Minnesota, so I am thrilled to build upon that legacy in an innovative, inclusive and dynamic public service organization like ASU,” Anderson said. I am very excited to channel my passion and professional experience in risk and security to foster and enhance ASU’s enterprise risk, physical security and emergency preparedness programs.”

Before APS, Anderson served as Special Agent in Charge at the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the Chicago and New Orleans divisions. During his 22-year FBI tenure, Anderson managed all national security, cyber, criminal and foreign counterintelligence investigations and operations for the fourth-largest field office in the U.S. He also implemented the FBI’s post-9/11 Threat Intelligence Program.

Anderson holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Iowa and a Juris Doctorate from Southwestern University School of Law. He is the board chair for the Phoenix Police Foundation and a member of the FBI Phoenix InfraGard, Carnegie Mellon Insider Threat Working Group and ASIS International.

Her previous roles included nearly 10 years in municipal government serving as City Manager of Eloy, Town Manager of Marana and Asst. City Manager in Orange Cove, CA. She served nearly 5 years in the non-profit sector with a regional economic development group serving five West Valley communities and a community-based organization in central California.

Evelyn is a Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) and serves on the Boards of Directors for Arizona Town Hall-immediate past chair, Arizona Capital Source, Filipino American National Historical Society-AZ Chapter and chair, Growth Partners Arizona-chair, Local First Arizona, and Pinal Alliance for Economic Growth-past chair including its Achieve Pinal committee. She is an advisory committee member to Asian Corporate and Entrepreneur Leaders.

Evelyn is the recipient of the William Lampkin Long Term Excellence in Economic Development Award and the Economic Developer of the Year from the Arizona Association for Economic Development. She received a Profiles of Success Special Recognition Award from Valle del Sol in September 2016 and the Asian Pacific Community in Action Community Leader Award in 2015. She also received the Governing Board Award from Central Arizona College in Pinal County in 2013 and is an Honorary member of the Arizona City/County Management Association.

Evelyn received her Masters of City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley and her undergraduate degree in Community Studies/Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Evelyn and her husband, Jerry Stabley, reside in Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona

Gabe has more than 19 years of experience in emergency services and management, public safety-first response, military combat arms, reconnaissance, specialized operations, diplomatic security, intelligence, special weapons and tactics, incident management team leadership, and recovery operations. His emergency management experience encompasses both the city and county levels, including serving in Arizona as the Cochise County Director of Emergency Management and Office of Emergency Services.

Most recently, Gabe worked in Texas as the Administrator of the Office of Emergency Management for the City of Sugar Land. In addition to a number of state and federal disaster declarations, his diverse experiences included serving on the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Regional Collaboration Committee, UASI Technology Work Group as Chair, Levee Improvement District Ambassador, the Texas All Hazards Incident Management Team Region 2 as Deputy Team Leader, and on the Texas Disaster Recovery Task Force. Serving as incident commander, Lavine was also intimately involved with the Hurricane Ian response and recovery efforts as well as deploying in various team lead, section chief and liaison roles in support of other statewide incidents to include the Uvalde Mass Casualty Incident, Houston Tornado Outbreak, and San Jacinto County Fugitive Recovery efforts.

Lavine served in the United States Marine Corps (USMC) for nine years with domestic and international assignments as an infantry and reconnaissance officer; to include multiple deployments to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Additionally, he served as a civilian contractor with the Department of State’s High Threat Protection Detail assigned to the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan for more than 2 years. Prior to joining the USMC, he worked in a variety of public safety roles in Virginia.

Certified by the International Association of Emergency Managers, Lavine completed his undergraduate degree at Virginia Tech in Building Construction and earned an Undergraduate Certificate in Infrastructure Disaster Management from Texas A&M University. He also has completed three graduate programs at Walden University earning a Master of Public Administration, and Master of Science degrees in Criminal Justice Executive Leadership, and Emergency Management.

Gina is a past President of the Arizona City/County Management Association (ACMA) Board and the 2022 recipient of the ACMA Catherine Connolly Outstanding Assistant City/County Manager Award. She completed the 2017 Senior Executives in State and Local Government at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Texas Christian University, and a Master’s degree from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, the University of Texas at Austin.

During her tenure at Maricopa County, Jen served as one of three assistant county managers where she oversaw seven departments that have direct interaction with the public including Air Quality, Animal Care and Control, Environmental Services, Flood Control District, Planning and Development, Real Estate, and Transportation (MCDOT). Jen has also had leadership roles as director of Planning and Development and director of the Ombudsman’s Office.

Prior to joining Maricopa County, Jen worked for several different government and non-profit organizations in Phoenix and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her focus throughout her career has been to work with staff to reduce unnecessary regulations, streamline the regulatory process and provide exceptional customer service.

Jen has served on a variety of boards and committees and is currently an ex officio member of the Valley Partnership board and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Master of Science in Urban and Environmental Planning from Arizona State University.

Jeremy has a wealth of experience in the corporate security field, having previously served as the head of global security services in the Americas at Pratt & Whitney, a business unit of Raytheon Technologies. He also led the successful creation of the global security operations center while at The Boeing Company. Prior to these roles, Jeremy worked as a foreign affairs officer at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security, as a project manager at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and as a border patrol agent. He is a retired U.S. Coast Guard Reserve officer and a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Jeremy holds several professional accreditations, including the Certified Protection Professional (CPP) from ASIS International, which is recognized as the gold standard for global security executives. Jeremy serves on the advisory council for Hostage US, a 501c3 organization that ensures American hostages, wrongful detainees, and their families get the support and guidance they need to survive the challenge of a kidnapping. He is also a member of the International Security Management Association (ISMA) and the World Affairs Council of Houston.

In addition to his extensive professional experience, Jeremy holds a Master of Arts in Global Affairs and Management from Arizona State University's Thunderbird School of Global Management, as well as a Master of Science in Homeland Security and a Bachelor of Arts in International Security & Conflict Resolution from San Diego State University. He is a graduate of the ISMA Senior Executive Leadership Program at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

Jeremy lives in The Woodlands, Texas with his wife Marcela and their three children.

Prior to Cintana, he spent 15 years as a senior executive at Arizona State University. From 2016 to 2019 Dr. Shangraw served as the founding chief executive officer of ASU Enterprise Partners, which is the resource raising arm of Arizona State University. ASU Enterprise Partners include five subsidiaries securing resources for ASU through philanthropy, real estate, technology transfer, applied research, and spin-off incubation. He became CEO of the ASU Foundation for a New American University in 2011 and directed its expansion and transformation into ASU Enterprise Partners. During his nine-year tenure at ASU Enterprise Partners and the ASU Foundation, he oversaw the growth of their combined assets from $500 million to $1.5 billion. The organization also generated more than $900 million in new gifts and commitments, earned Charity Navigator’s coveted four-star rating for eight years of his tenure and received recognition for its commitment to transparency by GuideStar USA.

Dr. Shangraw previously served as senior vice president for research and innovation at ASU, establishing ASU as one of the fastest-growing research enterprises in the U.S. Under his leadership, nearly 5,000 distinct research projects were awarded over $1.2 billion in funding. Prior to his tenure at ASU, Dr. Shangraw was the founder and CEO of Project Performance Corporation, a Washington, D.C.-based research and technology consulting firm specializing in environmental, energy and information management challenges. He advised the U.S. Departments of Defense, Transportation, and Energy, as well as Fortune 100 companies.

Dr. Shangraw started his career as a tenure-track faculty member at Syracuse University. Dr. Shangraw has a Bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, in political science and a certificate in environmental studies from Dickinson College; a master’s degree in public administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University; and a doctorate in public administration from the Maxwell School, with a specialization in technology and information policy and organization design.

Recently as a Professor of Practice at the James E. Rogers College of Law of the University of Arizona, she taught Leadership in the Law and previously taught Higher Education Law in the Educational Leadership and Policy graduate program of the College of Education of the University of Arizona.

Ms. Leonard is an elected member of the American Law Institute, the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. She is a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, having served on numerous committees and presented at conferences, and is a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel. She currently serves as a trustee of the Southern Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to advancing equitable education policies that elevate learning for low-income students and students of color in the southern states. From 2015-2019, Ms. Leonard served on the American Bar Association’s Legal Education Accreditation Committee, chairing its complaint committee. She is a member of the Board of Visitors for the University of Arizona College of Law where she received a Distinguished Honorary Alumna award (2009) and the 2021 Law College Association Award. She is also a member of the Arizona chapter of the International Women’s Forum. She served on the Women’s Advisory Board of the Girl Scouts of the Nation’s Capital from 2010-2022. Ms. Leonard received her master’s and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a graduate of Cornell University.

Prior to her time at Pipeline AZ, she also served as the Director of Industry Engagement for the Partnership for Economic Innovation, an organization focused on public-private partnerships to drive economic development for Arizona. She served as Senior Vice President for WAVTEQ, a Financial Times company, opening their US office in 2012. She led the company's tax incentives practice, supporting government offices globally. She spent five years with the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, serving as Vice President of Strategy and Performance Management. 

She is a former Phoenix Business Journal 40 Under 40 and Founding Curator of The World Economic Forum's Global Shapers hub in Arizona. She currently serves on the Foundation for Non-Profits, assisting non-profit organizations with board management. She is also Chair of Valley Leadership's Jobs and Economy team, focused on increasing the number of "Fair Chance" employers in the state.

Mary is a proud alumna of the School of Public Affairs at ASU, where she received a Master's degree in Public Administration.