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Men’s Board

Meet the men helping advance our mission.


Meet our Men’s Board Chair, Richard Swetonic

 
Richard Swetonic has more than 25 years of experience in business development, major account management, finance, consulting and insurance. He is a commercial insurance advisor at Lovitt & Touché, a Marsh & McLennan Agency. Prior to joining Lovitt & Touché, Richard worked in business development and financial services for multiple global and national accounting firms, served as chief financial officer, and owned and operated a consulting firm.
 
Richard earned a Bachelor of Science in management from Clemson University and an MBA in corporate finance from Northern Arizona University. He is also active in the community, volunteering with organizations such as Fresh Start Women’s Foundation, Feed My Starving Children and Special Olympics Arizona. Richard is involved with numerous professional organizations including Financial Executives International and the Association for Corporate Growth.

Richard moved to Arizona in 1996 and lives in Scottsdale with his wife, Laurie, and their three children. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling with his family, cycling, triathlon, golf and fly fishing.

Fresh Start’s Men’s Board

Anthony Alfonso

Anthony Alfonso

BDO USA, LLP

Principal

Scott Brow

Scott Brow

onsemi

Director of Product and Test Engineering

Brett Callahan

Brett Callahan

BDO USA

Director of Business Development

Chase Case

Chase Case

CBIZ

VP, Benefits & HCM Technology Consultant

John Corey

John Corey

Sunstate Equipment Co., LLC

Director of IT

Shane Essert

Shane Essert

Trumont Group Arizona

Durrell Finch

Durrell Finch

Bio Coach

Director of Business Development

Jim Fitzpatrick

Jim Fitzpatrick

Engineering Consultant

Karl Freeburg

Karl Freeburg

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Shareholder

Daniel Friedman

Daniel Friedman

Teamfinder LLC

General Counsel

Chad Gugger

Chad Gugger

Bank of America

Sr. Vice President Global Leasing

Jim Henika

Jim Henika

BMO Harris Bank, N.A.

Director, Agricultural Banking

Chris Hilyer

Chris Hilyer

Heritage Wealth Soluntions

Founder/President

Jerod Johnson

Jerod Johnson

The Brokery

Realtor

Dustin Jones

Dustin Jones

Trademark

Marketing Manager

Shad Lappe

Shad Lappe

CSAA Insurance Group

Cybersecurity Program Manager

Eric Martin

Eric Martin

Smithgroup

Kyle Miller

Kyle Miller

Okland Construction

Architect | Pre-Con

Zachary Paz

Zachary Paz

Gray Associates, Inc.

Partner and Chief Product Officer

Joseph Percuoco

Joseph Percuoco

CFO

Northside Hay Company and Affiliates, Inc.

Asa Plum

Asa Plum

SHYFT Collective

Design Specialist

William Purnell

William Purnell

Bowman and Brooke LLP

Partner

Thomas Quinn

Thomas Quinn

Advanced Charging Technologies/Motive Energy

Partner

Tony Richards

Tony Richards

Republic Services

Municipal Manager

Michael Roldan

Michael Roldan

Republic Services

Municipal Manager

Ira Rotenberg

Ira Rotenberg

Go Car Wash

CFO

Eric Ryan

Eric Ryan

Headfarmer

Partner

Joe Semma

Joe Semma

AlixPartners

Director

Richard Swetonic

Richard Swetonic

Lovitt & Touché

Insurance Advisor

Michael Woodard

Michael Woodard

Bank of America

Director of West Coast

Jeff Young

Jeff Young

Kierland Financial Group

President

Sustaining Members

Individuals who served three consecutive 3-year terms

Josh Allen
Benito Almanza
Brad Anderson
Brian Beard
Bill Bidwill, Jr.
Tucker Blalock
Mark Bonsall
Pete Choukalas
Richard Coupland
Rick Crutchley
Mark Kizziar
Jim Kleeman

Ken Kwilosz, Jr.
Michael Dee
Joe De la Vera
Chris Gale
Paul Gebhart
Rowan Harper
Scott Harrison
Tim Hoekstra
John Hofferth
Robert Joffe
Chris Kerr

David Madrid, Jr.
Jeff May
Mark Murawski
Earl Petznick, Jr.
Olen Petznick
Pat Petznick
Brian Swanson
Phil Tatman
Jeffery Teetsel
Luke Walker
Andreas Zoll