Thoughts from Dawn Wallace I typically use this real estate to wax poetic about life and leadership, but my thoughts this month have been dominated by the upcoming election. In many ways, the last two years have felt like one…

Our community, like many in rural Arizona, has great challenges. We are tackling them as best as possible.  One of the biggest lessons I have learned is the importance of building relationships.  Our community does not have the resources that larger urban…

Thoughts from Dawn Wallace A few weeks ago, we hosted a delegation of Israeli government staffers traveling through the U.S. Department of State‘s International Visitor Leadership Program. In the group of five leaders, three were policy advisors to members of the…

I believe we can use the power granted by the state to organize leadership and change policies that build a consensus of diverse and popular voices. The city of Tucson recognizes neighborhood associations as the most basic unit of our…

Thoughts from Dawn Wallace About three weeks ago, the Wallace teenager officially became a high-school student. Excitement preceded the first day, with both she and I daydreaming of newfound independence. That illusion did not last long, and I was entirely…

Thoughts from Dawn Wallace For the last two years, I’ve spent a good part of my summer in a lovely beach town in California. Nestled in the sweetest little bungalow, 100 feet from the Pacific Ocean, and mere minutes from…

Nicholas Vasquez  (Chandler, 2016) Emergency Physician,Envision HealthcareTwitter | LinkedIn 1. Can you please describe your work and how public policy impacts how you manage your organization? I’m an emergency physician so much of what gets decided in public policy shows up…