Board Leadership

Board of Directors

Ginger Johnson
Chair of the Board
Former Associate Superintendent, Modesto City Schools

Marie D. Gallo
President Emerita (In Memoriam)

June Rogers
Director Emerita
Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation

Christina Gomez
Immediate Past Chair
Vice President of Audit, Risk, and Compliance, GALLO

Mel Bradley
Chair Elect
Owner, Mel Bradley Electric and Solar
Team 209 Manager, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Kathryn Davis
President & Chief Executive Officer, Valley First Credit Union

Fallon Ferris
Director of Human Resources, Modesto City Schools

Sarah Grover
Owner, Designer, Suite 52 Living

Chad Hilligus
Chief Executive Officer, Gallo Center for the Arts

Michael Krausnick
Attorney, Former County Counsel, Stanislaus County

Jay Krishnaswamy
Chief Executive Officer, Central Valley Doctors Health System

Katy Menges
Community Volunteer & Performing Arts Professional
James Madison Council Member, Library of Congress

Dr. Juan Sánchez Muñoz
Chancellor, University of California Merced

Jeffrey Reed
President & Chief Executive Officer, Reed Family Companies

Duncan Reno
General Manager, COO, CCE, Del Rio Country Club

Tina Rocha
Assistant Executive Officer, Stanislaus County

Brant Scott
Vice President Controller, GALLO

Michael Joe Silva
Silva Injury Law, Inc.

Stephanie Gallo Tyler
Chief Marketing Officer, GALLO

Ann M. Veneman
Former Executive Director, UNICEF
Former US Secretary of Agriculture

Geoff Wong;
Senior Director, Treasury, AP & AR, GALLO

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Todd Aaronson
Chief Executive Officer, Visit Modesto

Angelica Anguiano
Attorney, Anguiano Law

Rebeca Baeza
Internal Audit Manager, GALLO

Victor Barraza
Realtor, PMZ Real Estate

John C. Bellizzi
Senior Vice President, Wealth Advisor, Morgan Stanley

Jennifer Coelho
Chief Financial Officer, Heritage Management Group

Stacey Filippi
Administrator, Central Valley Periodontics & Implants

Robert Fores
Of Counsel, Fores Macko Johnston Chartrand, PLC

Louis Friedman
Attorney, Gianelli, Friedman, Jeffries & McKernan

Julian Gallo
Finance Analyst, GALLO

Diane Gilbert
Trustee, Oakdale Joint Unified School District

Allen Grayson
Retired Environmental Scientist

Mani Grewal
District 4 Board of Supervisors, Stanislaus County

Emma Grover
Owner, Suite 52 Living

Jennifer Guerrini
Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting, GALLO

Adrian Harrell
President & Chief Executive Officer, New Bridge Management

Sabrina High
Director of Strategy and Business Development, Sutter Health

Doug Highiet
President, Ceres Pipe & Metal

Linda Hischier
Senior Vice President Relationship Manager, Community West Bank

Jeffery J. Holmes
Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President Finance, Stanislaus Food Products

Jose Ibarra
Director & Relationships Manager, Diversified Industries Group, BMO Bank

Amy Abid Jeffries
Attorney, Gianelli, Friedman, Jeffries & McKernan

Jaime Jimenez
President & Chief Executive Officer, Rio Valley Foods Inc.

Chad Kennedy
Director, Westwood Professional Services

Brian Kline
President, G. Hedgecock Inc.

Kevin Luttenegger
Chief Financial Officer, G3 Enterprises

Roberto Martinez
Owner, Nor-Cal Foods, Inc.

Ivey Mayol
Board Member, The Society for disAbilities

Alison Morr Gemperle
Retired Attorney and University Development

Gloria Mraz
Mraz & Associates, Inc.

Chris Murphy
President, Sierra Pacific Warehouse Group

Sharilyn Nelson
Business Owner

Bill Nunes Jr.
Senior Vice President of Marketing, Oak Valley Community Bank

Richard Ogle, Ph.D.
Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, California State University, Stanislaus

Gino Patrizio
President, Central Valley Division, Sutter Health

Cathie Peck
Board Member/BEARD

Johann Ramirez
Vice President of Growth, Neighborhood Healthcare

Catherine Rhee
Financial Advisor, Cetera Advisors LLC

Rosalee Rush
Vice President, Strategic Communications & Marketing and Community Partnerships, California State University, Stanislaus

Robert J Soria
Vice President, Business Banking Relationship Manager, U.S. Bank

Kate Trompetter
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Connect For

Philip S. Trompetter, PhD, ABPP
Police and Forensic Psychologist

Aaron Valencia
Founder, Royal Equity Fund
Owner, Modesto Silos

Colleen F. Van Egmond
Managing Partner & Chief Financial Officer, Swingle, Van Egmond & Heitlinger

Julie Gallo Vander Wall
Shareholder, GALLO

Sue Zwahlen
Mayor, City of Modesto