Harry Papp

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Mr. Harry Papp serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees & Chairman of the Investment Committee at the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System of the State of Arizona. Mr. Papp serves as a Board Member at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. He served as a Board Member at Trinnovate Ventures. He has 38 years of experience in portfolio management and security analysis. At Searle, he was responsible for overseas financing/acquisitions and managed the domestic real estate holdings of the company. In 1981 he joined L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP, and began working as a portfolio manager. He currently oversees the private client business at the firm and serves as a managing partner. He is a longtime trustee of the Phoenix Zoo and past board chairman. He serves on the board of directors of the Arizona State University Foundation, currently chairs the audit committee, and is the past chair of the investment committee. He is a board member and treasurer of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University. He is president of Arizona Five Arts Circle and serves on the planned giving committee for the Desert Botanical Garden, the Phoenix Art Museum, and the Heard Museum. He is also the secretary and treasurer of HA.P.I. He is a past chairman and a current member of the board of directors of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Arizona. He was appointed to the Arizona State Board of Investment in 2012, and in 2017 was appointed to the board of the Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System. After completing his Master of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago he joined G.D. Searle & Co. He also holds a Master of Science degree in geochemistry from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University in economics and chemistry.