Chad Nanke
Ken Kirsop
Emily Kirsop
John Corbett
Leanna Corbett
Our Mission
We strengthen our community by connecting the generosity of donors with the energy and ideas of people and charities addressing local community needs.
Chad Nanke – President
Chad is an Arizona native with a background in small business ownership, franchise development along with an extensive history in real estate development and land acquisition. Chad currently owns a real estate brokerage called “Nanke Realty”.
But Chad’s true passion is to come along side rural school districts and help in the development of volunteers and donors working together to accomplish projects on public school property that otherwise become neglected due to limited school district funding. Chad believes that community pride and compassion starts at the academic level with our kids.
Ken Kirsop – Vice President
Ken was born in Munich Germany and raised in Apache Junction, AZ. He has spent most of his life residing between Arizona and California. He has spent the past 35 years working in the field of Commercial and Industrial Construction in various capacities. Most of his career has been as a Project Manager. Ken has a unique ability to see the bigger picture and more importantly how to get the job done. Currently, Ken is the Founder and CEO of KTK Consulting. He is currently working with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Cooperation with whom he is contracted by World Wide Professional Solutions. He is assisting to facilitate the construction of the World’s Largest Construction project to date.
He is married to Emily Kirsop and together they have one Elementary School aged daughter.
Emily Kirsop – Secretary
Emily was born and raised in the Northeast. She attended Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work. Emily’s heart and passion has always been for helping people. She worked for Child Protective Services after graduation and then went on to attend Pace University School of Law in White Plains, NY. She met her husband Ken while back East and soon after moved to Yavapai County. She and Ken were married and together have one Elementary School aged daughter. Emily was admitted to the AZ Bar Association in September 2022. She currently works as an Attorney for the Yavapai County Public Defender’s Office where she finds fulfillment in combining her social work skills with defending some of Yavapai County’s most underprivileged residents.
John D. Corbett – Board of Directors
John received his BA from Elmhurst University in Urban Planning. He served 18 years as a Planner, Executive Consultant and Program Administrator for the State of Arizona Department of Administration where he coordinated with the Governor’s office, Personnel, the Attorney General’s office and Risk Management to write State policies, wrote and produced education/marketing materials, conducted management briefings, trained all 100+ Agency Coordinators, conducted program evaluations and partnered with local, national and international representatives to replicate program success. John was a local, national, and international conference speaker on Flexible Workplace Arrangements and served on the Governor’s Family Friendly Task Force. John has Extensive experience in securing grants from State Departments of Environmental Quality and Economic Security as well as grants from several Yavapai County 501c3’s.
Leanna Corbett – Treasurer
Leanna Graduated Magna Cum Laude from ASU. Interviewed on ASU campus before graduating by the Big Eight Accounting Firms. Employed by Arthur Andersen & Co. directly after graduation. Knowledgeable in public accounting areas of Audit, Computer Consulting and Tax. Private industry experience includes contractual assignments with American Express, Waste Management, Scottsdale Insurance Company and Allied Waste.
Assisted clients who were interested in multi-million dollar acquisitions of target companies by performing ‘due diligence’ work which included of review financial statements as well as external review of customers, suppliers and bankers. Then accepted a position as Corporate Controller and Vice President of Mini Storage Insurance company.