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Caryn R. Shoemaker of Gilbert, Arizona, is retired from Maricopa Community Colleges. She is one of the founders of One Small Step and has been active in its operations since 2001. Caryn has a Master of Education degree in Community Counseling from Ohio University and a B.A. in Psychology from Ohio State University. She is Chairman of the Board and President of the corporation.  

Amy Schwabenlender is executive director of the Human Services Campus, a 13-acre site near downtown Phoenix where 16 independent nonprofit social service agencies collaborate on services and programs to help individuals experiencing homelessness move off the streets and into permanent housing.

Before joining the Human Services Campus, Amy spent the past 13 years as Vice President of Community Impact for the Valley of the Sun United Way.

A 2016 Piper Fellow and a graduate of Valley Leadership, Schwabenlender holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Communication from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX and an MBA from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. 

She believes that her passion personifies her role: "My leadership style focuses on goals and measurable outcomes...and possibly most importantly, I bring a heart and compassion for the populations who access the Campus."

Mary Lynn Kasunic is the President & CEO and Executive Director of the Area Agency on Aging, Region One, which provides more than 50 programs and services to over 127,000 people each year in Maricopa County, Arizona. In 2008, the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) presented Ms. Kasunic with its Excellence in Leadership Award, selected from among the directors of 622 area agencies nationwide. In 2006, after a rigorous, 2-year application process, the Agency became the first free-standing area agency on aging to earn accreditation by the Council on Accreditation, and it has maintained its accredited status ever since. The Agency is licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services as a behavioral health provider for clinical services and is certified to bill both Medicare and Medicaid. All of the Agency’s 24-hour Senior HELP LINE staff are certified by the Alliance of Information & Referral Systems (AIRS).

Under Ms. Kasunic’s leadership, the Agency has grown and diversified to serve not only older adults and adults with disabilities, but also many special populations such as individuals with HIV/AIDS, elder refugees, and victims of late-life domestic violence, elder abuse and sexual assault.

Ms. Kasunic is nationally recognized for her expertise in the fields of elder abuse and late-life domestic violence. Ms. Kasunic has trained organizations across the country to develop effective local elder abuse prevention coalitions as part of a multi-year project with the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (NCPEA), funded by a grant from the HHS/Administration on Aging. Fifty (50) local coalitions in 29 states were developed as a result of this project.

Ms. Kasunic is involved in a variety of national, state, and local organizations and is a Board member of AZ4A (Arizona Association of Area Agencies on Aging) and n4a (National Association of Area Agencies on Aging). In December 2001, Ms. Kasunic was awarded Piper Fellow status by the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust through a program established to recognize the contributions of the community’s nonprofit leaders and to help them maintain their professional vitality and effectiveness. Ms. Kasunic earned an M.S. degree in Nutrition from Pennsylvania State University. She is a Certified Public Manager and has completed the citizens academies for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Arizona Department of Public Safety, and the Phoenix Police Department.

Scott Anderson became the Mayor in September 2020 after the resignation of Mayor Jenn Daniels in August.  Scott was elected to the Town Council in 2016.

He founded the Gilbert Riparian Preserve, which transformed a wastewater treatment site from simple water recharge into a national award-winning project that has become one of the most popular visitor destinations in the state. The preserves have been studied and copied by communities around the world seeking to be more sustainable. While Director of the Riparian Institute, Scott partnered with local organizations and businesses to create the Gilbert Rotary Centennial Observatory, the only dedicated public observatory in the region.

Education: Geography and International Relations from Brigham Young University and a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Colorado

Gilbert was once known as the "Hay Shipping Capital of the World", it is now the sixth-largest municipality in Arizona, and the fifth largest in the Metropolitan Phoenix Area.  Incorporated on July 6, 1920, with a population of 850+ and now 300,000+ 100 years later, as 2020 is their Centennial Year.