Catherine Eden, Ph.D currently serves as Director of the Bob Ramsey Executive Education Program at ASU. Prior, Cathy served as Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services. She also served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives and was director of Department of Administration and chaired the Governor’s Cabinet. From 1983 to 1988, she was county manager of Coconino County and was instrumental in establishing the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. Cathy has a B.S. in political science from ASU, an M.S. in sociology/public administration from the University of Northern Arizona and a Ph.D. in organization and management from Capella University, Minneapolis.

Jack LaSota is a former Attorney General and Governor’s Chief of Staff. He also spent three years at the Arizona State University College of Law as a faculty member and assistant dean. In his nearly four years with the Office of Attorney General, he edited and authored hundreds of attorney general opinions.  More recently, he was a charter member of the Lottery Commission, and just concluded over ten year’s service as a charter member of the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council. He spent six years in the 1980s as an adjunct professor of law at ASU College of Law, teaching State and Local Government.

Mary Martha has served on the Dougherty Foundation Board since 1989. She brings to the Board a background in education and in finance. Mary Martha’s experience includes having been an English & literature teacher at the secondary level, a library director, and a financial services advisor at two major brokerage firms. Mary Martha earned her Bachelors of Arts degree in English and Secondary Education from the University of Arizona, and earned her Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Denver.

James P. Walsh has practiced law in Arizona since 1970. A graduate of the University of Chicago School of Law, James was elected as Pinal County Attorney in 2008. Mr. Walsh is a  board member of the Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys’ Advisory Council and chair of its Legislative Policy Committee. Before becoming the Pinal County Attorney, he served in the Arizona Attorney General’s Office as the Chief Deputy and as Special Counsel for Southern Arizona. Jim has served the people of Arizona as a State Senator (1975-76) and has been active in community and professional organizations, including the Arizona Humanities Council, Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, and the Oracle Land Trust.

Danny Valenzuela

Executive Director

Linda Czarencki

Past Board Members

Past Executive Directors