BOARD OF DIRECTORS

TOM HONAN, CHAIR

Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer | Evangelical Christian Credit Union

Tom Honan has spent the past 10 years in the financial services industry. Prior to that, he established and ran the North American IT Shared Services operation for a major manufacturer.

KATIE SKELTON, VICE CHAIR

Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer | St. Joseph Hospital

Katie Skelton RN, NEA, BC is a nursing executive with 27 years of hospital operations experience. Prior to joining the St. Joseph Health System, Katie had spent 16 years at the City of Hope National Medical Center, a cancer research and tertiary referral center.

CHUCK WALKER, SECRETARY

Retired

Chuck Walker is a retired sales executive with over 30 years of experience assisting manufacturing, distribution, construction and services companies on business strategy, efficiency and profit improvements. Most recently, Chuck served as the Vice President Professional Services at Arbela Technologies, leading the strategic use of technology and associated business process improvements.

MARCIA CHOO

Vice President of Community Development | Wells Fargo Bank

With an emphasis on Social Enterprise and non‐profit management, Marcia Choo has worked in the private and public sectors as well as holding teaching assignments. Through Wells Fargo Bank, she is working on issues of affordable housing, workforce development, small business development, financial education and veterans services focused on low‐to‐moderate income communities.

ANDRÉ DE LA CRUZ

Patent Attorney | Troutman Sanders

As a registered patent attorney, André De La Cruz primarily focuses on intellectual property litigation, patent and trademark prosecution, counseling, and licensing. His practice also includes experience with trade secrets, general litigation, and the representation of clients before the International Trade Commission in Section 337 investigations.

CARLOS GONZALEZ

Regional Executive Officer/Senior Vice President | Clark Construction Group

Carlos Gonzales oversees construction operations, preconstruction, and business development in Clark Construction’s Southern California region. He joined Clark in 2001 where he has led the construction of more than $1 billion in projects.

JON GOTHOLD

Partner/Executive Creative Director | Amusement Park

Jon Gothold leads Amusement Park’s creative departments. With over 35 years in the advertising business, Jon’s efforts have been recognized by the industry’s most prestigious awards competitions.

KATHY KRAMER

CEO | Orange County Fair & Event Center

Kathy Kramer has a diverse background with leadership experience in the areas of strategic planning, sales & marketing, venue operations, production of major events and corporate sponsorship. Her latest position was with Northlands in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada where she was the Vice President of Business Operations.

SISTER EILEEN MCNERNEY, CSJ, FOUNDER

Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange

Sister Eileen McNerney currently serves as Asst. General Superior on the General Council for the CSJ of which she is a member. In 1995, she founded Hope Builders. During her tenure, she has raised more than $25 million in support of this mission. Sister Eileen served as Executive Director for 13 years before transitioning to her new role as President Emeritus in 2008. Learn more here » 

KEN MILLER

Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager | PIMCO

Prior to joining PIMCO in 1996, Ken Miller was with ABN AMRO as a structured finance analyst responsible for commercial mortgage‐ and asset‐backed securities cash flow modeling. Ken is a Chartered Financial Analyst with 22 years of investment experience.

KATHLEEN D. RODIN

Attorney | Schneider Law Offices

Kathleen Rodin represents a number of companies throughout Orange County—including Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club, LLC; Anaheim Arena Management, LLC; The Rinks and Orange County High School of the Arts. She is a member of the State Bar of California and serves as Secretary of the American Corporate Counsel Association Sports and Entertainment Committee.

ELVA RUBALCAVA

Manager, Corporate Citizenship | Disneyland Resort

Elva Rubalcava is responsible for developing Corporate Citizenship strategies that have the greatest impact in the community and ensure that Disneyland Resort maintains a visible leadership position, setting the standard for corporate social responsibility. She oversees a variety of community outreach projects and programs, working with internal and external partners to ensure success and promote brand reputation for the resort.

SHAWNA SMITH, EX OFFICIO

Executive Director | Hope Builders

Since joining Hope Builders in 1998, Shawna Smith has held various roles and led the development of numerous strategic initiatives including successfully managing the transition of the organization’s founding director in 2008. She also helped Hope Builders expand operations into Anaheim last year, doubling its service capacity. Learn more here »

LARRY STOFKO

Executive Vice President | Innovation Institute

Larry Stofko is the Executive Vice President of the Innovation Institute for St. Joseph Health System. Larry has more than 20 years of experience in healthcare information technology. Through his leadership in performance improvement and adoption of innovative clinical and business technologies, St. Joseph Health has been consistently ranked in the top 100 companies by Information Week.

JON STORBECK

General Manager | Knott’s Berry Farm

Before joining the Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, Jon Storbeck had a distinguished career of more than 30 years at The Walt Disney Company. As an operations executive, Jon has proven success leading teams in customer facing businesses to produce profitable growth and build brand value.

GEORGE URCH

Owner | George Urch & Associates

George Urch has over 30 years of political, public policy, public affairs, communications and public relations experience. He has worked in the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, California State Senate and California State Assembly for a variety of elected officials.

KEVIN WIJAYAWICKRAMA

Principal | Deloitte

Kevin Wijayawickrama leads Deloitte’s healthcare industry sector in the West Region of the United States of America. He has significant experience in leading large risk management and healthcare reform strategy projects, developing internal audit and risk mitigation methodology and executing internal audit services and enterprise risk assessments for a variety of organizations in the Health Sciences sector.