EDC Board
The EDC Board of Directors sets policy priorities and provides oversight over the organization’s performance.
- Leadership: The EDC Board of Directors is a select group of leaders invited to the table for their vision, passion and ability for setting priorities and positively impacting our region’s economic vitality. Board positions are by nomination only.
- Impact: Board members participate peer-to-peer with visionary leaders, providing guidance and input into our organizational strategy and capacity for delivering outcome-driven economic development services in Ventura County.
- Public/Private Sector Collaboration: Board members work side-by-side with elected officials and top-level public sector staff in a way that fosters ongoing relationships and communication, contributing to public/private sector collaboration and influencing policy and resource allocation.
- Perspective: Board members contribute invaluable insight and understanding into the region’s business community and economic landscape, and of the assets, regionally and statewide, contributing to our economic competitiveness.
GENERAL BOARD
2018 Board Members
Council Member Al Adam
City of Thousand Oaks
Haider Alawami
Economic Development Round Table Representative
City of Thousand Oaks
Gerhard Apfelthaler
California Lutheran University
Council Member Will Berg
City of Port Hueneme
Dee Dee Cavanaugh
City of Simi Valley
Gary Cushing
Chambers of Commerce Alliance
Kristin Decas
Oxnard Harbor District
Port of Hueneme
Victor Dollar
Ventura County Lodging Association
Nan Drake
E.J. Harrison Industries
Henry Dubroff
Pacific Coast Business Times
Harold S. Edwards
Limoneira Company
Amy Fonzo
California Resources Corporation
Ron Galavis
Lead Builders, Inc.
Greg Gillespie
Ventura County Community College District
Council Member Cheryl Heitmann
City of Ventura
Supervisor Kelly Long
County of Ventura
Nancy Mayerson
Mayerson Marketing & Public Relations
Chris Meissner, Chair
Meissner Filtration Products, Inc.
Council Member Roseann Mikos
City of Moorpark
Susan Mulligan
Calleguas Municipal Water District
Council Member John Procter
City of Santa Paula
Mayor Pro Tem Carmen Ramirez, Vice Chair
City of Oxnard
David Rowlands
City of Fillmore
Jim Scanlon
Gallagher SGB-NIA
Alex Schneider
The Trade Desk
Laurel Shockley
Southern California Edison
Cari Shore
Rabobank
Tony Skinner
I.B.E.W. - Local 952
Sandy Smith
VCEDA
Trace Stevenson
AeroVironment, Inc.
Sim Tang-Paradis
City National Bank
Council Member Tony Trembley
City of Camarillo
Ysabel Trinidad
California State University
Channel Islands
Mayor Pro Tem William Weirick
City of Ojai
Supervisor John Zaragoza
County of Ventura
Peter Zierhut, Secretary/Treasurer
Haas Automation, Inc.
Nancy Kierstyn Schreiner, Legal Counsel
Law Offices of Nancy Kierstyn Shreiner
Bruce Stenslie, President & CEO
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