Arizona Public Defender Association
Donations deductibleRevenue
$327k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$377k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$78k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$78k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
25
4.4 years on average
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
9
named in Part VII
Arizona Public Defender Association's network
25 people3 organisationsi25 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (25). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
25 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 29 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 25 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Shin | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Cathryn Whalen | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Charles Kendall | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| David Ward | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Dean Brault | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| James Fullin | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Jon Gillenwater | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jon Sands | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Joseph Carver | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Joseph Finch | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Kate Milewski | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Kathleen Bowman | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Kevin Burke | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Mary Trejo | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| MEG Leal | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Megan Page | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Melissa Acosta | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Rafael Gallego | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Ray Hannah | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Ron Gilleo | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Sandra Diehl | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Shannon Burns | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Sherri McGuire-Lawson | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Steve Koestner | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Vincente Barraza | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
9 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Fox | President | 2025 |
| Christina Phillis | Company secretary | 2020 |
| Dean Brault | President | 2023 |
| Gary Kula | Treasurer | since 2020 |
| Kennedy Klagge | Vice Preside | 2025 |
| Rosemarie Pena-Lynch | Company secretary | 2025 |
| Sandra Diehl | President | 2020 |
| Sarah Dent | Company secretary | 2023 |
| Xochitil Orozco | Vice Preside | 2023 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherri McGuire-Lawson | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| David Ward | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| James Fullin | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Gary Kula | Treasurer | 3 | $0 | ||
| Melissa Acosta | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Cathryn Whalen | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Mary Trejo | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jon Sands | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ron Gilleo | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sandra Diehl | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dean Brault | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kathleen Bowman | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kevin Burke | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rosemarie Pena-Lynch | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kennedy Klagge | Vice Preside | 1 | $0 | ||
| Vincente Barraza | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Steve Koestner | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jon Gillenwater | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Bill Fox | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Megan Page | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ray Hannah | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kate Milewski | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rafael Gallego | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Bobby Shin | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Charles Kendall | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joseph Carver | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joseph Finch | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Meg Leal | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Shannon Burns | Director | 1 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Arizona Public Defender Association
- EIN
- 470879934
- Address
- 8175 E Evans 13926, Scottdsdale, AZ, 85260-9998
- State
- Arizona
- Mission
- Provide education and support for public defenders' offices throughout the state of arizona. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- I80 Crime and legal-related
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Crime & Legal-Related
- Size band
- 3 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2002
- Principal officer
- Gary Kula (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 June 2004
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 3, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsCathryn Whalen
≥6years on the filingsDavid Ward
≥6years on the filingsDean Brault
≥6years on the filingsJames Fullin
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $78k
- Total liabilities
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances
- $78k
- Contributions and grants received
- $7k
- Program service revenue
- $321k
- Employees
- 0