Wednesday, June 17, 2026 | 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Conference Center at Rio - Rio Salado College, 2323 W. 14th St., Tempe, AZ 85281 | Online through Zoom

Community Town Halls will also be held on the chosen topic. These smaller sessions will tap into communities across the state in order to capture input from Arizona's many diverse perspectives. 

Click here for more information on the 2026 topic Housing Arizona. The topic chosen for 2027 is Civic Education and Engagement. 

Click here to see previous Town Hall topics and their reports.

During the program will be the presentation of the 2025 Shirley Agnos Arizona Town Hall Legacy Award to recipient Kathy Haake.

Kathy Haake, Retired Human Resources Executive; Community Volunteer

Kathy Haake retired after a 40-year+ career in Human Resources (HR), finishing her career as the Human Resources Executive for SRP. Her expertise includes leadership development, employee engagement, total rewards management, workforce planning and sourcing, coaching, mentoring, and executive and management consultation.

Kathy received her bachelor's degree in the teaching of social studies. and her master's degree in social science from the University of Illinois. She later completed 27 hours of coursework in business at Arizona State University, and the Human Resources Executive Program at the University of Michigan. Kathy served on nonprofit boards for 35 years in social services, arts and culture, healthcare, and municipal government. She served two terms on the Arizona Town Hall board and traces her experience back to the women’s town hall as well as several statewide town halls. Kathy believes strongly in the value of civil discourse, consensus decision making, and community engagement.

In retirement, she volunteers for Arizona Town Hall, serves on the HR Committee of the Heard Museum, and chairs a book club of former colleagues. She just completed her second term on the board of the Forest Highlands Foundation in Flagstaff, having previously been vice chair and secretary. She continues to serve on the Grants Committee after chairing it for 2 years.

Kathy has been married to her husband, Mike, for 53 years and loves keeping track of their 8 nieces and nephews, their spouses, and their 10 (so far) great nieces and nephews.

Special thanks