Fred Pakis co-founded JDA Software, Inc., a supply chain management international company, and retired at a relatively early age.  Subsequently, he established The Pakis Family Foundation in 1996 through the Arizona Community Foundation (ACF). Pakis serves on the ACF Board of Directors and Investment Committee and sponsors ACF’s suite of corporate services through the Pakis Center for Business Philanthropy. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for the Fletcher School for Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and the Phoenix Symphony Board of Directors.