Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Pasadena City College Foundation consists of volunteer business and community leaders from the Pasadena area. While governing the Foundation, the Board works to generate funds for PCC in order to provide an affordable and accessible college education for all who have the desire to succeed.

    Executive Committee

    President: Hoyt Hilsman, Screenwriter and Journalist, Creative Media Consultant

    Vice President: Charmayne Mills Ealy, Director of Operations, STEAM:CODERS

    Secretary: Geoffrey Baum, Senior Policy Fellow, USC Center on Communication Leadership and Policy

    Treasurer: Craig Washington, Tournament of Roses

    Immediate Past President: Don Schweitzer, Law Offices of Donald P. Schweitzer

    Members:

    * denotes Member, Executive Committee

    Robert Barbera                                Founder The Barbera Foundation
    Nancy Baxter    
    Dianne Bukata* Retired Partner Hahn and Hahn, LLP
    Mary Lou Byrne Commissioner Los Angeles Superior Court
    Ron Carter* Managing Director The Carter Agency
    Jose A. Gomez, Ph.D Superintendent/President Pasadena City College
    Rob Floe President and CEO Floe Financial Partners
    Julie Gutierrez* Retired City Manager City of Pasadena
    Mark S. Harmsen* Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Board Tribune Publishing
    Maxine Harris* Vice President Bank of the West
    Jacqueline Jacobs, Ph.D. Retired VP of Instruction, PCC
    William Krantz, CFA Retired Principal Boston Partners Asset Management
    Nancy Lan, Ph.D VP of Research and Drug Discovery Cocensys Inc.
    Greg McLemore Founder/CEO DataRefinery, LLC
    Veronica Mejia* Client Manager AltaMed Health Services
    Stephen Miyabe Market President Northern Trust Agency - Pasadena
    Ryan Newman* CCO/COO Poplar Forest Capital
    Gloria de Olarte, MD Plastic Surgeon Huntington & Methodist Hospital
    Jim Osterling Owner Bridge Financial Investors, LLC
    James P. Sarni, CFA Managing Director Payden & Rygel
    Norman Sarafian Sr. Vice President RBC Wealth Management
    Eszylfie Taylor President and Founder Taylor Insurance and Financial Services
    Justin Tsui* President/CEO 1MEDiX & TeamLogic IT of Pasadena
    Linda Wah Retired  
    Felicia Williams President FWD Consulting, LLC

    ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

    Advisory Members are former PCC Foundation Board directors who have been invited to maintain a non-voting involvement with the Board. As part of the Advisory Board, members may attend meetings, receive minutes and be invited to Foundation sponsored events. Most importantly, Advisory Membership allows the Foundation to continue to profit from the counsel and support of experienced former directors.

    Scott Bell President BRYAN'S Cleaners and Laundry
    Glenn Bowie Business Solutions Consultant T-Mobile
    Vivan Chan CEO Asian Link Marketing
    Robert L. Cheney Retired Senior Mgr. Bell & Howell
    Mel Cohen Owner Mel Cohen Insurance Services
    Jon Fuhrman Retired, Application Development Manager Employers Insurance Group
    Julie Gallant Retired, Senior Investment Mgr Wells Fargo
    William A. Hawkins                              Managing Director Overton Partners
    Preston Howard Managing Broker Rose City Realty, Inc.
    James Kossler, Ed.D Retired Superintendent/President Pasadena City College
    Mark Ladesich CPA  
    Hon. Carol J. Liu Former Senator State of California
    Sandi Mejia-Ramirez CFO CiBA Property Management
    Roberta "Bobbie" Moon Owner New Moon Textiles
    William Opel, PhD President Emeritus Huntington Medical Research Institutes
    Dianne Philibosian, PhD                                             Director, Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing CSU Northridge
    Clara Potes-Fellow Director of Advancement and Communications Institute for Philanthropic Excellence East Valley Community Center
    Estela Richeda Attorney-at-Law  
    Janet J. Rose Community Volunteer  
    Tom Selinske Adjunct Faculty Pasadena City College
    Gloria Scharre-Pitzer Partner Barbaro, Chinen, Pitzer & Duke, LLP
    L.R. “Lonnie” Schield Jr. Principal Building Industry Partners
    Jack A. Scott, Ph.D. Retired Superintendent/President Pasadena City College
    Phyllis Specht Emerita Faculty Mt. San Antonio College
    Lisa A. Sugimoto, EdD  Retired Educator Pasadena City College
    Gregory Sun Partner PBWS Architects LLP
    Ladd Thomas, D. Mus Professor Emeritus of Organ and Chair, Organ Department USC, Thornton School of Music
    William E. Thomson, Jr.  Attorney and Former PACCD Trustee  
    Winston Uchiyama, PhD Retired Vice President of Research and Development Dial Corporation
    Wade Winter, CFA Senior Vice President City National Bank