Members actively:
- Connect with like-minded professionals
- Share confidential leads
- Refer and promote each other’s businesses
- Support one another with meaningful business connections and opportunities
At the core of EAGP is a simple but powerful principle: “Remember a member first.” This culture of prioritizing one another fosters loyalty, longevity, and professional growth across all industries represented within our group.
A Legacy of Leadership in Arizona Business
Since its founding, EAGP has earned a reputation for excellence. Our roster of current and past members reads like a Who’s Who of the Arizona business community. From local leaders to influential companies shaping the region’s growth, EAGP has remained a trusted hub for executive-level connection and support.
A Look Back: Our Founding Story
The very first meeting of what was then known as the Phoenix Executive Association (PEAS) was held on October 18, 1956, at the Los Olivos Hotel on Second Street and McDowell Road in Phoenix. Although fewer than 100 members attended that first gathering, the foundation was laid for what has become one of Arizona’s most respected business organizations.
To put it in historical context:
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower was completing his first term.
- Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” topped the charts.
- “I Love Lucy” was the most-watched show on television.
- The first trans-Atlantic phone cable was laid.
- And Notre Dame’s Paul Hornung won the Heisman Trophy.
More than six decades later, EAGP continues to thrive, welcoming over 100 active and honorary members across the Valley and state.
