Board Leadership: Auxiliary Board
  Fresh Start Foundations
 

Stacy Bayless , Auxilliary Board Chair
President, Symfonic Marketing

Stacy Bayless is a native Phoenician and the Founder and President of Symfonic Marketing in Downtown Scottsdale. Symfonic Marketing was founded on the principle of taking national creative experience and progressive marketing strategy & tactics and applying them to all clients…local, regional and national. Symfonic utilizes all disciplines of marketing, including traditional agency services, interactive and minority & cultural marketing.

Stacy leverages her 20 years as a marketer, communicator, motivator and senior executive to help her clients find success in their marketing efforts. It is her passion. The opportunity to exercise her creativity and apply strategic thinking is thrilling to Stacy. To analyze and convert what we hear and see to new positionings, marketing strategies and relevant messaging for her customers is a responsibility she knows well.

Having worked with some of the most recognizable and profitable brands in the U.S., Stacy has been triumphant largely due to her innate sense and her powerful ability to communicate. The result has been a strong track record of well-developed advertising campaigns, creative brand repositionings and successful new product introductions for a wide range of national, regional and local brands.

Stacy’s experience and knowledge complemented with her energy and enthusiasm make her a proven leader and woman that is determined to carve her own path. Stacy is a former Arizona Wildcat with a degree in communications. She has served on the Fresh Start Auxiliary Board since 2004 and resides in Phoenix with her husband, Drew, and their two children.

Auxiliary Board List


Maya Bantwal
Director, Strategic Planning
Banner Health

Maribel Barrios
Multi-Cultural Community Relations Manager
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

Diana Bejarano
Director, Strategic Marketing & Communication
Arizona State University


Jennifer Benavidez

Partner
Do Me A Favor

Melodie Chan
Associate Director of Business
Verizon Wireless

Margo Cohen
Indymac Bank

Heidi Coupland
Vice President of Operations
Consolidated Imaging Consultants

April Dillon
Hospitality Consultant


Kelly Ehlers
Director of Business Development
Wespac Construction


Emily Ginzl
Account Supervisor
EB Lane Advertising-Interactive-Public Relations

Kirsten Johnson
Real Estate Consultant
Arizona Best Real Estate

Andrea Katsenes
Director Media Relations
Cox Communications

Suzie Kwilosz
Community Volunteer


Denise Leverett
Community Volunteer

Amy Mahoney
Community Volunteer

Kathryne Nason
Intel Corporation


Nancy Mitchell
Sales Manager
Public Radio Partners

Christine Nowaczyk
Senior Vice President
Bank of Arizona, NA


Laura Piel
President
Renaissance Personnel Group


Veronique Rayburn
Owner
The Rayburn Agency

Emily Ryan
Lobbyist
Capitol Consulting, LLC

Nicole Ryba
Account Executive
Desert Living Magazine


Kim Sayre
Swenson, Storer, Andrews & Frazelle, P.C.

Katie Scardello
Senior Vice President
Bank of America

Christine Schaefer
Director of Accounting and Reporting
Petsmart, Inc.


Amy Steele
Manager
Deloitte & Touche

Kari Sumney
Account Executive
Desert Living Magazine

Keri Tignini
Vice President
Wells Fargo

Vicki Vanderhoff
Realtor
Realty Executives

Karilyn Van Oosten
Director of Business Development and Enrollment
Grand Canyon University

Kathy Wills
Senior Vice President/Private Banker
MidFirst Private Bank

Julia Winter
Owner
Winter Marketing Enterprises


Sustaining Members

Nicole Bidwill

Lisa Hirsch Handley


Margaret Merritt


Celeste Nichols-Hollifield

Lisa Pagel

Belle Petznick


Melinda Petznick

Michele Shipitofsky

A
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Honorary Members

Maureen Barkley

Tara Hitchcock

 

 

Our Founders ­ Pat Petznick and Beverly Stewart

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Even as young teens, Pat and Beverly wanted to help women, who like their grandmother, suddenly became the sole support of their families. Over the years, the Arizona natives became ardent community activists on behalf of women. In 1992, Pat Petznick and Beverly Stewart were in a position to personally and professionally reach out to women in need. The initial offering was a day of pampering at Rolf’s Salon, then co-owned by Pat, Beverly and Rolf Lohse. The women theorized that a new hair style and personalized make-up were immediate ways to boost one’s confidence and increase self-esteem. Each month 20 women from shelters and social service agencies were invited to “A Fresh Start Day of Beauty at Rolf’s.” This core Fresh Start service remains in place today through Rolf’s Salon as well as through the Self-Esteem Room at the Foundation’s Women’s Resource Center.

Auxiliary Board Chairs

1997  Jacki Tatman ( 2 terms)

1999   Belle Petznick (2 terms)

2001  Louise Marques (1 term)

2002  Margaret Merritt (1 term)

2003  Heidi Coupland (2 terms)

2004  Laura Piel (1 term)

2005  Melinda Petznick (2 terms)

2007  Kathy Wills (1 term)

2008 Stacy Bayless (current)