Project Description
Our story…
Our inspiration—
Patty Neroni
1958-1992
Our founders, the late Honorable Paul R. Donaldson and his wife, Kathleen, made a promise to her dying sister to “do a good deed each day without taking credit for it.” Becoming a nonprofit organization in 1998, Arizona Helping Hands has served tens of thousands of needy children.
THE MISSION of Arizona Helping Hands is to provide essential needs for children in foster care through our programs promoting safety, permanency and health.
THE VISION of Arizona Helping Hands — Every child in foster care is safe and loved.
Board of Directors
Kathy Donaldson
Co-Founder & Dream Catcher
Retired
Law Enforcement
Jay Spector
Chairman
Founding Partner
Barton Spector Wealth Strategies
John Smith
Vice-Chairman
President
Kierland Mortgage Group, Inc.
Stacie Shelby
Treasurer
Certified Public Accountant
Grass, Coffey & Scharlau, CPAs
BOARD MEMBERS & DREAM CATCHERS
Kim Anderson
SVP of Mutual Fund Product Development
VOYA Investments
Nicole Edgington
Chief Executive Officer
Sunstate Technology Group
Kevin Fox
Senior Business Advisor
Alerus
Dr. Mary-Katherine Harper
Physician & Medical Director
Team Health partnered with Banner Health
Jennifer Kush
Director of Business Development
Strunk Insurance Group
Sarah Vedas
Director of Social Media
Illumina
BOARD MEMBERS EMERITUS
Gail Coronato
Debbie Frere
Stan Godbehere
Staff
Jodie Sprayberry
President & CEO
jsprayberry@azhelpinghands.org
Robyn Bender
Director of Administration
rbender@azhelpinghands.org
Lori Calhoun
Marketing & Communications Manager lcalhoun@azhelpinghands.org
Jaida Dalton
jdalton@azhelpinghands.org
Service Assistant
Greg Goodrich
Operations and Logistics Manager
ggoodrich@azhelpinghands.org
Laura Grodsky
Senior Service Manager
lgrodsky@azhelpinghands.org
Lisa Herz
Event Coordinator
lherz@azhelpinghands.org
Don Middleton
Warehouse Assistant
dmiddleton@azhelpinghands.org
Kristi Perry
Development Manager
kperry@azhelpinghands.org
Don Pruitt
Senior Warehouse Assistant
dpruitt@azhelpinghands.org
Patricia Rice
Data Entry & Client Services Assistant
price@azhelpinghands.org
Alison Schwartz
Administrative Assistant
aschwartz@azhelpinghands.org
Kevin Steele
Accounting Manager
ksteele@azhelpinghands.org
Lilly Villa
Volunteer Specialist
lvilla@azhelpinghands.org