Awards & Accolades
1. Schnitzer Properties President and CEO Jordan Schnitzer received the Cornerstone Award at Sun Corridor Inc.’s annual luncheon. The award recognizes community leaders for significant contributions to strengthening southern Arizona’s economy. The company is breaking ground on 334KSF in new industrial developments in Tucson.
2. Jeremy Sharpe, the Managing Partner of Rancho Sahuarita and President of Sharpe Development Group, is the recipient of the 2024 CopperPoint Small Business Leader of the Year. The award was presented at the CopperPoint Copper Cactus Awards ceremony. Sharpe has also raised more than $3M for brain cancer research.
New Hires
3. The City of Avondale has hired Jennifer Stein as its Economic Development Director. Stein will continue to serve as the Economic Development Director for the City of Peoria until Oct. 21.
4. Logan Spilsbury has joined Colliers Engineering & Design as a Senior Project Designer on the Land Development team. Andrew Timmerman has also joined as a Survey Crew Chief.
5. Mancini Duffy hired Jennifer Churchia as an Architectural Designer. Churchia has more than eight years of experience in the healthcare sector and previously served at Devenney Group Architects.
6. Gensler Phoenix announced the hiring of Joanne Hertel. Hertel was previously with testani design troupe as co-studio director of cities/lifestyle practice.
Retirements/In Memoriam/Departures
7. After more than 40 years of experience in the precast/prestressed concrete industry, Steve Spears is retiring in December from Coreslab Structure Arizona, where he worked for the past 25 years. Spears worked on numerous projects around the Valley as a Senior Project Consultant.