About PGR
Phoenix Global Rising (PGR) is a transformative multi-stakeholder initiative committed to making the city a cosmopolitan innovation and inclusion vanguard for the 21st century. It supports the inspirational leadership of Mayor Kate Gallego and focuses on five major collaborative action projects with leading global organizations based across the private, public and nonprofit sectors.
Action Team Goals
Strengthening the Global Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Fostering International Trade and Investment
Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Promoting Full Inclusion of Immigrants and Refugees
Advancing Urban Innovation and a Smart Community with Sisters Cities Worldwide
Uplifting Tourism and Hospitality Industry of the Valley
A City Rising: How Phoenix Is Harnessing the Power of SDG 17
Once dubbed “America’s least sustainable city” for its record-breaking temperatures and water scarcity, Phoenix is taking on the challenges of climate change, rapid population growth, and water scarcity. How? By rallying local officials and its most global management school around the Sustainable Development Goals to take action.
Upcoming Events
Entrepreneurship
December 4 - 6, 2023
Hotel Maya, 700 Queensway Dr, Long Beach, CA 90802
Accelerating North America’s Green Hydrogen Economy –
Regional Green Hydrogen Infrastructure Integration
Regional Green Hydrogen Infrastructure Integration
Tourism
December 5, 2023
Arizona inn, 2200 E Elm St, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
Join our newest alum, Alexis Wright, who will be bringing back one of the best T-Bird and Tucson Christmas traditions! This month, we'll be cozying up to the 14-foot Christmas tree at the historic Arizona Inn.
Entrepreneurship
December 6, 2023
Thunderbird, The Pub 401 N 1st Street The Pub (5th Floor) Phoenix, AZ
We're holding a year-end in-person Meetup at our home in Thunderbird at The Pub, 5th/top floor on Wednesday, December 6th starting at 5:30pm. We'll be joined by the visiting executives and leaders at Thunderbird School of Global Management as part of the Leadership in Emerging Markets programming this week.
We open doors for members to gain access to new business opportunities regionally and globally.
We open doors for members to gain access to new business opportunities regionally and globally.
Entrepreneurship
December 6, 2023
Morgan Murphy Media/Elizabeth Murphy Burns and Richard Burns Theater, Room 202) | Cronkite School at ASU
Join us on December 6 for a discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter James Risen on his new book, The Last Honest Man.
