More than 99 percent of Arizona's businesses are considered small with more than 40 percent of Arizona employees working for small businesses, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.
A study by Civic Economics found that when $100 is spent at a locally-owned business, that business puts $47 back into the local economy while the total is just $13 for non-local businesses.
Dispensing optician licenses set to expire during Q4
| License Holder | License Type | Lapse Date | Issued Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry W. Crabtree | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2001-04-02 |
| Jana Maria Rollinson | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2002-09-19 |
| Tanya R. Mucha | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2004-02-11 |
| Veronique Meyer | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2004-03-25 |
| Lonnie Silverman | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2005-03-17 |
| Brad E. Whipple | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2006-10-24 |
| Leonel Garcia | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2006-10-06 |
| Fanny Ruggiero | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 1987-09-15 |
| Kymberley A. Tsatskin | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 1989-03-23 |
| Angelia M. Dyer | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2007-12-21 |
| Mehr Khavari | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2007-09-24 |
| James N. Jaicks | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2008-09-17 |
| Audra Clark Price | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2008-12-19 |
| Frances Palacios | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2010-02-24 |
| Christina Clawson | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2010-03-10 |
| Stewart V. Medeiros Jr. | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2010-09-20 |
| Gloria J. Profitt | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2010-10-18 |
| Christopher Flores | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2011-09-13 |
| Stephanie A. Campos | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2011-03-04 |
| Matthew R. Pastor | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2011-03-04 |
| Kimberly C. Styles | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2011-11-30 |
| Winger M. Lepotokisi | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2012-03-07 |
| John Frenci | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2012-03-13 |
| Meda C. Stoica | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2012-06-25 |
| Jeffrey Roberts Gibson | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2012-09-05 |
| Hossain Basiri | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2013-05-15 |
| Ramsen Peter Odisho | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2013-03-18 |
| Niki K. Hipp | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2013-03-18 |
| Violette Sternberg | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2013-10-18 |
| Thomas H. Forner | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2014-05-20 |
| Craig Richard Girard | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2014-05-20 |
| Sharon Layne Mathis | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2016-10-19 |
| Sahara Buzzitta | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2016-04-13 |
| Maral Abdoian | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2017-03-01 |
| Elizabeth A. Thompson | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2018-03-07 |
| Mark Brumbaugh | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2018-03-13 |
| James E. Bauer | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 1980-12-11 |
| Susan S. Smith | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 1981-07-01 |
| Anneliese Phillips | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2018-08-01 |
| David H. Lee | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2019-06-05 |
| Debora Carr | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2019-03-06 |
| Sabina Krasnov | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2020-01-08 |
| Leo Francis Gleason III | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 2019-08-07 |
| Veronica A. Stiteler | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 1994-09-26 |
| Sheri Denise Moser | Dispensing Optician | 2020-12-31 | 1998-03-11 |