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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2022 GENERAL BOARD MEMBERS
Gerhard Apfelthaler, PhD
California Lutheran University
Council Member Martita Martinez-Bravo
City of Camarillo
Stephanie Caldwell
Ventura Chamber of Commerce
Council Member Dee Dee Cavanaugh, Chair
City of Simi Valley
Council Member Pedro Chavez
City of Santa Paula
Kristin Decas, Vice-Chair
The Port of Hueneme/Oxnard Harbor District
Skyler Ditchfield
GeoLinks
Nan Drake
E.J. Harrison Industries
Carole Drulias
Mechanics Bank
Henry Dubroff
Pacific Coast Business Times
Mayor Bob Engler
City of Thousand Oaks
Harold S. Edwards
Limoneira Company
Martin Erickson, Advisor
Ventura County Transportation Commission
Amy Fonzo
Aera Energy
Jeremy Goldberg
Central Coast Labor Council
Supervisor Jeff Gorell
County of Ventura
Council Member Daniel Groff
City of Moorpark
Cynthia Herrera
Ventura County Community College District
Alan Jaeger, Advisor
Naval Surface Warfare Center-Port Hueneme Division
Jey Lacey
Southern California Edison
Council Member Rachel Lang
City of Ojai
Council Member Bryan MacDonald
City of Oxnard
Sarah McLelland
Montecito Bank & Trust
Chris Meissner
Meissner Filtration Products, Inc.
Council Member Albert Mendez
City of Fillmore
Rosie Ornelas, Liaison
City of Oxnard
Supervisor Janice Parvin
County of Ventura
Council Member Misty Perez
City of Port Hueneme
Tracy Perez
VCEDA
Dan Revetto
AT&T
Jim Scanlon
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Insurance
Alex Schneider
The Trade Desk
Law Offices of Nancy Kierstyn Schreiner
Legal Counsel
Council Member Joe Schroeder
City of Ventura
Bruce Stenslie
EDC President/CEO
TBD
I.B.E.W. - Local 952
Trace Stevenson
AeroVironment, Inc.
Sim Tang-Paradis
City National Bank
Brian Tucker, Advisor
Ventura County Coast
Barry Wolfman
St. John's Regional Medical Center/Dignity Health
Celina Zacarias
California State University
Channel Islands
Peter Zierhut, Secretary/Treasurer
Haas Automation, Inc.
