Board of Directors

Bill was born in California and moved to Arizona to play baseball at ASU, where he graduated with degrees in secondary education, physical education and health. After graduating, he moved to Tucson where he worked for 32 years as a retirement and estate planning specialist. Bill is also a professional photographer, which gives him the opportunity to travel around the word, but he also enjoys staying in the southwest to visit his five daughters and eight grandchildren. Bill was eager to take on the amazing responsibility of giving back to the youth of our community, and is proud to be a part of YOTO.

Tony Cazzato holds an engineering degree from Alfred University in New York State and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.  He has worked for Caterpillar for 17 years with assignments in Peoria, Illinois, Suzhou, China, and Little Rock, Arkansas.  Born and raised in upstate New York, he now lives in Tucson with his wife and four teenage children.  In his spare time, he enjoys tennis, playing the trumpet, studying Italian, building furniture, and doing all he can to help homeless teens in Tucson.

Sean was born and raised in Palmdale, California and moved to Arizona when he was 16. He attended Pima Community College, and then the Hogan School of Real Estate. Currently, he is a senior loan officer at Nova Home Loans, but before Sean joined the mortgage industry, he went to culinary school. He is married and raising two sons and a niece, and enjoys barbecuing and going to the movies with them. Sean wanted to be a part of YOTO because he wanted to get in touch with Arizona’s youth, and help make it easier for kids to succeed.

Bio coming soon.

Marian Conrad-Lalonde is an Associate in the law office of Quarles & Brady LLP. She received her Bachelors and J.D. from the University of Arizona. While in law school, she secured passage of the Emancipation of Minors Law and has continued since to advocate for homeless and foster system youth. A former YOTO student herself, Marian has served on the YOTO Board since January 2002, including a term as President.

Born and raised in Lithuania, Eva has been a Tucsonan for over 20 years. While living on her own at the age of 15 and attending Tucson High, she was embraced by the incredible YOTO organization and is a big believer and supporter of the program. After gaining a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design, Eva founded Interiors In Design, LLC in 2009. The firm specializes in residential and commercial interiors with a focus on hospitality, multi-housing, and student living. Eva is raising a son who loves sports. She enjoys art and paints in her free time. Travel to new destinations is a great passion and it manifests in both work and play.

Jay was born in New Jersey and at an early age his family moved to Florida. In 1975 he started Metrix South and was president from 1975-1990. In 1991 he moved to Tucson and started Au-TOMOTIVE GOLD where he is now semi-retired and is the CEO. In 1996 he got involved with Big Brothers-Big Sisters where he became a big brother to a 10 year- old and after 22 years still remains his big brother.  From 2002-2010 he was a Member of the Distinguished Board of Ambassadors for the American Cancer Society. He is married and has two children, 1 step-daughter and 3 grandchildren. He knew when he had time he wanted to give back to our community and what better way is there then to give back to the homeless children of Tucson. He is very proud & honored to be a Board Member of “Youth On Their Own.”

William was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and moved to Tucson to attend the University of Arizona, where he majored in biochemistry. He then attended the University of Southern California to earn his doctorate in dental surgery, and returned to Tucson where he is now working as a general dentist. William has three kids and loves spending time with them, as well as going camping and fishing. He was introduced to YOTO by one of his fellow board members, and was immediately inspired by the cause and wanted to help.

Linda Montes-Cota joined Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR in 1999, after working for two commercial management firms local to Tucson. She has worked in the real estate field since 1989. Before her position managing office properties, shopping centers and business parks, she was C&W | PICOR’s assistant building manager of a 22-story high-rise building in downtown Tucson. While there, she was also the tenant and vendor relations liaison for a 204,000 sf business park in northwest Tucson. With strong communication, organization and tenant relations skills, Mrs. Montes-Cota complements C&W | PICOR ‘s team of seven managers. She is the recipient of the C&W | PICOR Tenant Relations Award in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.  She was awarded Manager of the Year in 2007, 2008, 2014 and 2015.