Ventura County Area

MEMBERS:

Terrie Andrade has been the Director of the Section 8 Housing Assistance Program for the City of Ventura for 19 years. She is Chair of the Ventura County Housing Task Force for Welfare Reform and a member of the Ventura County Leadership Academy class 97/98. 805-648-5008.

Robert S. Biery is the Finance Director/City Treasurer of the City of Thousand Oaks. He is past President of the California Society of Municipal Officers, past Director of the League of California Cities, and 17-year member of the League of California Cities Revenue and Taxation Committee. 805-449-2210.

Bob Braitman is a management consultant whose firm, Braitman & Associates, specializes in government organization and jurisdictional relations, provision of public services by local agencies, land use planning and fiscal analysis. He served as Deputy County Executive for Governmental Organization for the County of Ventura and the Executive Officer of the Ventura LAFCO. 805-647-7612.

Trish Cavanaugh is the Volunteer/Community Relations Coordinator for the Ventura County Library Services Agency. She is a member of the Ventura County Volunteer Coordinators' Council, the California Library Association and a graduate of the Ventura County Leadership Academy. 805-652-7517.

Miguel Colon is a Sergeant the Ventura County Sheriff's Department and lives in Ojai. He is affiliated with the Ventura County Leadership Academy. 805-649-3771.

Charlotte Craven is the Mayor of Camarillo, having served on the City Council for over 11 years. She has served on the Ventura Regional Sanitation District Board for 9 years and on the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board for three and a half years. 805-482-4730.

Terry Dryer is the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer of the County of Ventura. 805-654-2862.

Russ Goodenough is the President of Cal-U-Rent and Chairman of the Mayor's Business Roundtable-City of Thousand Oaks. He is on the Board of Directors of Thousand Oaks Chamber of Commerce and the Editor of the Conejo Business Times. 805-497-2617.

Harry Lee is the Executive Director of the Ventura County Leadership Academy. 805-485-6288 x260.

Bill Little has been the City Manager of Camarillo since 1988. He has over 38 years of local government experience, including serving as City Manager for the City of Orange and several cities in the midwest. 805-388-5307.

Dean Maulharot is General Manager of Quality Packaging & Supplies, Inc. and a Councilmember of the City of Oxnard. He is a board member of the Oxnard Economic Development Corporation, the Economic Development Collaborative-Ventura County, and the Oxnard Boys and Girls Club. 805-983-7121.

Maricela P. Morales is affiliated with the Ventura County Leadership Academy and lives in Fillmore. 805-486-9777.

John Nowak is Assistant City Manager of Moorpark working in areas of finance and economic development. 805-529-6864.

Deborah M. Pell is the Director of the Casa Pacifica Children's Crisis Care and Residential Treatment Program, a private, non-profit organization and lives in Ventura. She is a member of the Ventura County Leadership Academy, the Ventura County Children's Services Network and the California Association of Marriage and Family Child Counselors. 805-445-7850.

Mike Saliba is the President of the Ventura County Taxpayer Association and has lived in Camarillo since 1980. 805-644-3291.

Marcia Secord is the District Manager for Ventura County for the Southern California Gas Company. She is a boardmember for the Ventura Taxpayer Association and the Ventura United Way and the Economic Development Collaborative - Ventura County. 805-385-4802.

Bob Seitz is Chief Executive Officer of the Ventura County Association of Realtors and lives in San Buenaventura. He previously served as Vice President/Executive Director of various Chambers of Commerce (Oxnard, Torrance, Hollywood, Kansas City.) 805-981-2100.

Daniel Seemiller is the President of the Ventura County Directory (www.vcd.com) and is a member of the Ventura County Leadership Academy. He lives in Ventura. 805.659-1900.

Edmund F. Sotelo is City Manager of the City of Oxnard. 805-385-7449.

Pamela Spencer is the President of Impact One, a strategic development, communications, and public affairs consulting firm. She works with several countywide organizations, including the Ventura County Economic Development Association, the United Way of Ventura County and California Lutherans University. She is a former Board Member of the Valley Industry Commerce Association and has been a resident of Thousand Oaks for over nine years. 805-493-0136.

Beverly Viola is Vice President and Director of Fund Distribution, Agency Relations, and Community Buildings for the United Way of Ventura County. 805-485-6288.

Gary L. Wartik is the Principal Consultant of the Business Solutions Group in Westlake Village and lives in Camarillo. He is on the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce of Thousand Oaks, a member of the Mayor's Business Roundtable-City of Thousand Oaks, and a member of the Citizens' Budget Task Force-City of Thousand Oaks. 805-495-5670.

Jim Word is on the Board of Directors of the Casitas Municipal Water District and the United Way, Ventura County. He retired from his position of Manager at J.C. Penney after 45 years of service. He is past President of the Greater Ventura Chamber of Commerce, the Boys and Girls Club of Ventura and the Rotary Club of Ventura-East. 805-643-0357.