Steven Wheeler

Steve Wheeler retired as Executive Vice President for Arizona Public Service Company (APS) in 2010. Prior to joining APS, Mr. Wheeler was a managing partner of the 450-attorney, southwestern law firm of Snell & Wilmer. Mr. Wheeler has served on the Helios Education Foundation Board of Directors since 2012.

Mr. Wheeler is actively involved in numerous boards and advisory councils. He is a director, and past chairman, of HonorHealth, Arizona’s second largest healthcare system. He is a director of Great Hearts America (a nonprofit network of public charter schools in Arizona, Louisiana, New Carolina and Texas).

He was previously Director and Vice Chair of the Flinn Foundation (a privately endowed grantmaking organization focusing on biomedical research, education, and the arts), Chairman of the Valley of the Sun United Way, Chairman of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce; Chairman of the Fiesta Bowl; President of the Arizona Theatre Company; a Director and Vice Chair of the Phoenix Art Museum; Chairman of the Commission on the Arizona Environment; and Chairman of the Arizona Board of Legal Specialization. Through gubernatorial appointment, he has also been involved in state initiatives on childhood education, transportation, and the environment.

Mr. Wheeler is an honors graduate of Princeton University and Cornell Law School.