Leadership
Pattie Braga - Director
Former Board member – VCLA Board of Directors
Board of Directors – Ventura Family YMCA
Past Board member – Ventura Chamber of Commerce, Palmer Drug Abuse Program, Ventura Commerce & Education Foundation, CSUCI Business & Technology Advisory Council
Volunteer “big sister” – Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County
Leader – Teacher of the Month program, Ventura Commerce and Education Foundation
PBraga@vcleadership.org
Board Of Directors
Brad "Brick" Conners, President
City Manager, City of Port Hueneme
President & CEO – Pharos Leadership
Captain – U.S. Navy (retired)
Past board member of Casa Pacifica, Red Cross, Camarillo Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Steven E. Elson, Ph.D., Treasurer
CEO – Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families
Past President, Director – California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies
Past President, Director – California Alliance of Child & Family Services
Treasurer – California Mental Health Advocates for Children & Youth
Rudy Gonzales, Secretary
Government Relations Manager-Southern California Edison
Director-Ventura County Economic Development Association
Director-Conejo/Las Virgenes Future Foundation
Past board member – Moorpark Chamber, Oxnard Chamber, Calabasas Chamber, El Concilio Family Services, Moorpark College Foundation
Jennifer Caldwell
Chief Development Officer – Food Share of Ventura County
Chair – Ventura Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals Group
Director – Camarillo Chamber of Commerce
Sharon Cromartie
Vice President of Administration – Kids & Families Together
TEACh Committee Member
Former Board member – Kids & Families Together
Former Board member – Oak View Civic Council
Volunteer – National Disaster Search Dog Foundation
Dr. Tiffany Morse
In Memoriam:
Dr. Priscilla Partridge de Garcia
Founder/director – VCLA Board of Directors
Olympic Torch Bearer for Ventura County, 1996
University of Southern California, Helen of Troy
President – AIM: Partridge Garcia Group, Inc.
Clinical psychologist, author, international speaker & workshop leader, educator, previous TV & radio host
Woman of the Year for both Conejo & Camarillo Chambers of Commerce
VCLA Advisory Council
Sue Chadwick – Retired, SBBT/Union Bank
Marc Charney – Law Office of Marc Charney
George Corbin – Adjunct Instructor, California Lutheran University
Don Facciano – Retired; Docent, Reagan Library
Dr. Pedro Garcia – USC, Professor, Clinical Education
Everette Garmon – Retired Senior Financial Analyst, City of Ventura
Jacqui Irwin – Assemblymember, 44th District
Dr. Chris Kimball – President, California Lutheran University
Flo Lamanno – Co-Founder, VCLA
Kathy Long – Former Supervisor, 3rd District, Co-Founder, VCLA
Margaret de la M – Educator Co-founder, VCLA
Michael Powers – CEO, County of Ventura
Kathy Rafaelli – Retired, United Way Ventura County
Jane Rozanski – Commissioner, CA Commission on Aging
Charles Sandlin – COO, Roadrunner Shuttle
Suzanne Scar – Owner, Central Coast Imaging Solutions
Mike Silacci – External Affairs, AT&T
Bart Stern – Ventura Investment Company
Ernie Villegas – Villegas Public Affairs
Connie Young – Pacific Western Bank