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
2019 Board Members
Haider Alawami
Economic Development Round Table Representative
City of Thousand Oaks
Gerhard Apfelthaler
California Lutheran University
Mayor Will Berg
City of Port Hueneme
Vance Brahosky, Advisor
Naval Base Ventura County
Mayor Pro Tem Dee Dee Cavanaugh
City of Simi Valley
Gary Cushing
Chambers of Commerce Alliance
Kristin Decas
The Port of Hueneme/Oxnard Harbor District
Skyler Ditchfield
GeoLinks
Victor Dollar
Ventura County Lodging Association
Nan Drake, Vice Chair
E.J. Harrison Industries
Henry Dubroff
Pacific Coast Business Times
Harold S. Edwards
Limoneira Company
Bob Engler
City of Thousand Oaks
Amy Fonzo
California Resources Corporation
Greg Gillespie
Ventura County Community College District
Anthony Goff, Advisor
Calleguas Municipal Water District
Council Member Cheryl Heitmann
City of Ventura
Supervisor Bob Huber
County of Ventura
Nina Kobayashi
Mechanics Bank
Jey Lacey
Southern California Edison
Supervisor Kelly Long
County of Ventura
Chris Meissner
Meissner Filtration Products, Inc.
Council Member Roseann Mikos
City of Moorpark
Council Member Manuel Minjares
City of Fillmore
Will Mitchell
Strata Solar Development
Michele Newell
VCEDA
Mayor Carmen Ramirez, Chair
City of Oxnard
Jim Scanlon
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Insurance
Alex Schneider
The Trade Desk
Law Offices of Nancy Kierstyn Schreiner
Legal Counsel
Tony Skinner
I.B.E.W. - Local 952
Council Member Andy Sobel
City of Santa Paula
Bruce Stenslie
EDC President/CEO
Trace Stevenson
AeroVironment, Inc.
Sim Tang-Paradis
City National Bank
Vice Mayor Tony Trembley
City of Camarillo
Ysabel Trinidad
California State University
Channel Islands
Council Member William Weirick
City of Ojai
Peter Zierhut, Secretary/Treasurer
Haas Automation, Inc.
