Executive Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board: Ken Ouellette
Advance Beverage

Chair-Elect: Olivia Garcia
Bakersfield College

Vice-Chair: Sal Saavedra, CPA
Daniells, Phillips, Vaughan & Bock

Treasurer: Chris Lowe
AltaOne Federal Credit Union

Secretary: David C. Alanis
EDD-Americas Job Center of California

Interim Past-Chair: Denise Ornelas
Anthem Blue Cross

Board of Directors

Robin Mangarin-Scott
Dignity Health – Mercy & Memorial Hospitals

Dr. Claudia Catota
CSU Bakersfield/ Special Assistant to the President

Sal Brito
State Farm Insurance

Melissa Poole
The Wonderful Company

Ed Taylor
The Petroleum Club

Zachary Rabanal
Walker-Lewis Rents

Donna Hermann
American Cancer Society

Board of Directors

Larry Velasquez
Bank of the Sierra

Gloria R. Garcia
California Resources Corporation

Lucinda Macias
Chevron

Julie Pensinger
Pensinger Oilfield Trailer’s

Brandon Ivie
STRATA Credit Union

Eva Ramirez
Kaiser Permanente

Matthew Cauthron
Adventist Health/Delano

Adam A. Alvidrez
Grimmway Schools

Executive Board of Directors

Cecilia Tomono
Chairwoman
Adventist Health, Bakersfield

Gabriel A. Godinez
Vice-Chair
Godinez Law

Chris Bernal
Treasurer
Bernal Tax & Accounting Services

David Alanis
Secretary
EDD – America’s Job Center of California

Jorge Barrientos
Immediate Past Chairman
Chain | Cohn | Stiles Law Firm

Jay Tamsi, President/CEO
Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

2020 Board of Directors

Pam Alvarez
Beautiful You Medical Aesthetics

Janae Benton
Aera Energy, LLC

Kevin Burton
Klein DeNatale Goldner

David Caracas
Adventist Health

Dr. Paul Caudillo
Pair & Marotta Physical Therapy

Anthony Cordova
Bakersfield College

Dr. Vin Dang
Empire Eye & Laser Center

2020 Board of Directors

James Galindo
KGET–17 / Telemundo

Erwin Garcia
Mechanics Bank

Brian Harris
Clinica Sierra Vista

John Heath
Alpha Technologies & Alarm Systems, Inc.

Marilyn Maldonado
Valley Republic Bank

Mary Martinez
Wells Fargo

Gabriela Mello
Wells Fargo

Norma Rojas-Mora
Bakersfield College