Foundation Board

The Greater Phoenix Multi-Cultural and Arts Foundation (MCAF), was established in 2000 by its parent organization, the Greater Phoenix Convention and Visitors Bureau. The MCAF was granted 501(c)(3) nonprofit status by the Internal Revenue Service in the same year. The MCAF provides direct service programming to urban college students as well as professional development and education to the business community with a multi-cultural emphasis. Although a relatively young nonprofit organization, the MCAF has already developed a program for successful, primarily ethnic-minority, college students, the only one of its kind in the country, which is rapidly becoming a national model for attracting youth through higher education and successful careers in visitor-related industries.

Mission

The mission of the Greater Phoenix Multi-Cultural
and Arts Foundation is to establish and promote social welfare programs
that educate the community about ethnic diversity and its role in economic
development, that eliminate prejudice and discrimination and that promote
the arts in the Greater Phoenix metropolitan area.

Greater Phoenix Multi-Cultural 2007/08 Board of Directors

President, Alexis N. Parra
Ablis Ventures

Vice President, Robert Van Arlen
Oscar Taylor Restaurant

Immediate Past President (ex-officio), Michael Kelly
Kelly Consulting Alliance, LLC

Executive Director, Marc Garcia

Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau

Treasurer, Brian Horner
Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau

Secretary
(vacant)

Members

Lydia Aranda
Wells Fargo

Alicia Balderaz
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation

Dorina Bustamante
Hoskin Ryan Consultants

Jim Fausel
The Conference Connection

Al Fuentes
First Horizon Home Loans

Steve Geiogamah
City of Scottsdale

 

Gerardo Higginson
City of Phoenix

Alexandra Jones
City of Phoenix

Jason Kramer
Grimaldis Coal Brick-Oven Pizzeria

Shawn Lewis
Tempe Convention & Visitors Bureau

Oscar Mastrantuono
Bomberos Cafe & Wine Bar

Bobi Seredich-Rusing
Equanimity, Inc.

Dave Ryder
Veer Consulting

Joanna De Shay
APS

Choo Tay
Media88

Tara Thain
Super Shuttle

Staff

Kelly Holland
Community Development Coordinator



How To Reach Us

Marc Garcia, Vice President of Visitor Marketing and Community Development
Greater Phoenix Multi-Cultural and Arts Foundation
400 E. Van Buren Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004

Phone:(602) 452-6230
Fax:(602) 253-4415

E-mail: mgarcia@visitphoenix.com

To learn more about Multi-Cultural Phoenix visit the Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau's website at www.visitphoenix.com

©2007 Greater Phoenix Multi-Cultural and Arts Foundation