LittleSis: Jahm Najafi

Mr. Najafi has been the CEO of Najafi Companies since 2002. He was a partner and COO of Pivotal Group from 1990 to 2002. He worked at Salomon Brothers Investment Banking, now a division of Citigroup, from 1986 to 1990. Mr. Najafi earned his Masters in Business and Economics from Harvard University after earning his B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He is Vice Chairman for the Phoenix Suns and an A Governor on the board of the National Basketball Association. He is active with the Young Presidents’ Organization, Urban Land Institute and served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Phoenix Country Day School. Additionally, he has served on Arizona State University’s Committee for Design Excellence, the Board of Directors for the Phoenix Symphony and Phoenix Metropolitan Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, as well as other civic organizations. He is a founding partner of Social Venture Partners Arizona, which is a pooled, philanthropic fund that “invests” in emerging nonprofit organizations in a manner analogous to a venture capital fund investing in an emerging business.

Donor	Common Recipients
Merle Chambers	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, Ann Kirkpatrick, Fred Duval, Paul Babbitt
Cheryl Saban	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John McCain, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, Bob Lord
Harriet Gottlieb	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Harry E Mitchell, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, James E Pederson, Ann Kirkpatrick, Bob Lord
Edward Farmilant	Hillary Clinton, Raúl Grijalva, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Democratic National Committee, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, James E Pederson, Ann Kirkpatrick, Bob Lord
Vada O Manager	Hillary Clinton, Raúl Grijalva, Harry E Mitchell, Barack Obama, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, James E Pederson, Ann Kirkpatrick, Bob Lord, Paul Babbitt
Thomas Safran	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, James E Pederson, Ann Kirkpatrick
Samuel George	Raúl Grijalva, Harry E Mitchell, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Jared Polis, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, James E Pederson, Ann Kirkpatrick
Russell Budd	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John McCain, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, Ann Kirkpatrick
Sara Morgan	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John McCain, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, Ann Kirkpatrick
Naomi Aberly	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, Ann Kirkpatrick, Bob Lord
Francis Najafi	John McCain, Harry E Mitchell, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, James E Pederson, Salvatore A Diciccio, John Charles Keegan, Steve Moak
Larry Rockefeller	Hillary Clinton, Raúl Grijalva, John Kerry, John McCain, Barack Obama, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, Paul Babbitt
William E Smith	John Kerry, John McCain, Harry E Mitchell, Barack Obama, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, James E Pederson, Ann Kirkpatrick, Bob Lord, Paul Babbitt
James L Lipscomb	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John McCain, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, Ann Kirkpatrick
Michael A Curtis	Raúl Grijalva, John McCain, Harry E Mitchell, Democratic National Committee, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, Ann Kirkpatrick, Fred Duval, Paul Babbitt, Chuck Blanchard
Diane Meyer Simon	Hillary Clinton, Raúl Grijalva, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, Ann Kirkpatrick, Paul Babbitt
Gail Furman	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Jared Polis, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, Ann Kirkpatrick, Fred Duval
Bobette Gorden	Hillary Clinton, Harry E Mitchell, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, James E Pederson, Ann Kirkpatrick, Bob Lord
Barbara Hostetter	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John McCain, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, Ann Kirkpatrick
Arnold Smith	Hillary Clinton, Harry E Mitchell, Democratic National Committee, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, James E Pederson, Competitive Edge PAC, Ann Kirkpatrick, Fred Duval, Paul Babbitt

Donor

Common Recipients

Merle Chambers

Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, Ann Kirkpatrick, Fred Duval, Paul Babbitt

Cheryl Saban

Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John McCain, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, Bob Lord

Harriet Gottlieb

Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Harry E Mitchell, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, James E Pederson, Ann Kirkpatrick, Bob Lord

Edward Farmilant

Hillary Clinton, Raúl Grijalva, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Democratic National Committee, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, James E Pederson, Ann Kirkpatrick, Bob Lord

Vada O Manager

Hillary Clinton, Raúl Grijalva, Harry E Mitchell, Barack Obama, Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee, James E Pederson, Ann Kirkpatrick, Bob Lord, Paul Babbitt