Steven Wheeler

Steve Wheeler retired as Executive Vice President of Customer Service and Regulation for Arizona Public Service Company (APS) in 2010. In that capacity he was responsible for all of APS's delivery and customer service activities. Prior to joining APS, Mr. Wheeler was a managing partner of the 450-attorney, southwestern law firm of Snell & Wilmer, where he was Chairman of its Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law practice group and a member of the firm's five-person Executive Committee. He was also selected by his peers for inclusion in the annual national listing of The Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Wheeler is Chairman of the Board of Scottsdale Lincoln Health Network, a community healthcare system with almost $2 billion in annual revenues, Director and Vice Chair of the Flinn Foundation (a $200 million privately endowed grantmaking organization focusing on biomedical research, education, and the arts), and Director and past Chairman of the Valley of the Sun United Way. He was previously Chairman of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Fiesta Bowl, President of the Arizona Theatre Company, 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 a graduate of Princeton University and Cornell Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the Cornell Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif (top 5 percent academically).