Staff
Pattie Braga
Executive Director
Gwyn Vanoni
Program Assistant
Board of Directors
Steven E. Elson, Ph.D., President
CEO Emeritus, Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families
Claudia Raiti, Treasurer
Controller, Birnam Wood Golf Course
Crystal Stratton, Secretary
District Two Representative, County of Ventura
Jennifer Caldwell, Past President
Chief Development Officer, Food Share of Ventura County
Jennifer Duston, Director
Client Partner, FranklinCovey
Bob Harrell, Director
Financial Planner, Independent Capital Management
Melissa Miller, Director
Community Partnership Manager, Ventura County Credit Union
Gopi Nadella, Director
Adjunct Professor, California Lutheran University
Rabiah Rahman, Esq., Director
Principal, Rabiah at Law
Julius Sokenu, Director
President, Moorpark College
Mark Stadler, Director
Crisis Intervention Training Admin., Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
In Memoriam
Dr. Pricilla Partridge de Garcia
Founder/Director - Ventura County Leadership Academy
Olympic Torch Bearer for Ventura County 1996,
University of Southern California, Helen of Troy,
President, AIM: Partridge Garcia Group, Inc.,
Woman of the Year, Conejo Chamber of Commerce,
Woman of the Year, Camarillo Chamber of Commerce,
Clinical psychologist, author, international speaker & workshop leader, educator, previous TV & radio host.
March 11, 1942 - January 15, 2019