R. Neil Irwin

The Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) is a data-driven regional economic development organization that works with 22 member communities and over 190 private investors to attract and grow quality businesses in the Greater Phoenix area. The non-profit company is based in Phoenix, AZ, and the CEO of the company is Chris Camacho. The company's mission is to advocate for the competitiveness of the region and serve as a strategic partner to companies across the world as they expand or relocate to Greater Phoenix. Over the past 32 years, GPEC has helped 895 companies, creating nearly 164,000 jobs and $33.40 billion in capital investment.

Maricopa County Bar Association is a voluntary bar association located in Phoenix, AZ. Its mission is to serve its members, the legal profession, the judicial system, and the public. The association offers various resources, including a lawyer referral service, continuing legal education programs, and publications. It also supports pro bono legal clinics and local charities through the Maricopa County Bar Foundation. The association has sections and divisions that cover various areas of law, including bankruptcy, criminal law, family law, and real estate. The association was founded in 1914 and is the largest voluntary bar association in the area.

The State Bar of Arizona is a non-profit organization that regulates approximately 23,000 active attorneys in Arizona. The organization is governed by a 29-member board of governors, and it has two office locations in Phoenix and another location. The private company is based in Phoenix, AZ. It operates under the supervision of the Supreme Court and provides education and development programs for the legal profession and the public. The organization's mission is to improve the administration of justice and the competency, ethics, and professionalism of lawyers practicing in Arizona. The State Bar of Arizona has a lawyer regulation department that works to resolve problems between clients and attorneys, and it also offers legal information for consumers, periodic free legal advice days, and other educational programs. The State Bar of Arizona is not a state agency, and its activities are funded through membership fees, service fees, and other self-generated revenue.

The Counselors of Real Estate is an international consortium of commercial property professionals from leading real estate, financial, law, valuation, and accounting and business advisory firms, as well as real property experts in academia and government. The private company is based in Chicago, IL. The company offers expertise in more than 60 real estate disciplines across all asset classes and have resolved disputes, led privatizations, developed master plans, created and endowed centers, and valued both the Grand Canyon and Yale University.

The Downtown Phoenix Partnership, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization which provides community development construction services. Its services include security, hospitality & homeless outreach, clean & green team, transportation & parking coordination, marketing, advertising & communications, branding, public relations, event programming & facilitation, economic and public policy facilitation. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP provides legal services. It is a business and litigation firm with a diverse client base, includes business, financial institutions and not-for-profit organizations, government entities and individual clients. The firm represents business, financial, institutional and individual clients, including publicly held multinational corporations, large and mid-sized privately held companies, partnerships and emerging companies. The company was founded by Robert D. Klingler in 1873 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

First Cash Financial Services, Inc. provides consumer financial services and related specialty retail products. It operates pawn and cash advance stores. The company manages its pawn and consumer loan operations under its segments: U.S. pawn operations segment, U.S. consumer loan operations segment and Mexico operations segment. These segments have been aggregated into one reportable segment because they have similar economic characteristics and similar long-term financial performance metrics. The company's pawn stores offer small loans secured by personal property such as jewelry, consumer electronics, tools, sporting goods and musical instruments are pledged as collateral for the loans. Its Cash advance stores offer consumer financial services product, including credit services, short term and payday loans, check cashing, money orders, money transfers, prepaid card products and other financial services products. First Cash Financial Services was founded in July 1988 and is headquartered in Arlington, TX.