Executive Leadership


2026-2027 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Heidi Whitcomb – Chair

Co-owner (Retired)
Ventura Rental Party & Events

Melissa Livingston – Vice Chair

Director
Ventura County – Human Services Agency

Brenda Allison

CEO & Broker
Coast General Insurance Brokers

Bill Ayub

City Manager
City of Ventura

Keets Cassar

Community Advocate

Charles W. Cohen, Esq.

Partner
Cohen Land Use Law, LLP

Beth deHamel

V.P. Operations & CFO
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Janet Garufis

Chairman & CEO
Montecito Bank & Trust

Ayla Kalani

President – Wealth Management Advisor

John Kearney

Resident Director & VP
Merrill Lynch – Kearney Group

Sean L. Leonard

Managing Principal
S.L. Leonard & Associates, Inc.

Al Lowe

Founder/President (Retired)
Al Lowe Construction

Richard MacLennan, Ed.D.

Chancellor
Ventura County Community College District

Shawna Morris, MPA

President and CEO
Casa Pacifica

Terri Parks

Director IS (Retired)
Amgen, Inc.

Eric Shain

VP Production Finance
Disney ABC Television Group

Rosalind Warner, M.D.

Physician
Private Practice

Robert Wynner, Esq.

Partner – Nevers, Palazzo, Packard, Wildermuth & Wynner, PC