Vera Minot is one of the partners at Southwest Solutions, a 4-time Readers' Choice Award winning custom marketing materials company. Everyone has a unique story to tell, and she is excited to use her background and life experience to help her customers tell their stories to their audience in creative, fresh, and effective ways. Putting the fun in functional!

Vera joined the Board Member to use her specific strengths to help advance this organization in terms of both what it brings to its members (therefore increasing membership & allyship at large) but also in terms of how the Chamber presents as a community leader, as an example to the entire Tucson business community. This organization exists at a unique intersection of business and something deeply personal, leaving the Board in an opportunity space Vera doesn’t want to see the organization squander through inaction or fear of change.

Joanna Marroquin is a bilingual and bicultural Arizonan and community advocate. She holds a Masters Degree in Social Work with a policy, administration & community focus from Arizona State University. Joanna is involved in community in a lot of different ways as a non-profit leader, a transformative mediator, facilitator, and adjunct faculty. Her passion has been in working with community for over seventeen years empowering individuals and families while promoting social justice and economic equity in urban & rural communities throughout Arizo In her downtime she enjoys music, traveling, podcasts, spending time with family, friends and her sweet little mini schnauzer, Frida.

Moved to Tucson 8 years ago from the East Coast.  Currently own a  Goosehead Insurance Agency providing personal and business customized protection for your specific budget and circumstances. Owning a Goosehead Agency I represent over 25 A-rated insurance companies, so I do all the shopping for you to find the best value.  Originally from the Chicago area and attended high school in Dallas.  Graduated from University of Houston.  After graduating have lived in Orlando, Boston, Ft. Lauderdale, Cleveland, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Dallas.
 

Melissa Cordero joined Sonoran Institute in October 2022 as Marketing Manager. Locked into the mission of Sonoran Institute to save our rivers, she works hard to increase visibility and fundraise to restore flowing rivers, healthy landscapes, and enable all people and nature to thrive.  She believes there is a deep connection between natural resource conservation, economic prosperity, and you! On a personal note, Melissa can fly a helicopter, play rugby, and is originally from Guam. More importantly, Melissa is here to serve underrepresented communities & cultures to remove ignorance because everyone deserves to be happy and safe. 

Originally from Wisconsin, Amanda moved to Arizona in 2016 as a military spouse and decided to stay post-military life. Bored with her career in technical project management and seeing a need for inclusive skin care in the Tucson community, she went to esthetician school and opened The Fern Grove Spa in 2021. She enjoys a variety of crafty hobbies, always has an audiobook or podcast playing, and likes spending time with her husband, young son, and cat.