Fred DuVal
Career
A national leader in higher
education, DuVal is known for his advocacy of performance-based and
outcome-based funding models tied to higher accountability. In August 2006,
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano selected DuVal to become a member of
the Arizona Board of Regents, which governs the state's three public
universities, and served as chairman.[1] As a Regent, DuVal has worked to focus
attention on the decline of graduation rates in the U.S. compared to other
nations at a time when knowledge is driving economic growth. In 2010, he served
as co-chair of the "Getting AHEAD" initiative[2] with Maricopa Community Colleges Chancellor Dr. Rufus Glasper.
"Getting AHEAD" (Access to Higher Education And Degrees) is focused
on system redesign to achieve higher productivity and greater student degree
completion. In September 2010, DuVal was appointed to an advisory group for
"Complete to Compete," an initiative of the National Governors Association
focused on making "America a global leader in college completion and
improve the productivity of our country's higher education institutions."[3] DuVal believes that education in
Arizona and the United States is at the heart of a quiet crisis, and that
action is required to turn around this situation.[4][5]
DuVal began his career in public
policy working as a senior aide to Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt.
From 1980 to 1985, he was responsible for legislative programs – helping to
craft Arizona's initiatives on health care, transportation, housing, economic
development, natural resource protection and education. He played a leading
role in establishing Arizona's Medicaid program (AHCCCS – the Arizona Health Care
Cost Containment System), the Groundwater Act, the Urban Lands legislation, and
the creation of a rural economic development strategy. He managed Babbitt’s
gubernatorial campaign in 1978 as the youngest gubernatorial campaign manager
in state history at age 24, and his 1988 presidential campaign.[2] From 2002–2006, DuVal served on the
Arizona Commerce and Economic Development Commission and oversaw the
development of the state's 10-year economic strategic plan.[2]
DuVal served on the Democratic
National Committee twice, from 1989 to 1993 and 2009 to 2011. He was Treasurer
of the Democratic Governors Association from 2008 to 2010, and was one of the
original founders of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council in 1985.[6]
In 1993, DuVal became Deputy Chief of
Protocol at the U.S. Department of State.[7] He served in this role until 1996. As
Deputy Chief of Protocol he was responsible for managing visits of Heads of
State and Foreign Ministers to the United States, overseeing diplomatic
accreditation, and representing the United States in more than a dozen
international delegations.[8] In 1996, DuVal left the State
Department to serve as Deputy National Campaign Manager of the Clinton-Gore
campaign.
In 1997, DuVal was named by Bill Clinton to be White House Deputy Director of
Intergovernmental Affairs. In this position he was responsible for the policy
relationship between the federal government and the 50 states—their governors,
mayors, county officials, and American Indian tribes. DuVal played a leading
role in guiding state implementation of Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996—the
federal welfare reform that was a cornerstone of both the Republican “Contract
with America” and President Clinton’s first term. It has since been referred to
by Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) as "probably the
most successful domestic policy reform of the past quarter-century."
In addition, DuVal helped negotiate a national tobacco settlement and guided
White House policy development concerning American Indian gaming rights, tribal
appropriations, and Section 638.[9] In 1999, DuVal led negotiations
between the White House, governors, and mayors about Clinton
Executive Order 13132, which emphasized that the federal government
must recognize States' rights to craft local public policy solutions. Among
other guiding principles, it declares that federal policymaking "should act
with the greatest caution where State and local governments have identified
uncertainties regarding the constitutional or statutory authority of the
national government.” Also while in the Clinton White House, DuVal – who was a
single father sharing custody of his son, Will – started the “Responsible
Fatherhood Initiative,” an effort that included business, clergy, and
government leaders to raise awareness about the importance of fathers in
children's lives and to address a variety of federal regulations that hampered
fathers engagement. That program still operates today.
Personal
While leading his own consulting
firm, DuVal helped to coordinate the Pickens Plan – a non-partisan, national issue
campaign promoted by Texas businessman T. Boone Pickens.
The Pickens Plan seeks to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil by
developing wind and natural gas as abundant energy resources.[11] Clean Energy Fuels is a publicly
traded company (Nasdaq:CLNE), chaired by T. Boone Pickens.
DuVal also is active in the National
Institute for Civil Discourse. Following the near-fatal shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) in January 2011, DuVal
established the non-partisan NICD at the University of Arizona. Its mission is
to "change the political reward for more responsible, centrist speech
where people are benefited by more support, by reaching across the aisle, by
trying to find civil dialogue, and people are ostracized or punished by being
extremist," DuVal said in a February 2011 interview with the Arizona Daily
Star. It has attracted as honorary chairs former Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush,
and two honorary co-chairs: former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle.[12][13][14]
In 2002, DuVal was a candidate for
Arizona's first congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.[15] DuVal ran a tight race, but was
unsuccessful in his bid for office.[16] His campaign web sites are preserved
by the U.S. Library of Congress.
He has served on many boards
including the University Medical Center (University of Arizona, Tucson),
Children's Action Alliance, the Udall Center for Public Policy, Prescott College,
Desert Botanical Garden, and Valley Big Brothers/Big Sisters.[2]
He is co-author of the book Calling Arizona Home, published in 2005.[17] The book looks at Arizona as home from
the perspective of citizens from all parts of the state and from many different
walks of life. In 2012, he published "Irons in the Fire: A Collection of
Opinions and Reflections about the Grand Canyon State," which includes
opinion pieces that DuVal published in regional newspapers throughout his
career.
DuVal graduated from Tucson High
School. He received a B.A. from Occidental College where he was selected as a Luce
Scholar. He received a degree in law from Arizona State University. He is married to
Jennifer Hecker DuVal (president of HeckYes Wellness)[18] and has two children.
Doug Ducey
Business Career
He is a member of the Republican Party, After graduating from
ASU, he joined Procter &
Gamble and began a
career in sales and marketing. While there, he was trained in management,
preparing him for his role as partner and CEO of Cold Stone Creamery.[2] When he and his business partner sold
the company in 2007, Cold Stone had grown from a local scoop shop to more than
1,400 locations in all 50 states and 10 countries. He then became the lead
investor and served as Chairman of the Board for iMemories from 2008-2012.
Ducey is a Trustee for the Arizona State University
Foundation. He currently serves on the Board for the Banner Health Foundation and the St. John's Jesuit
High School Council. He is also a member of the Phoenix Thunderbirds and the United Way Alexis
de Tocqueville Society. He has served as a past President for both the Arizona
chapter of Young Entrepreneurs' Organization and the Greater Phoenix Economic Club.
Ducey is a former Regional Board Member for Teach for
America, and former Advisory Board Member for the Pat Tillman Foundation. Ducey has also served as a
Board Member for the Arizona State Charter School Board, Thunderbird Charities, Phoenix Zooand
the Arizona chapter of Young Presidents Organization. He is a
past member of Greater Phoenix Leadership, CEO Forum and the Enterprise
Network, as well as a past co-chair for the Sojourner Center Capital Campaign
and a former Scholarship Board Member for the Catholic Community Foundation.
Ducey's honors include the 2002 Spirit of Enterprise Award
on behalf of Cold Stone Creamery by the Center for the Advancement of Small Business
at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, and
induction into the W.P. Carey School of Business Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2006
he was awarded the MUFSO Golden Chain Award – the nation’s highest honor for
restaurateurs. Also in 2006 he was named an Entrepreneurial Fellow for the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona. In 2007 Doug was honored
with the AFP Spirit of Philanthropy Award, and in 2009 he was named Father of
the Year by the Father’s Day Council benefiting the American Diabetes Association. Most
recently, in 2012 Doug was given the Tom and Madena Stewart Lifetime Compassion
Award by Make-A-Wish Arizona for creating the World’s
Largest Ice Cream Social while serving as CEO of Cold Stone Creamery.
Political Career
State
Treasurer
In 2011, Ducey was elected as State Treasurer of Arizona
replacing Dean Martin. As Arizona’s Chief Banker and
Investment Officer, Treasurer Ducey oversees more than $12 billion in state
assets and serves as an investment manager for local governments. The Treasurer
also serves as the Chairman of Arizona’s State Board of Investment, and State
Loan Commission. He serves as the State’s Surveyor General and is a member of
the State Land Selection Board. Ducey also serves as the Western Region Vice
President for the National Association of State
Treasurers, and is the President of the Western State Treasurers'
Association.
Personal
While attending
Arizona State University, Ducey met his wife, Angela, and they currently reside
in Paradise Valley, where they are raising their three sons, Jack, Joe and Sam.
