Leadership
Board of Directors
Doug Halter, President
Owner
Halter-Encinas Enterprises
Stephanie Zierhut, Treasurer
Retired Educator
Jeanne P. Adams, Ph. D., Secretary
Professor/Educational Consultant
Members at Large
Claire Bowman
Owner
Starbucks’ Ojai Valley Ranch
Brad Setser
Managing Director
Fortitude Advisory Services
Karyl Lynn Burns
Producing Artistic Director
Rubicon Theatre Company
Kevin Surace
Inventor/Producer
Michael Jackowitz
Founder and Managing Producer
WitzEnd Productions
Ex Officio
Law Offices of Robert M. Berger, Legal Advisor
Board of Advisors
Shelly Braun, Chair
Community Volunteer
Harriett Clune
Retired Real Estate Broker/Manager
Coldwell Banker
Nancy Butler Francis
Retired Land Use Planner
Marilyn Hilton
Retired International Educator
Mary Jarvis
Public Affairs Director
Ventura County Kaiser Permanente
Stuart McDaniel
Retired Principal Public Events Manager,
Dept. of Dramatic Arts and Dance
University of California,
Santa Barbara
Becky Snyder
Retired Respiratory Therapist
Lane Stalbird
Semi-Retired Business Systems Consultant
Susan Van Abel
Community Volunteer
The Hon. Steve Bennett
Supervisor, First District
County of Ventura
Cynthia Ferrell
Writer
Myron Harrison
CEO Harrison Industries/E.J. Harrison and Sons
Kathie Hira
Property Owner and Manager
Douglas Center Partners, LLC
Jim Lanum
Retired Business Owner/Founder
Gigavac
Rosa Lee Measures
Real Estate and Investment Manager/Former Deputy Mayor
City of San Buenaventura
Steven Snyder
Real Estate Sales and Property
Oaktree Property Management
Rich Stewart
Retired Mortgage Lending
Washington Mutual Bank
Susan Clark
Actor/Producer
Rebecca Fox
Retired Educator
Sharon Harrison
Community Volunteer
Nancy Israel
Community Volunteer
Tracy Long, Ph. D.
Research Fellow
Institute for Social Innovation
Barbara Meister
Retired Educator
Eileen Ogle
Retired Businesswoman
Kay Rich
Retired Educator
Community Volunteer
Anthony Standard
Regional Manager
Mechanics Bank