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