Community Leader Profile: Natalie Kurz
Natalie Kurz was looking to leave her native Michigan for the warmer climate of the Southwest. She thought she’d move to Las Vegas. But her father vacationed in Sedona and called her to say that he’d…
Community Leaders
Community Leader Profile: Grand Canyon Astronomer in Residence Logan Pearce
Next time you visit the Grand Canyon, you might just run into the astronomer in residence, Logan Pearce. The Grand Canyon Conservancy created the program as a way to educate the public about the importance of…
Community Leader Profile: Angela Thomas of Sedona Toy’s For Tots
When retiree Angela Thomas spotted the Sedona Toys for Tots collection box at Clark’s in the Village of Oak Creek, she had no idea her life was about to change. The box included a phone number…
Community Leader Profile: William C. White
William C. White’s career as a musician has taken him to plenty of places. After graduate school, he served as the assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony. He’s worked with community, professional and youth orchestras as…
Community Leader Profile: Nancy Lattanzi
Nancy Lattanzi’s influence is all around Sedona. The art in the roundabouts? She’s the force behind them. As the arts and culture specialist with the City of Sedona, she oversees all the city’s arts and culture…
Community Leader Profile: Ann Marinic
Ann Marinic, owner and founder of CARE Esthetics Sedona, wants women to feel naturally confident in their own skin and founded her holistic med spa in Sedona to help further that mission. “I want to encourage…
Community Leader Profile: Kin (Desmond) Siu
To Kin (Desmond) Siu, music has always been about bringing people together. He started playing violin when he was around eight or nine. His elementary school friends were taking lessons and encouraged him to join them….
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Community Leader Profile: Michele Sullins
Michele Sullins is one of Sedona’s major players in the retail and restaurant space. She’s the former owner of Sound Bites Grill and The View Coffee Café, businesses she recently sold. Michele is the current owner…
Community Leader Profile: Richard Sidy
Educator Richard Sidy (pronounced like “city”) taught for close to 40 years. He started his career in Los Angeles before he and his wife moved to Sedona in 1982. He taught at his own private school,…
Community Leader Profile: Cheryl Barron
Cheryl Barron is a true veteran of the hospitality industry. She started her career in Denver in 1983, where she learned the ins and outs of the hotel business. During her decades in hospitality, she has…
Community Leader Profile: Author Connie Tate
After 42 years of working in education, Sedona resident Connie Tate started a new career as a children’s book author. She fell in love with reading at a young age. “I can still remember that feeling…
Chef Profile: Heather Feher
Heather Feher has worked in arguably some of the world’s best kitchens, but did not grow up in a food-centric home. She didn’t fall in love with food until she moved to New Orleans for art…
Chef Profile: Mercer Mohr
For a chef with decades of experience and four of Sedona’s most prominent restaurant under his management, Mercer Mohr knows that the key to success is not being complacent. “I pride myself on trying to stay…
Community Leader Profile: Ben Burke of Manzanita Outreach
Manzanita Outreach started out as an organization in 2011 as a mission of the Verde Valley Christian Church. The nonprofit initially focused on large scale, meal-packing events and sent food down to Haiti following the 2010…
Community Leader Profile: Jonathan Lutz of the Oak Creek Watershed Council
Jonathan Lutz is a self-described water person and a fly fisherman who grew up in western New York appreciating the wilderness. “Conservation to me is really critical. I grew up as a naturalist in the country,”…
Community Leader Profile: Annie Glickstein of Friends of the Forest
Annie Glickstein grew up loving the great outdoors. “Horses, dogs, being out by the ocean. I just I’m an outdoors person,” says Annie. “Anything outdoors was me.” She even met her husband on a camping trip…
Community Leader Profile: Nancy Steele of Friends of the Verde River
Arizona native Nancy Steele fell in love with biology as a young person. But as she was working on her master’s degree, she realized she didn’t want to work in that field. She was debating between…
