Profiles

Maxwell Williams expects to graduate in Spring 2026 with a bachelor’s degree in sports journalism and a minor in Spanish linguistic studies. Williams has written for the East Valley Tribune.

Stacy Rounds is a writer and growth producer for Copper Courier. Prior to joining the team, Stacy has worked as a writer, editor, and engagement specialist covering topics ranging from local history, disability advocacy, recreation, and food hotspots to relationships and mental health.

Linda is a former Presidential Management Fellow who wrote the EMTALA enforcement regulations while she was lead on the Medicare EMTALA enforcement program in the mid-1990s. She is the co-author of “EMTALA in the 90’s – Enforcement Challenges,” in Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, Case Western Reserve University.

Gloria retired in 2021 after a 36-year legal career, including leading Medicare’s EMTALA enforcement program in the late-1990s. She co-wrote the OIG Special Advisory Bulletin on EMTALA and assisted the Department of Justice in the Roberts v. Galen of Virginia EMTALA case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Barbie has worked in the Early Childhood Education field for over 30 years, she started out as a 3-year-old teacher and eventually became a Center Director. For the last 15 years, Barbie has worked for AECEA overseeing Vendor and Membership development, managing professional development training contracts, providing grass roots advocacy trainings, Early Childhood Conferences, several…

Kelley has 25 years of health, early childhood and family policy, advocacy and program experience. The past nine at Children’s Action Alliance. First as the Director of Early Childhood and most recently as the Vice President of Policy in charge of overseeing CAA’s full policy agenda. She is a Registered Nurse (RN) with clinical experience…

Debbie Cox Bultan is CEO of the NewDEAL Forum and the NewDEAL. The Forum is a non-profit organization that identifies and promotes innovative, future-oriented state and local pro-growth progressive policies that can improve the lives of all Americans. The NewDEAL is a national network of 200 state and local elected policymakers chosen for their forward-thinking,…

TJ served in the US Army from 1995 to 2015 including combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Former Lt. Colonel, U.S. Air Force. John served in the United States Air Force for 20 years.

Priya Sundareshan is a Democratic state senator representing Arizona’s 18th District, comprising parts of Tucson and Pima County. Sundareshan currently services on the Natural Resources, Energy and Water, Government, and Elections Committees.