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.
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GENERAL BOARD
2020 Board Members
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Haider Alawami
Economic Development Round Table Representative
City of Thousand Oaks
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Gerhard Apfelthaler, PhD
California Lutheran University
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Council Member Will Berg
City of Port Hueneme
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Vance Brahosky, Advisor
Naval Surface Warfare Center-Port Hueneme Division
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Council Member Dee Dee Cavanaugh
City of Simi Valley
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Gary Cushing
Chambers of Commerce Alliance
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Kristin Decas
The Port of Hueneme/Oxnard Harbor District
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Skyler Ditchfield
GeoLinks
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Nan Drake, Chair
E.J. Harrison Industries
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Henry Dubroff
Pacific Coast Business Times
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Harold S. Edwards
Limoneira Company
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Council Member Bob Engler
City of Thousand Oaks
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Amy Fonzo
California Resources Corporation
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Anthony Goff, Advisor
Calleguas Municipal Water District
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Council Member Cheryl Heitmann
City of Ventura
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Supervisor Bob Huber
County of Ventura
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Nina Kobayashi
Mechanics Bank
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Jey Lacey
Southern California Edison
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Supervisor Kelly Long, Vice Chair
County of Ventura
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Chris Meissner
Meissner Filtration Products, Inc.
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Council Member Roseann Mikos, PhD
City of Moorpark
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Council Member Manuel Minjares
City of Fillmore
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Will Mitchell
Strata Solar Development
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Michele Newell
VCEDA
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Mayor Pro Tem Carmen Ramirez
City of Oxnard
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Jim Scanlon
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Insurance
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Alex Schneider
The Trade Desk
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Law Offices of Nancy Kierstyn Schreiner
Legal Counsel
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Tony Skinner
I.B.E.W. - Local 952
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Council Member Andy Sobel
City of Santa Paula
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Bruce Stenslie
EDC President/CEO
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Trace Stevenson
AeroVironment, Inc.
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Sim Tang-Paradis
City National Bank
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Ysabel Trinidad
California State University
Channel Islands
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Council Member William Weirick
City of Ojai
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Peter Zierhut, Secretary/Treasurer
Haas Automation, Inc.
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Larry Buckley
Ventura County Community College District
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Council Member Shawn Mulchay
City of Camarillo
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Brian Tucker
Ventura County Coast
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Karineh Moradian
Kaiser Permanente
