Archive for October 2022
Team Presentations from Cohort XXVIII
Kyle McIntosh Lecturer & Program Director for the MBA/EMBA/MSM Programs, California Lutheran University The Community Exploration session with VCLA on October 6, 2022 was a day that I’ll remember for years to come. Let’s start with the morning. As a member of Team Oxnard, I was privileged to spend time at the Boys and Girls…
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Natalie Hernandez Public Information Officer, Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Our 2nd VCLA session really communicated to me the profound effect that everyone has on their wider community and how what we do and the choices we make are much more far reaching than what we may perceive. Jennifer Duston’s exercise on societal trust made me…
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Misty Perez Council member, City of Port Hueneme The first session of VCLA’s cohort XXVIII was a day full of “information overload”; from learning about fellow cohort members, to group sessions and starting our first group assignment. The drum circle was a nice mental break but still, at the end of a great day, I…
Read MoreLatino Leadership Honorees
Kudos to Armando Casillas (cohort XVII) with Montecito Bank & Trust and Susy Lopez-Garcia (cohort XXVII) with Community Action of Ventura County, both of whom were honored this past Wednesday, September 28, 2022 by El Concilio Family Services at their 32nd Annual Latino Leadership Awards. Lead by VCLA alum Yvonne Gutierrez (class VIII), El Concilio…
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