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Dear AZ NIGP Members,

Happy Holidays! I hope you were able to connect with your families over the Thanksgiving Holiday and into the Christmas Season. I spent the week before Thanksgiving in Chicago with family. We left the day after Thanksgiving to head back to Arizona. That turned out to be a great decision as Chicago recorded the most snowfall ever on any day in November. Over 8 inches blanketed Chicagoland delaying and cancelling many flights and reminding me why I live in Arizona. I pray your travel plans were not delayed. I am looking forward to a continuing a great holiday season.

Congratulations to these individuals who recently received their CPPB/CPPO certification during Fall 2025:

• Aimee Fields, CPPB – ADOT
• Michael Gale, CPPB – City of Mesa
• Diana Landeros, CPPB – Town of Queen Creek
• Niki Large, CPPB -ADOA/SPO
• Kendall Small, CPPB – Maricopa County
• Victoria Wride, CPPB – AZDCS
• Eva Pierce, CPPO – City of Glendale

These individuals should b

Hello AZNIGP Members-

It's been another busy 3 months for the chapter. Forum was held in Colorado this year and we had a great time going back in time dressing up like it was 1980! There was a lot of networking between chapter members and colleagues from all over.

Check out all the fun the Young Professionals/Mentoring Committee Networking Event was a few weeks ago.

Don't forget to vote for your next Vice President and Secretary and confirm Michael Greene as your next 2026 President.

We have a member spotlight on Barbara Corella who has been a member of the chapter since 1989.

Lost Our Home Pet Rescue was founded in 2008 as a grassroots response to the housing crisis that left thousands of people displaced and thousands of pets abandoned. Lost Our Home Founder and Executive Director, Jodi Polanski, worked as a local mortgage banker during that time and witnessed these devastating results firsthand.
Pets were abandoned in foreclosed homes, often without food or water. Others were forced into shelters—their owners having no other choice. With the second highest foreclosure rates, and the second highest shelter-euthanasia rates, Maricopa County was experiencing a crisis and no existing service was designed to address the needs of both people and pets.
Jodi was quick to recognize this urgent need and launched Lost Our Home Pet Rescue with just a small network of volunteers who were focused on helping the pets that had been abandoned during the housing crisis. Help and hope were on the way!