Manuel “Manny” Guzman is the Executive Director of Rebuild Superior, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in rural Pinal County serving Superior, AZ. He is a seventh-generation Superiorite and has over 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector ranging from behavioral health prevention, youth mentoring and faith-based initiatives. Guzman has extensive grant writing and bookkeeping experience, is skilled in event and program management as well as building out donor and volunteer engagement strategies.

Manny attended the University of Arizona and graduated with a degree in Religious Studies and Business Administration. He is a member of the Arizona Association for Economic Development, represents the organization through the Arizona Food Bank Network and also sits on the Board of Directors for the Tucson International Mariachi Conference. Guzman is an Eagle Scout, active in his Catholic faith community and enjoys walks along the trails of Boyce Thompson Arboretum.

Under his leadership, Rebuild Superior has grown its annual budget to over $750,000 annually through strategic partnerships, corporate sponsorships and multiple grant programs. He is responsible for the oversight of the Superior Food Bank, Superior Enterprise Center, which provides job skills training and entrepreneurship mentoring for small business owners, a home repairs program for low income residents, investments in Art and Culture and is a member of the co-op marketing program for the community. The organization is also responsible for developing an economic development toolkit to attract future businesses that will diversify the local economy and partners with the local government to clean abandoned, blighted properties so they can be developed into future housing or commercial enterprises.