Board of Directors

Katie Bargetto is the Founder and COO of Axiom Wealth Solutions, a financial planning firm based in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Katie spent over a decade in the corporate sector, which included eight years at The Boeing Company in program and project management roles, and four years at Driscoll’s, where she specialized in genetic deployment and social and environmental impact. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management and an MBA from Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business.

With a lifelong passion for dance, Katie grew up immersed in the Arizona dance community, spending four years as a student at Ballet Arizona and later managing her family’s business, Phoenix Dance Academy, during college. Today, she continues to fuel her love for ballet by attending adult ballet classes at Ballet Arizona.

In addition to Ballet Arizona, Katie serves on the board of Liberty Leadership Academy, a performing arts enhanced charter school in Cottonwood, Arizona. Katie and her husband, Mike, live in Phoenix with their three beautiful children.

Martina Burberry is a Vice President and Commercial Real Estate Banker at National Bank of Arizona with more than 20 years of experience structuring complex financing solutions for homebuilders, developers, REITs, and commercial real estate investors. She specializes in homebuilder borrowing base and unsecured credit facilities, syndications, and deals across multifamily, single-family, industrial, office, retail, and hospitality.

Originally from Colorado (Go Broncos!), Martina has called Phoenix home for over 20 years. She and her husband Mark—married for 20+ years—have raised their two sons, Liam and Keiran, and dog Tito, here and are deeply connected to the Valley’s schools, nonprofits, and arts organizations. Martina has been actively involved with LISC, AZCREW, the Women’s Financial Group, and several school district and youth soccer programs.

Martina believes Ballet Arizona plays a vital role in enriching the community, inspiring creativity, and providing cultural experiences for families across the state. She is proud to serve on the Board and support its mission.

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Ashley L. Case, Attorney and shareholder at Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. is a Board-Certified Specialist in Estate and Trust law. Ashley earned her undergraduate degree from Arizona State University (and is an obnoxiously enthusiastic Sun Devil fan). She graduated with her Juris Doctor from Chapman University School of Law and earned her LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University School of Law with a concentration on estate planning. Ashley is licensed to practice law in Arizona and before the United States Tax Court and is a State Bar of Arizona Probate and Trust Section member. In addition, she is certified as an Accredited Estate Planner® (AEP®) by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC).

Ashley works with her husband, Darren Case, also a tax and estate planning attorney at Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. They have three children and three dogs. Ashley’s journey with ballet began at age four when her parents enrolled her in a local dance school. From that class, she was captivated by the grace, beauty, and discipline of ballet. Today she takes great solace and joy in the dance studio as an adult student. When not in the office or the ballet studio, Ashley is a passionate adventure seeker. Besides taking on wild activities such as bungee jumping, ice climbing, skydiving, and dogsledding, she loves to hike big mountains. She is an aspiring state “high pointer,” meaning she is attempting to hike the tallest mountain in each state in the United States; to date, she has summited the most towering peaks in Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, and North Carolina. She has also hiked seven of the Colorado “fourteeners.” In June 2022, Ashley traveled to Tanzania, Africa, where she summited Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Carla Steiner Cohen was born in Ripon, Wisconsin on May 18, 1959.  She and her husband, Adrian, split their time each year between their homes in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, and Scottsdale, Arizona.

Carla has a degree in fashion merchandising from the University of Wisconsin-Stout.  After college, she was a buyer and manager of several departments of the Boston Store, a Midwest-based store chain.  She left the retail world to work for the research department of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Wisconsin's largest newspaper, focusing on the creation and analysis of consumer and political polling.

Carla has been devoted to ballet from an early age.  She began lessons at the age of four, and continued through high school dancing en pointe with the Ripon College dance corps.  She was a longtime season ticket holder with the Milwaukee Ballet, and became involved with Ballet Arizona as a Circles member.

Carla has been devoted for many years to community activities.  She served as a member and chair of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation committee on Jewish Community Center children's programming.  She also served on the local PTA of her children's schools.  Carla served for a decade at a meal kitchen for underprivileged Milwaukee residents, and has volunteered in Phoenix at the St. Mary's Food Bank.  She has been closely participating in Phoenix for more than five years with activities connected to Adrian's position as an executive member of the board of trustees of the Heard Museum.

Carla's interests beyond ballet include golf.  She has assumed leadership positions as a president of the ladies' division of Wisconsin's North Shore Country Club, and as the club's tournament representative for the Milwaukee Women's Golf District Association.

Carla is the principal owner of a manufactured home community in the Milwaukee suburb of Cudahy.

Fred worked at Arizona State University from 1986 to 2021. In addition to serving as faculty in communication studies, he held numerous administrative roles, including vice provost, dean of University College and director of the School of Letters and Sciences. Throughout his career at ASU, Fred focused on undergraduate student success through curricular design, academic advising, degree planning, major and career exploration, and innovations in technology that provide students access to the tools they need to thrive. He has published widely in the areas of communication and performance studies with emphases on ethnographic writing, gay culture and personal narrative. He earned his PhD in communication from the University of Arizona, MS in communication from Southern Illinois University and BS in political science from Central Michigan University.

Fred lives in Phoenix with his husband Germain.

Hollie returned to her Arizona roots in 2019 and has since been deeply engaged in community leadership and service. She currently serves as the Vice President of Training for the Junior League of Phoenix and is entering her third year on the organization’s Management Team. In this role, she oversees the development and training of League members, helping cultivate the next generation of community leaders.

Hollie holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Arizona State University and a Juris Doctorate with a specialization in Business Law from the University of California School of Law. While no longer practicing law, she leads a national business specializing in the breeding and sale of quarter horse and thoroughbred racehorses, combining her entrepreneurial spirit with a lifelong love of animals.

A dedicated advocate for the arts, Hollie proudly supports Ballet Arizona and ASU Gammage and is committed to fostering access to cultural experiences throughout the community. Her broader philanthropic involvement includes organizations such as Ryan House, which provides vital care for children with life-limiting medical conditions, and the Phoenix Zoo, reflecting her passion for animal conservation and education.

Hollie is honored to contribute her time and experience to Ballet Arizona’s Board of Directors and to help advance its mission of inspiring and uplifting the community through the power of dance.

Catherine Jablonsky recently retired from a fulfilling career focused on engineering software. Her newfound free time now allows her to fulfill a desire to more fully engage in support of the arts, preservation of the great outdoors, and spend more time practicing piano. She has been a long-time supporter of Ballet Arizona, watching its progression over the decades as it has evolved into the exceptional company it is today.

Catherine holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arizona. She is an avid outdoors woman, with a particular soft spot for the Grand Canyon. For more than 20 years, she has led friends and family of all ages in backpacking trips down and up all the trails on the South Rim, enabling them to experience and appreciate the great outdoors in a locale that always inspires.

Catherine is thrilled and honored to be accepted to the board of Ballet Arizona. She is committed to supporting the mission and vision of Ballet Arizona, with particular interest in community outreach and making ballet accessible to all – not only as an audience member, but also to enable those who aspire to dance professionally to have the opportunity to challenge themselves, no matter their economic circumstances.

Karlin Keller is a senior communications and marketing executive who leads Enterprise Transformation & Employee Communications at Intel, a global technology leader with more than 80,000 employees worldwide. She oversees a team responsible for executive visibility, organizational transformation, employee engagement, and employer brand strategy—driving clarity, trust, and connection during one of the most significant corporate reinventions in Intel’s history.

Her team partners across the business to deliver integrated communications that support strategy execution, culture change, and leadership alignment. She has broad expertise across marketing and communications, spanning corporate strategy, change management, digital channels, employer brand, and culture storytelling.

She earned her MBA from Cornell University and her undergraduate degree in business from the University of Kansas. Originally from Kansas and a lifelong dancer, she is honored to serve on the Board of Directors for Ballet Arizona. She believes in ballet’s power to inspire and connect, and is committed to supporting the company’s next chapter and its lasting role in the community.

Karen Jurichko Lowell is a partner in Womble Bond Dickinson’s Business Transactions and Tax practice groups, advising clients on a variety of business and tax planning matters.

With a proven background in resolving business tax disputes, Karen guides clients on sales, use, and property tax matters, including tax audits and appeals through various administrative stages, the tax court, and the court of appeals. She advises manufacturers, high-tech companies, construction contractors and developers, electric utilities, solar energy companies, tax exempt organizations, and other clients on various multistate sales and use tax issues, including advising e-commerce businesses on their multistate sales and use tax nexus and collection obligations. She also has experience with property tax valuation appeals for various types of industrial and commercial properties, corporate transactions, and health care taxes.  Karen has also helped clients plan and execute strategies, solve problems, and realize opportunities using business law, primarily in corporate formation, financing and acquisition transactions, exempt status applications, and contract negotiations. Her clients include public and private companies (startups as well as medium and large businesses), for-profit and nonprofit corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.

Like many children, Karen started taking ballet classes as a young child and fell in love with the art form. She has been a fan and supporter of Ballet Arizona for years, including serving for three years on Ballet Arizona’s Contemporary Council, and is excited to continue supporting Ballet Arizona as a Board Member.

Senior Director, Water Supply & System, Salt River Project (SRP)

Christa has a B.S. in Environmental Science from NAU and a Master’s of Public Administration from ASU.  She began her career at the Arizona Department of Water Resources, eventually becoming the manager of the Office of Assured and Adequate Water Supply. She left ADWR to become a water resource consultant, primarily representing developers and water providers on issues relating to assured water supply requirements and water rights.  Christa joined SRP in 2011 to work on water resource planning and the day-to-day operations of SRP’s joint venture with the Gila River Indian Community, the Gila River Water Storage, LLC.

Since joining SRP, Christa has held leadership positions responsible for coordinating all water rights and water contracts related activities for SRP, including Indian Water Right Settlements, Gila River and Little Colorado River Stream Adjudications, water exchanges and transfers, permitting, new projects which ensure water supply reliability and acquisition of renewable water supplies to support sustainable growth within SRP’s electric service area.

In 2023, she was promoted to Senior Director of Water Supply and System, where she is responsible for leading SRP’s water resource management group, water engineering and transmission group and construction and maintenance groups for SRP’s groundwater wells and water delivery system.

With 3 decades of marketing experience, Christel Mosby leads all communication efforts as Chief Marketing Officer at Grand Canyon Education (GCE). GCE is a $3.6 billion education services company focused on promoting student success and growth at higher education institutions nationwide. GCE currently serves dozens of partner colleges and universities with Grand Canyon University (GCU) being the largest. Under Ms. Mosby’s impressive 18 + years of leadership at GCE, she’s overseen enrollment growth at GCU from 1,000 students to over 113,000 nationwide.

Her team includes over 200 subject matter experts in areas like traditional and digital media, affiliate marketing, paid search, social media, email, data science, consumer research and creative services. She is also proud to head a division that gives GCU students the chance to gain professional agency experience while offering the same innovative and professional marketing services to PK-12 schools at a reduced rate.

Ms. Mosby is a long-time resident of Arizona. She earned her MBA from the University of Phoenix and her B.S. in Marketing from Northern Arizona University. In addition to serving on the Foundation Board of the Scottsdale Charros, she is also on the Phoenix Diocese Night of Hope Committee and leader in the Camelback Chapter of the National Charity League. The arts are close to Ms. Mosby’s heart, and she is honored to support Ballet Arizona as a newly appointed board member in 2023.

Tracy Olson is an associate attorney at the law firm of Snell & Wilmer, LLP. She is a part of the firm’s special litigation and compliance group where she focuses her practice on representing businesses and individuals in constitutional, government relations and regulatory matters. Her state and federal constitutional and governmental relations practice includes election law, political law and commercial litigation. In her regulatory practice, Tracy regularly represents and consults with healthcare clients regarding complex compliance questions, licensing complaints and government investigations.

Tracy received her Juris Doctor from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, magna cum laude and her Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Southern Methodist University. As an Arizona native and former dancer, Tracy is honored to serve on Ballet Arizona’s Board of Directors.

Gregory Puckett brings a dynamic blend of strategic leadership and a lifelong appreciation for the arts to his support of Ballet Arizona. Born in California and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, Gregory's diverse background has cultivated a deep understanding of community impact and innovation. He currently channels this passion into his role planning commercial operations for Waymo, where for the past seven years, he has been driven by the transformative potential of autonomous driving to revolutionize society by enhancing safety on our roads and returning valuable time currently spent behind the wheel. This commitment to progress is mirrored in his dedication to fostering cultural growth within Arizona.

Gregory's leadership extends beyond the realm of technological advancement. He currently serves as Board Chair at The Opportunity Tree, demonstrating his dedication to local non-profit initiatives and his belief in empowering individuals. His commitment to community engagement is further highlighted by his participation in Class 41 of Valley Leadership. Prior to his impactful work at Waymo, Gregory honed his operational skills managing rideshare operations for Arizona, New Mexico, and Hawaii at Lyft, showcasing his ability to lead and scale innovative services. His connection to Arizona is strong, having called the state home for the past 16 years, and he resides in Scottsdale with his wife, Chandler, and their two young daughters.

Gregory's passion for the arts is deeply rooted in his personal history. He possesses a unique understanding of the dedication and discipline required for artistic pursuits, having himself engaged in intensive childhood studies with the goal of becoming a professional orchestral percussionist. This early immersion in music instilled in him a profound respect for the performing arts and their vital role in enriching communities, a belief he actively champions.

Holding bachelor's and master's degrees in Systems Engineering from the University of Florida and the Georgia Institute of Technology, respectively, Gregory seamlessly integrates his analytical mindset with an appreciation for creativity and human connection. When not focused on bringing the benefits of autonomous driving to the world or contributing to his community, Gregory enjoys the performance arts, fine dining, and the pursuit of the perfect espresso at home.

Merle was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She graduated from the University of Illinois, Medical Center, Chicago. Her undergraduate years were spent at Richmond Professional Institute, now Virginia Commonwealth University. Her Bachelor of Science degree is in Occupational Therapy and she was registered and licensed to practice upon completion of her clinical course of study. Additional coursework followed. She met her husband, Steve and moved to Chicago after her transfer. She was the department head of several rehab and therapeutic programs in both physical medicine and psychological settings.

After the birth of her daughter, Merle settled into Motherhood with years of power volunteering in the communities in which she lived. She was board president, women’s auxiliary president, citizen of the year, representative to her county’s drug program and numerous other positions of mentorship and leadership. Her husband’s family’s connections to Scottsdale years before drew Merle and Steve to Arizona and they began an involvement with the arts that continues to this day. Merle is also a board member of Arizona 5 Arts Circle, she serves as a Scottsdale Center for the Arts Board of Director and serves on the Heard Museum’s annual gala committee. She and Steve have made a commitment to support Ballet Arizona, as well as the Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona Opera, the Phoenix Symphony, the Heard Museum, and the Desert Botanic Garden. She is mother to an artist, mother-in-law to a design engineer, and grandmother to a most creative and happy grandson!

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Ruth is a Project Manager for Burns & McDonnell‘s Transportation Electrification team. She is experienced with both design and management of Engineering, Procurement and Construction services for a wide variety of Electric Vehicle programs across North America. Ruth is a project manager with experience leading multi-discipline teams while meeting client expectations. As a project manager, she has overall responsibility controlling project scope, schedule, and costs. Her experience in the field enables her to identify construction risks and address potential solutions during the design process. Ruth has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University and has previous experience in the Industrial Drives and Industrial Flow Meter Industries.

Van practiced exclusively in environmental and natural resources law for the last 36 years in Phoenix at the federal, state, and local levels. His work focused on environmental due diligence in transactions, environmental liabilities and permits, analysis of lender and borrower liabilities, drafting of relevant provisions, environmental regulatory compliance and permitting, litigation involving environmental permits, and defense against environmental claims.

Van attended Yale University receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966 and, following four years in the Peace Corps in East Africa, received a Juris Doctor degree at Vanderbilt University Law School. While at Vanderbilt, he served as Research Editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review.

Van is an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Law at Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law at ASU and serves on the Dean’s Board of Advisors for Vanderbilt Law School. He was the National Chairman of the Board for the American Cancer Society and served on the Board of the Herberger Theater Center and the Board of the Phoenix Theater.

Van joined the Ballet Arizona Board of Directors in 2017, termed off for one year, and has now returned for another term.

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