![]() Hello! I'm Don and I hold a BFA in Acting/Theatre Arts, and have for the past 40 years successfully served in various executive positions in resorts, hotels, catering operations, and hospitality staffing. Married 36 years (to the same woman!), have two adult children, two adult dogs, and love reading cooking, SCUBA, and being outdoors! How did you first become involved with Swift Youth Foundation? 15 years ago my daughter invited me to Camp Swift in Prescott, Arizona. Why did you decide to more deeply support Swift and join the Board/Staff? While at Camp Swift, after seeing a young girl of about 6-7 years of age stuffing rolls in her pocket because she did not know if she was going to eat again that day, I knew I had to get more involved. When talking about Swift, what are you most excited to tell others about? The in almost 40 years Swift has grown from a grass roots high school project to a thriving nonprofit serving and mentoring disadvantaged youth across the Phoenix area, and the numerous successes of past Swift Youth campers who have grown into community leaders. What is your favorite Swift program and why? Tough question, but I think I have to go with Camp Swift. I was privileged to go to summer camp when I was young, and seeing children who have never been out of the city joyfully experiencing 5 days in the forest of Prescott, AZ is tremendously fulfilling. At Camp Swift, are you Team Grilled Cheese or Team Tomato Soup?
Uh-Uh, not going there! ![]() I am interested in helping with fundraising, finance, events and program development. Three things I am personally hoping to get out of my time on the board are:
All I need to be successful on the Swift Board is the awesome leadership that Kaylie and Pamelle are providing. I think I can add to the energy that they have for the board and the children. ![]() Roger Cohen 40 years’ experience as a business attorney, representing clients in both litigation and transactions. He has a deep knowledge and understanding of commercial law and the litigation process and is a forceful and effective advocate for his clients. Roger’s experience as a transactional attorney adds value in the litigation setting, as he can relate the documentation process to issues that arise in business and commercial disputes. Conversely, his knowledge and skill as a litigator affords him an advantage in negotiating and drafting settlement agreements with maximum protections to his clients. This unique blend of expertise is particularly useful in workout representation. He has long-standing relationships with business clients in a variety of industries, providing business counseling, transactional assistance and litigation services. For over 30 years, he has represented an independent escrow company, successfully defending numerous claims asserting alleged breaches of contract and fiduciary duties. He acted as Arizona lead counsel in an 18-year multiple state legal battle arising out of a jojoba investment scheme, and was litigation counsel for the receiver of a group of lenders taken over as the result of a Ponzi scheme investigation. Roger has obtained favorable results, through trial or settlement, for clients in a variety of matters, including legal and accounting malpractice, shareholder and partner disputes, employment contract and restrictive covenant disputes, bankruptcy adversary proceedings, and complex collections. Roger has published articles and spoken on a variety of topics, including the Arizona homestead and judgment lien statutes, Uniform Commercial Code Articles 2 (sales) and 9 (secured transactions), attorney conflicts and misconduct, bankruptcy appeals, and civil procedure. His articles "Foreign Judgments and Community Property" was published in Arizona Attorney in November, 2009 and he co-authored “The Top 50 Leading Cases that Shaped Life and Law in Arizona’s First 100 Years” published in Arizona Attorney in February 2012. He is co-author of a chapter of the recent Thompson Reuters publication, Inside the Minds: Strategies for Consumer Bankruptcy Appeals. A former law clerk to the Honorable Duke Cameron, former Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, Roger has substantial experience as an appellate practitioner, having supervised and written numerous appellate briefs and argued cases in the Arizona Supreme Court, Arizona Court of Appeals, California Court of Appeals, and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. |
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