The Raise Foundation

Our Boards, Committees & Staff

Board of Directors:

Officers

Chairman Jason Starkman – Jason Starkman State Farm Agency

Vice Chairman Jerrold Clarke – Wells Fargo Advisors

Immediate Past Chairman Daria Waetjen, Ed.D. – Educational Consultant

Treasurer Donald W. Clause, PE, BCEE – ARCADIS U.S., Inc.

Members

Bobby Barzi – Fodada

Ed Buffington – Buffington Company, LLC

Blake Garrett, CCIM – The Reef Group

Terry Gomez – Real Estate Mavens

Nicky Grismer – Wells Fargo Bank

Christina McSparron – Rutan & Tucker, LLP

Sandra Murray, MD, FAA – UCI Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics

To learn more about the purpose of the Board, scope of volunteer work, the benefits of participating and more,
please click here: Board of Directors One-Pager_Final2

 

Advisory Board:

CHAIRMAN John E. Stratman, Jr. – Kaiser Permanente, Orange County

 

Young Professionals Board:

Chairman Brett Shahian – University of California, Irvine

Treasurer Ryan Hook, CFP – Strategic Capital Distributors, LLC

Members

Soheyl Afaghi – Gulfstream Aerospace

Aaron Ferber – RSM Design

Brandon Mead – Raines Feldman LLP

To learn more about the purpose of the Marketing Committee, scope of volunteer work, the benefits of participating and more,
please click here: Young Professionals Board One-Pager_NewRev. 8.2017

 

Marketing Committee

Erica Beach – Eagle Community Credit Union

Doreen Eaton – Marketing Consultant

Britni Lopez – Events/Social Media Consultant

Deborah Mayhew – Marketing/PR Consulting

Karin Somogyi – TRS Staffing/Fluor Corp.

To learn more about the purpose of the Marketing Committee, scope of volunteer work, the benefits of participating and more,
please click here: Marketing Committee One-Pager FINAL

 

Our Staff

Administrative Office

Eldon Baber, Executive Director

Tracy Garcia, Program Director

Rickie Farnes, Program Coordinator

 

Resources in Motion (RIM)

Alma Perez, Family Support Specialist

(Open), Family Support Specialist

Operations

Shasta Giovennella, Accountant

Samantha Felner, Administrative Assistant

 

Marketing/Development Department

Keri Gee Semmelman, Marketing and Development Director

Family Resource Centers

Anaheim Harbor

Community Health Enrichment Collaborative (CHEC) (San Juan Capistrano)

Reylena List, FRC Coordinator

Corbin (Santa Ana)

Luis Gonzalez, Information and Referral Specialist

Costa Mesa

Rosalba Lezo, Information and Referral Specialist

Minnie Street (Santa Ana)

Oak View (Huntington Beach)

Guadalupe Contreras, Information and Referral Specialist

South Orange County (SOC) (Lake Forest)

Ana Fernandez, FRC Coordinator

 

Mireya Nunez,  Community Engagement Volunteer Coordinator, SOC and CHEC FRC

Melissa Garcia, Community Engagement Volunteer Coordinator, Costa Mesa and Minnie Street FRC