Mona Mehta Stone

Mona Stone is an experienced, award-winning attorney and compliance specialist who has been in the Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer role for nearly eight years at Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona (GCNA)/Goodwill Industries of Monocacy Valley (GIMV), and brings extensive prior law firm and in-house counsel experience to Goodwill. As a non-profit with nearly 6,000 employees, Goodwill is dedicated to ending poverty through the power of work. Notably, Mona also is the COO/CLO for Thrive Services Group Inc. By collaborating with communities and business partners, Thrive provides social innovation in housing, education, and health services in order to eradicate poverty.

While in private practice, Ms. Stone provided counsel to multi-billion dollar, global businesses and has significant expertise in employment, transactional, contractual, commercial, and compliance matters. Ms. Stone has served on several non-profit boards, including the Arizona Association of Corporate Counsel, ATHENA International, and the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession. She graduated from Bradley University in 1994 and earned her J.D. from Tulane University School of Law in 1997. Based on her many professional accomplishments and civic leadership, she has received many honors, most recently has been recognized as follows: 2023 Woman of Achievement through In Business Magazine; 2023 All in For Women Award honoree through Arizona Women’ Lawyers Association; 2022 “Trendsetter to Know” by the Arizona Foothills Magazine; 2022 State Bar of Arizona Outstanding In-House Counsel of the Year Award; “ATHENA Woman Leader Award,” 2021 Finalist, ATHENA International; “Most Influential Woman in Arizona Business”, 2021 Honoree, AZ Big Media; “Outstanding Woman in Business”, 2021 Honoree, Phoenix Business Journal; and “Goodwill for a Younger Generation”, 2021 Feature Article, Vanguard Law Magazine. Ms. Stone is an AV®-Preeminent rated attorney and is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Arizona.