Buzz Schilling has lived in the Foothills since the late 1970’s.  Previously residents of St. Paul, Minnesota, Buzz and wife Mary were helpful in forming the new Town of Carefree.  He served as one of the founding officers of the Foothills Community Foundation and has over the years also been involved and lent support to the Heard Museum and many other worthy community causes.  A special interest in the quality of local education led Buzz in 1990 to join Fletch Byrom to expand the Community Education Foundation, which  became the Public Education Partnership, Inc. (PEP).  PEP was created to encourage and mobilize annual support for Cave Creek schools and Community Education Programs.  When PEP merged with the Foothills Community Foundation in 2005, Buzz agreed once more to rejoin the FCF Board.  Today, Buzz is still involved in the community and regularly makes “Lunch Bunch” appearances.  He and Mary split their time between Carefree and Flagstaff and have four children and ten grandchildren scattered from Anchorage, Alaska to Bethesda, Maryland giving the Schillings excuses to get out of town and travel.