Junior Achievement of Arizona
Dena Kidd serves as the Senior Development Officer and Sr. Director of Development and Stewardship at Junior Achievement of Arizona, a role held since October 1989. In this capacity, Dena creates connections between individuals and companies to enhance their impact on Arizona's youth. Previously, as VP of Special Events and Communications, Dena was instrumental in establishing successful fundraising events, including the Women's Golf Classic and the JA Open 4 Business Golf Classic, which contributed to a $1 million fundraising goal. Additionally, Dena is an active volunteer and member of the Arizona Technology Council. Dena Kidd holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communications from Abilene Christian University, completed in 1985.
Junior Achievement of Arizona
For the last 60+ years, Junior Achievement of Arizona (JA) has been empowering the futures of millions of Arizona students by giving them the knowledge and skills they need to manage their money, plan for their future, and make smart academic, career and economic choices. Delivered by 9,500 business and community volunteer mentors, our hands-on, age-appropriate programs focus on three key areas: financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship. Serving more than 80,000 students each year and over 2 million since its founding, JA is shaping the college- and career-readiness conversation, and we play an important role in Arizona’s workforce and economic development. Our programs help students connect what they learn in the classroom to the real world, and demonstrate how learning correlates to earning – knowledge critical to empowering today’s students to be successful, contributing members of society in the future. We serve students with diverse backgrounds and socio-economic status throughout Arizona, with primary focus on providing our programs to students from low-income households. We are a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization wholly dependent on the financial and volunteer support of individuals, foundations and businesses.