Executive Leadership


2025-2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Robert Wynner, Esq. – Chair

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

Heidi Whitcomb – Vice Chair

Co-owner (Retired)
Ventura Rental Party & Events

Eric Shain – Treasurer

VP Production Finance
Disney ABC Television Group

Melissa Livingston – Secretary

Director
Ventura County – Human Services Agency

Brenda Allison

CEO & Broker
Coast General Insurance Brokers

Bill Ayub

City Manager
City of Ventura

Ryan Bristol

Managing Director – Legacy Multi-Family Group
UBS Private Wealth Management

Keets Cassar

Community Advocate

Charles W. Cohen, Esq.

Partner
Cohen Land Use Law, LLP

Brick Conners

Assistant City Manager
City of Ventura

Beth deHamel

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

Daniel Friedlander, Esq.

Real Estate Attorney
Law Offices, Daniel A. Friedlander

Ayla Kalani

President – Los Angeles, Santa Barbara Region / Wealth Management
Northern Trust

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

CEO
Casa Pacifica

Patrick Nygren

Head of Retail
EverBank

Terri Parks

Director IS (Retired)
Amgen, Inc.

Adam Thunell

Senior Vice President/COO
Community Memorial Health

Rosalind Warner, M.D.

Physician
Private Practice

Connie Yao, LCSW

Community Advocate

Celina L. Zacarias

Senior Director – Community & Government Relations
CSUCI