Diaper Bank Leadership
Kirsten Grabo
Executive DirectorKirsten Cloutier Grabo was appointed Executive Director of the Southern Arizona Community Diaper Bank in October of 2007. As one of the original team members of the Southern Arizona Diaper Bank in 1994, Ms. Grabo is passionate about the Diaper Bank’s mission and vision – to create a community where everyone’s basic needs are met.
Ms. Grabo is responsible for development and execution of the Diaper Bank’s programs – providing diapers and incontinence supplies to southern Arizona families in need through a network of 55 community agencies, and raising awareness of the issues that put people into poverty and crisis in the first place.
Prior to joining the Diaper Bank, Ms. Grabo served as Controller for Tucson-based Catalina Tool and Mold, overseeing the finance and administration departments of the company as a member of the senior leadership team. Ms. Grabo was instrumental in the strategic expansion of the company.
Grabo’s community service includes her advocacy for the development of young women in Tucson through the Miss Tucson Valley and Miss Arizona Scholarship pageants. She works with teenage youth as a coach of the baton twirling teams of several local high schools and is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She has been a volunteer for several local charities including the Alzheimer’s Association of Southern Arizona and the Girl Scouts of America. She has also been treasurer of the Southern Arizona Technology Council. Kirsten is an alumni of the Pride of Arizona, The University of Arizona Marching Band and the 1989 Up With People Cast.
Kirsten, a native of Duluth, Minnesota, holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Arizona and an MBA from University of Phoenix. Kirsten and husband John have one child, Brayden.
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2010-2011 Diaper Bank Board of Directors
Jennifer Lohse, President
Jennifer Lohse serves as the Program Administrator for 12 private Foundations serving southern Arizona. Her background and education are in nonprofit management. She has worked with the American Red Cross, the Sahuaro Girl Scout Council, the Boys and Girls Club, the YMCA, the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona, the Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, and many other local organizations. In 2007 Jennifer was recognized as a Tucson Business Edge 40 Under 40 member.
She is a member of the United Way’s Young Leaders Society and serves as an officer of 12 private foundations.
Rachele Peterson, Vice President
Rachele has lived in many places including Texas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Ohio - but Tucson is her favorite city because of the natural beauty and weather. Her extensive involvement in public and community service includes volunteer time with MEDWorld, Unite for Sight, Stephen Ministry, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, and Tu Nidito locally.
She has a degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Public Policy. She has always worked for non-profits with her main focus being public health and clinical research. She presently works at the University of Arizona Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry as Research Administrator. Rachele’s husband, Joe, is an aerospace engineer at Raytheon. Together, they have three children (2 furry and 1 human).
Lise Hicks, Secretary
Lise Hicks is a recent transplant to Southern Arizona. She has held a variety of sales management positions in her twenty-five year insurance career, most recently retiring from MassMutual Life Insurance Company. While there, she ran the sales division for life, disability income and long term care insurance, managing 165 employees across the country. Living her work life "on the road", there was very little time for public service and she intends to correct that deficit now.
She earned an MBA the hard way (four years part time) from Santa Clara University in 1986, before those degrees became fashionable.
Lise loves yoga, reading and writing. She is married to a retired railroader and has one son, currently employed in aerospace marketing. Her cat, Jack, is a rescue cat from the Bronx.
Michelle Murphy, Treasurer
Michelle Murphy received a Masters in Finance from the University of Arizona in 2003. She is a native Tucsonan and employed by Wells Fargo Bank. Michelle volunteers for several community organizations including the Junior League of Tucson and the Ken Olson Foundation. Michelle enjoys spending time with her two dogs Belle and Scruffles.
Sara C. Derrick
Sara C. Derrick joined Mesch, Clark & Rothschild as a law clerk in 2000 and became an Associate of the firm in 2002 after she received her law degree from the University of Arizona College of Law. She also received her undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Arizona.
Sara is an Associate in the firm’s Business Section where she focuses on corporate, employment, Real Estate and estate planning matters. She is a member of the Young Lawyers Division of the Pima County Bar and a volunteer for the bar association’s Volunteer Lawyer’s Program.
After Sara completed her undergraduate degree, she moved to London and spent a year working on the London Futures and Options Exchange trading floor. She returned to her native Chicago and worked for a health care organization for two years before she entered law school.
Sara, who is a marathon runner, works out in her spare time, walks her dog and reads.
Don Livingstone
Donald Livingstone grew up in Southern California and came to Tucson when stationed at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in 1976. After four years in the Air Force, he was immediately employed at Tucson Electric Power Company. He is currently an Engineering Technician assigned to the Electrical Substation Engineering department.
Don is a current member and past Chair of the TEP Community Action Team (CAT) and has been a member of the team since it's inception in 1990. He is married to Janet and they have three children. Don has held board positions with Pima County Special Olympics (18 years) and Family Counseling Agency (6 years), and currently the Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona.
Shelby MacDonald
Shelby is a native Arizonan and a graduate of the University of Arizona, where she earned a BSBA with a focus in Accounting. Since then, she has earned her CPA license and is currently a Tax Supervisor at Keegan, Linscott & Kenon, PC. Shelby works on a variety of projects, concentrating mainly on individual, corporate and nonprofit taxes. Shelby is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Shelby spends much of her extra time volunteering for local organizations. She has been an active member of the Junior League of Tucson for 3 years where she currently serves on the Board of Directors as Treasurer (2010-2011). Shelby serves on the Session of Trinity Presbyterian Church and chairs the Membership Outreach Committee. She previously chaired an ad-hoc committee to fund the church’s upcoming renovation. She is involved with Chapters 8 and 69 of the Arizona Order of the Eastern Star, holding offices in both chapters. She has also spent time volunteering with missionary organizations in Honduras and Mexico.
Shelby loves playing with her dog Barney and spending time with friends and family.
Adriana Prieto
Adriana is a native Tucsonan and a graduate of the University of Arizona. She is currently Public Involvement Coordinator for Gordley Design Group, a local marketing, advertising, and public relations firm. She also brings many years of public sector and government relations experience as a former employee of the City of Tucson’s City Manager’s Office.
Adriana is a member of the Metropolitan Pima Alliance, the Southern Arizona Logistics and Education Organization and the Tucson Chapter of Advancing Women in Transportation. As an advocate of the election process, she’s also contributed to countless hours of voter outreach and grassroots campaigning.
Anne Zimmerman
Anne likes to joke that she’s a “recovering” attorney. After a dozen years of practicing law in Arizona and California, she started a second career in the non-profit world in 2007. Anne is the Chief Development Officer for Primavera Foundation. Prior to that, she raised funds as a volunteer for an NGO in Rwanda that she became involved with while traveling there. She knows that a goat will change your life… and believes the same about diapers! Anne was previously on the Board of Directors for Southern Arizona Legal Aid for six years. She is married to Richard Zimmerman.