Alfredo Gutierrez

In 1972, Gutierrez was elected to the Arizona State Senate, and he was selected to serve as the majority leader in the Senate in 1974. He served in a leadership position until 1986, when he declined to run for re-election. Gutierrez was also the Democratic candidate for governor of Arizona in 2002.In 2014, Gutierrez was appointed to the Maricopa County Community College board after the death of board member Ben Miranda.He ran unopposed and was re-elected in 2016. After leaving the state senate in 1986, Gutierrez started a consulting firm, Jamieson and Gutierrez, and focused on client relations with state government. According to SF Gate, Gutierrez's firm was one that "a corporation might hire to help it navigate political waters." Gutierrez sold his consulting firm in 2000 and began to work as a community activist, a role he had filled prior to entering politics.