2024-2025 Board of Directors

As most of my friends and colleagues know, I have a very full professional life that revolves around Arizona State University (ASU) and the community. In my Senior Vice President and Secretary role, I manage the Arizona Board of Regents relationship, University ceremonies, chair advisory boards, etc. With the Alumni Association, I provide direction and oversight to connect over 390,000 ASU graduates and support them in continuing their strong tie with ASU. I call it “friend raising” and “affinity building” with our network around the world. As you can guess, I have a very strong foundation at ASU where I have had 18 different positions at ASU over the past 40 years. In addition, I am an Associate Professor in Higher Education, Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation, Mary Lou Fulton Teacher College. It’s very important that we continue to help advance education and our larger community by developing our students and the future leaders.

There is also a strong connection in my personal life to ASU and a lot of my discretionary time involves attending ASU sporting events with my husband of 46 years. I also have a tie to ASU through my Dad who was head baseball and basketball, and then assistant football coach under Frank Kush until he retired. Like me, he was also a Professor at ASU and he believed strongly in the importance of coaching, educating, and developing true student athletes. He and my mother have always been a great inspiration to me in my life.

Why AzBL? David Bruno introduced me and despite my schedule he kept encouraging me to attend. Once I had a chance to join I realized what a great organization AzBL has become. The people are fascinating, the speakers are tremendous, and I have made some new friends. And the fact that the meetings start and end on time is no small matter for many of us. Managing our time is managing a precious resource and AzBL considers that in supporting its membership.

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With 18 years of experience as a high-level administrator at one of the nation’s ten largest public colleges, Arizona State University (ASU), Georgia Musgrave brings a unique perspective to her role at Duffy Group, Inc. As Assistant Dean at ASU, she played a pivotal role in recruitment, people resource management, organizational design, culture change, and budget oversight.

Currently serving as the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Duffy Group, Georgia is a trusted resource for companies nationwide seeking top-tier talent. Her extensive background equips her with the insights and expertise to meet the evolving needs of organizations.

Georgia earned her bachelor's degree in liberal arts with a minor in early childhood education from Northern Arizona University in 1992. She later obtained her Master of Business Administration from the W. P. Carey School of Business while fulfilling her duties as Assistant Dean. Recently, she was honored with the Sun Devil 100 distinction, recognizing her significant contributions and achievements.

In our 17-year history, Alliance Bank of Arizona has grown from a de novo bank to a significant portion of Arizona’s largest locally headquartered bank, Western Alliance Bancorporation.  I had the pleasure of starting my career with Alliance Bank in early 2005 after graduating with a degree in Finance and Business Administration from the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management, and 17+ years into my career, I now serve as the Managing Director of Commercial Banking for Alliance Bank.  In my role, I oversee our bank’s commercial and industrial banking groups operating in Central and Northern Arizona, with a focus on serving our commercial clients’ banking needs by delivering tailored credit structures, cash management and depository products.  

I take pride in the relationships developed throughout my career with clients, referral sources and connections made along the way.  It is particularly satisfying when those relationships reach out to get our input how they might go about pursuing their strategic objectives and how the path they are contemplating pursuing might affect their financial goals and access to capital.  Those are the types of conversations that really validate us bankers as being a trusted advisor to those relationships, especially when the discussion does not center on an immediate banking need.  I also enjoy working with our group of bankers to help them each become successful in their individual roles and with growth in their careers (in fact, it is one of my biggest motivators).

Originally from Santa Rosa, CA, I moved to Arizona in 2001 to attend college and have enjoyed living in Arizona ever since due to the abundance of outdoor activities.  My wife, Marissa, and I have been married for 9 years and have three young boys (ages 7, 6 and 3) which bring a lot of energy to our home.  Marissa and I enjoy traveling, especially to places where we can sit on a beach and enjoy the sun, which we usually do once per year down in Mexico.  I also enjoy staying active and continue to play in competitive adult soccer leagues, hiking (the Grand Canyon being my favorite place to hike) and staying active at the gym.  Our kids have also begun to follow my passion for soccer and baseball, with all three boys currently playing  one sport or the other (and me taking the occasional coaching role for their teams).

Nancy Zezza, Alliance Bank’s Chief Credit Officer, introduced me to AZBL, and while I have known several members prior to joining, I have really enjoyed being able to reconnect with them and getting to know many other community leaders.  I believe AZBL will continue to be a great place where I can continue to develop my network of friends while growing professionally together and relying on each other as our own peer group of trusted advisors.

As Shareholder in the Labor & Employment group at Tiffany & Bosco, I counsel and advocate for my clients in employment and labor law with an emphasis on avoiding and resolving employment disputes, litigation, class actions and other human resource matters.  

I have approximately 15 years of experience helping businesses avoid employment law disputes.  My practice includes counseling and representing management in employment discrimination and sexual harassment claims; investigations into employee conduct; wrongful discharge claims; wage and hour disputes; workplace violence issues; employee hiring; discipline and discharge procedures; leaves of absences; unemployment; and other issues facing employers.   I love practicing employment law because every day brings a new opportunity for me to learn about a new industry or company, while educating individuals on employee/employment related issues.  

I am was co-editor of the Arizona Employment Law Letter from 2013 to 2019, winning the award for General Excellence (2014, 2018) and Best Personal Column (2017, 2019).  I am a contributing author for the West Employment Law Letter (combined publication of former state employment law letters). I have been on the Board of the American Liver Foundation (Desert Southwest Divisions) for approximately six years and became Chair in 2019.  I was honored as Arizona’s Most Influential Women in Business in 2019.

My husband Steve and I are enjoying watching our two young children (Keira; Xander) grow.  Our kids both play club basketball, so we spend most of our time attending games and carting them to practice.  When we are not at our children’s activities, we enjoy family game time, food/wine festivals, hiking, traveling, and making and looking back on fond memories. 

I have connected with many wonderful people since I joined AzBL over three years ago.  I was thrilled to be asked to join the Board of Directors and jumped at the opportunity to become more involved with such top-notch people.  I’m excited about this next AzBL chapter, the educational value our speakers bring, and to broaden my connections with the high-quality membership that is AzBL.

I am privileged to serve as the Office Managing Partner (Audit) for the Phoenix office of BDO USA LLP, an international accounting firm.  I work with clients in a variety of industries:  life sciences, manufacturing, distribution, retail, healthcare, technology and services, to name a few.  BDO provides audit, tax and consulting/ advisory services to clients all over the globe – from financial statement audits, to tax compliance services, to specialty services (e.g., R&D tax credit, cost segregation), internal audit, information technology risk consulting, transaction advisory services (buy and sell), valuation services, forensics and dispute resolution, etc.  This past year, I was able to spend time in Japan, China and Taiwan for global clients.  I have a BBA from the University of New Mexico and am a licensed CPA in Arizona and New Mexico.

What I love most about what I do every day is being able to BUILD … relationships, dynamic/diverse teams, culture, operational excellence, focus and the BDO brand.  In a busy world like ours, one of my biggest challenges (and opportunities) is integrating life in a way that allows me to help others unleash their full potential and identify ways where we can be “in the zone” or present in everything we do.

My husband, Patrick, and I have 4 children (all grown) and 6 grandchildren – ages 2 to 17 years.  For almost 6 years now, we have been caring for two of those grandchildren and relearning what it means to care for and grow little ones.  Other things that are important to me are serving in my church and community, being a worship leader, and when Patrick and I get a chance to schedule “date” night, find a place with live music and do a little dancing.

I love the energy in this leadership group!  Thank you for the honor of beginning my service on the Board of Directors this year (2019).