Q&A: John Graham sees bright future in Velocity

By Eric Jay Toll | Phoenix Business Journal

Velocity Interim Chairman John Graham has been the face of the business plan since the depar¬ture of Barry Broome.

Along with newly installed Greater Phoenix Economic Council President and CEO Chris Camacho, Graham is the continuity between the 38-member advisory committee and the nine-member interim board.

Velocity is the program to speed economic evolution in the Valley from the current consumption economy to an innovation economy by 2025.

Sitting down with Graham in the conference room at Sunbelt Holdings, where he serves as CEO, we put a lot of the issues for this effort on the table. Graham is adamant …

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February 20, 2015

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