About VCCF > Board Members

Pierre Y.
Tada

Chair

Ventura

• Founding Principal, Granite Peak Partners Inc.
• Past CEO, Limoneira Company
• Past Chairman, Mission Produce Inc.
• Past Vice Chairman, Sunkist Growers Inc.
• VCCF Administration & Finance Committee
• VCCF Audit Committee
• VCCF Investment Committee
• VCCF Real Estate Committee
• VCCF Strategic Funding Committee
• Past President, Ventura County Economic Development Association
• Board of Trustees, California State UN Foundation and CA Agricultural Leadership Foundation
• Bush Administration appointee, Federal Trade Policy Committee

Gary E.
Erickson

Chair Elect

Oxnard

• President, CEO The Erickson Group, Consultant to nonprofits
• Chair, VCCF Fund Development Committee
• Chair, Capital Campaign Committee
• Smith Foundation Board of Directors
• VCCF committee membership, Program & Grants, Fund Development
• VCCF Center for Nonprofit Leadership Advisory Committee
• Before launching The Erickson Group in 1988, Mr. Erickson served in professional positions at California Lutheran University (Director of Development), United Way of Los Angeles (Executive Vice President) and California Medical Center Foundation (President & CEO)

Tim
Gallagher

Westlake Village

• President of Gallagher 20/20 Consulting specializing in reputation enhancement and building Internet-focused businesses
• Chair, Communications / Marketing Committee
• Author, publisher and speaker on free speech and First Amendment issues
• Editor, Ventura County Star 1995-2004 Publisher, Ventura County Star 2004-2007 Editor, The Albuquerque Tribune in New Mexico
• Advisor to the president of Scripps Howard Publishing

Robert J.
Katch

Westlake Village

• Founding Principal, Manchester Financial
• Associate Treasurer, Pepperdine University
• Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University
• VCCF Administration & Finance Committee
• Chair, VCCF Investment Committee
• Board Member, Pepperdine University - Seaver College
• International Taxation and Merger & Acquisition Departments - Arthur Young & Co.

Henry L. "Hank" Lacayo

Newbury
Park

• State President, Congress of California Seniors
• Chair, VCCF Board Governance Committee
• Chair, VCCF Destino Hispanic Legacy Fund Vision Committee
• Vice Chair, VCCF Fund Development Committee
• VCCF Board Development Committee
• VCCF Strategic Funding Committee
• Board Member, United Way of Ventura County
• Community Advisory Board and President's Circle, California State University Channel Islands
• Commissioner & member Executive Committee California Commission on Aging
• Director & Secretary, California Foundation on Aging
• Director, Vice-Pres., Board Chair, La Hermandad of Ventura County
• National President Emeritus, and Founder Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
• Past National Director UAW Political / Legislative Department
• Co-founder, Past Board Chair; U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute
• Past Member Executive Committee, U.S. Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
• Past Director & President El Concilio; Past Director El Centrito, VC American Red Cross, The Wellness Community of Ventura County

Terri E. Lisagor, Ed.D.

Camarillo

• Professor of Nutrition/Food Science, California State University, Northridge
• Chair, VCCF Program & Grants (Review & Grants) Committee
• Registered Dietitian
• Lecturer, University California Los Angeles
• Past Member, California State University Channel Islands Community Advisory Committee
• Past President, American Association of University Women
• Past Chair, Brighter Horizons, Math and Science Program
• Camarillo Woman of the Year 1996
• Active community volunteer and mother of two

Stan
Mantooth

Camarillo

• Ventura County Superintendent of Schools
• VCCF Administration & Finance Committee
• VCCF Scholarship Advisory Committee
• Adjunct Faculty, California State University Channel Islands
• Commissioner, Ventura County First 5
• Board Member, United Way of Ventura County
• Workforce Investment Board, Ventura County
• Boy Scouts of America, Ventura County Council
• Ventura County School Boards Association
• Director, County Schools Federal Credit Union
• Ventura County P-16 Core Council
• Board Member, Ventura County Discovery Center
• California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA)
• Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), Leadership Matters Award (2011)

Charles Maxey, PhD

Thousand Oaks

• Dean, School of Business, Professor of Business Economics, and Co-Director of Center for Leadership and Values at California Lutheran University.
• Chair, VCCF Personnel Committee
• Chair, Strategic Planning Committee
• Visiting Professor – Human Resources Management, Sasin Graduate School of Business Administration, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
• Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Member (Organizational Behavior), Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Southern California
• Research Associate- Director of Field Research, National Study of Labor Relations in Healthcare, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
• Arbitration/Fact Finding at UCLA, Civil Service Commission – City of Los Angeles, State of Illinois – Governor’s Grievance Panel
• Consulting/Action Research for County of Ventura Public Health Department, Ventura County Community Foundation Regional Alliance Project, Health and Human Services Community Profile Study: a consortium of public and private agencies, VCEDA/EDC-VC Studies of Business Sentiment
• Litigation Consulting/Expert Witness for California and Arizona law firms, testimony venues for Superior Court for states of California and Arizona, and U.S. District Court
• Extensive involvement in Ventura County organization and numerous publications

Timothy J. McCallion

Vice Chair

Treasurer

Thousand Oaks

• President - Pacific Region, Verizon
• Chair, VCCF Administration Finance Committee
• Board Member; Los Angeles Urban League, California Telephone Association, California Chamber of Commerce
• Board of Governors; Los Angeles Children’s Museum, California Business Roundtable
• Past Board Member; United Way of Ventura County, Southeast Ventura County YMCA
• Inductee, California Telephone Pioneers Association Hall of Fame

Roz
McGrath

Camarillo

• Farm Manager, McGrath Family Farm
• Vice Chair, VCCF Program & Grants (Review & Grants) Committee
• VCCF Women’s Legacy Fund Chairman, past involvement in the Ventura County Coalition to End Family Violence, fundraising, active member of VC Planned Parenthood
• Past president of VC Fair Board and member of VC Farm Bureau
• Retired educator – Mesa Union School M.A., Early Childhood Education

M. Carmen
Ramirez

Oxnard

• Attorney at Law, admitted to California Bar in December, 1974
• Elected Member, Oxnard City Council, November, 2010
• Board Member, Teatro de Las Americas
• Board Member, Center for Civic Education
• Founder, VCCF Women's Legacy Fund
• Past Elected representative to Board of Governors, State Bar of California
• Coordinator, Oxnard Self Help Legal Access Center, Superior Court of Ventura County
• Past Executive Director, Channel Counties Legal Services Association
• Past President of: Ventura County Bar Association, El Concilio Del Condado De Ventura County and Studio Channel Islands Art Center
• Graduate of Loyola University School of Law

Stacy A.
Roscoe

Vice Chair

Ventura

• Chair, VCCF Real Estate Committee
• Vice Chair, VCCF Investment Committee
• Liaison, Ventura County Civic Alliance Steering Committee
• VCCF Program & Grants Committee
• Lifetime Board Member, Ventura County Economic Development Association
• Chairman, Southern California Water Committee
• Board Member; Carnegie Museum Cornerstones, Casa Pacifica
• Past President, Association of Water Agencies
• Member, Ventura County Coastal Association of Realtors

Scott B.
Samsky

Secretary

Camarillo

• Attorney, Ferguson Case Orr Paterson LLP
• VCCF Board Liaison, Technical Advisory Committee
• VCCF Administration Finance Committee
• Member; Ventura County Bar Association, State Bar of California
• Planned Giving Committee, Food Share

Mary L. Schwabauer

Immediate Past Chair

Moorpark

• Co-Owner Leavens Ranches
• Ventura County Civic Alliance Steering Committee
• Chair, VCCF Strategic Funding Committee
• Vice Chair, VCCF 25th Anniversary Committee
• VCCF Administration Finance Committee
• VCCF Board Development Committee
• VCCF Board Liaison, Heritage Fund
• VCCF Investment Committee
• VCCF Program & Grants Committee
• VCCF Scholarship Advisory Committee
• Founder, VCCF Destino: The Hispanic Legacy Fund
• Founder, VCCF Heritage Fund
• Founder, VCCF Women's Legacy Fund

Mike
Silacci

Newbury Park

• Executive Director, AT&T – External Affairs
• Chair, VCCF Audit Committee
• Vice Chair, VCCF Communications / Marketing Committee
• Vice Chair, VCCF Administration & Finance Committee
• VCCF Destino Vision & Grant Committee
• Los Angeles Sports Council
• United Way of Ventura County (board chairman 2004-2006)
• El Concilio del Condado de Ventura (board president 2002-2004)
• CSU Channel Islands Alumni & Friends Association (treasurer)
• Economic Development Corporation of Ventura County (board chairman 2000)
• Ventura County Economic Development Association
• Boy Scouts of America – Ventura County Council (2002-2004)
• Extensive community organization involvement

Bonnie
Weigel

Ventura

• President/CEO of FOOD Share, Ventura County’s food bank
• Chair, VCCF 25th Anniversary Committee
• VCCF Communications / Marketing Committee
• Ventura County Chapter CA Women in Agriculture
• Ventura County Ag Future Alliance
• United Way Ventura County Women’s Leadership Council
• Recipient of the Rotary International Paul Harris Service Above Self Medal
• Pacific Coast Business Times Top 50 Women in Business for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
• Recipient of the Pacific Coast Business Times ‘40 Under 40’ Recognition
• Ventura County Together
• Topa Tower Club Board of Governors