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