Life + Culture

The Leadership Ledger

Inside the Strategy, Sacrifice, and Leadership Behind the Valley’s Most Powerful Fundraising Events Article and Photography by Major fundraising events do not happen by chance. They require strategy, capital oversight, operational discipline, and leadership under pressure. In this issue, we explore the executives behind the scenes of philanthropy and the real investment required to move a mission forward. Hillary Leto Co-Chaired and Table Sponsor, Childhelp 2025 Table and Model Sponsor...

Professional Services

Investing with Intention

Industry Experts Share Where Opportunity Is Emerging and How Smart Planning Protects Future Wealth Article and Photography by In this issue, leaders across lending, estate planning, education, aviation and AI share where smart capital is moving and how strategic planning today protects tomorrow. INVESTING IN STRATEGIC FINANCING Ryan Lehrman Senior Mortgage Banker | Specializing in niche portfolio lending such as Jumbo, Super Jumbo, Physician, One-Time Close Construction, and...

Food + Beverage

21 Questions with the Minds Behind 40 Love

A Courtside Conversation on Vision, Risk, and Building a Championship Hospitality Brand Photography by Issac Torres In true PVCL fashion, every month we spotlight an esteemed Valley culinary force. For our April Business & Investing issue, we turn the lens to the business minds behind one of Scottsdale’s newest hospitality concepts. Sean Mulholland and Avery Johnson Jr., Cofounders of 40 Love, are not simply opening doors in Old Town, they are engineering experience. Sean is the visionary...

Finance + Legal Services

Kevin Harrington on Winning the Race

The Real Blueprint Behind Billion-Dollar Brand Building Article by Nadine Bubeck | Photography by Provided For our April Business and Investing Issue, we go one-on-one with Kevin Harrington to talk capital, customer acquisition, scaling in the digital era, and what “winning the race” really means now. Kevin Harrington remembers the exact moment the industry changed. It was 1980. He had just ordered cable television and was flipping through nearly 30 channels, something that felt...

Health + Wellness

Support Is Strength

Inside Arizona’s expanding crisis response system through Solari and 988 Article and Photography by The strongest communities are not defined only by growth. They are defined by support. And in Arizona, support increasingly means investing in mental health infrastructure. Mental health has moved from a taboo subject to an essential wellness priority. Since the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline launched nationally in July 2022, crisis calls have climbed steadily each year, and not just from...

Beauty

Auctioneer and Advocate

America’s Foremost Auctiontainer Takes the Stage for Alzheimer’s with a Cause Close to Home Article by Nadine Bubeck | Photography by Provided In the world of fundraising, few names carry the weight of Letitia Frye. Known as America’s foremost “Auctiontainer,” Letitia is celebrating more than 20 years in the fundraising industry and over $1 billion raised for charities across the country. She has performed at more than 2,000 events worldwide. She has mentored 52 auctioneers. She is the only...

Home + Design

Architecting the Sun

How Luxury Homeowners are Turning Shade into a Performance Strategy Photography by Provided: All Pro Shades All Pro Shade Concepts has been serving Arizona homeowners for over 21 years. Founded by Arizona native Robert Mulvin in 2005, the company has grown alongside the state’s luxury real estate evolution. What drew Robert into the shade industry was simple but strategic. “Shade isn’t just an accessory here. It’s transformational,” he says. “In Arizona, outdoor space is everything. When I...

Sports + Recreation

Before Tipoff, The Real Work Begins

Elite Leaders Across Sports and Media on Resilience, Identity, and Winning the Mental Game Article by Nadine Bubeck | Photography by Provided Before the Phoenix Suns face the Houston Rockets on April 7th, the conversation shifts from the hardwood to something less visible, yet equally decisive. The mind. Training the Mind™ is not a typical pregame panel. Created and hosted by Scottsdale-based performance psychiatrist Dr. Brook Choulet, the nationally coordinated platform embeds clinically...

Life + Culture

Among the Wildflowers

Katie Cosmas Carries her Daughter’s Memory into a Ballroom Built on Hope Article by Nadine Bubeck | Photography by Provided- Katie Cosmas Katie Cosmas wears a small butterfly around her neck. It rests just below her collarbone, quiet and constant. “That symbolizes who?” we asked. “Taylor Paige, our firstborn,” she says. “She’d be 16 now. A sweet 16.” In 2010, Katie and her husband Mark welcomed their first child. Taylor had blonde hair and her father’s deep blue eyes. The pregnancy was...

Life + Culture

Runway with a Reason

Turning Children’s Style into Community Impact Photography by Provided by PANDA For more than two decades, Katie Wilson has been one of the Valley’s quiet constants when it comes to philanthropic fashion. She is the owner of Garage Boutique & Concept Store, often described as the Fifth Avenue of pint sized fashion, but the real story has never been about the labels on the racks. It has always been about what those racks can represent. “I realized that the store could be more than a retail...