The major leadership roles of our Board of Directors include visioning, direction setting for the organization and ensuring results. Our Board represents United Way in the community and brings community voice to our decision-making and they are charged with stewardship and accountability to maintain the trust of the community.
Chair
Steve Churm*
Chief Communications Officer
FivePoint Holdings, LLC
Aliso Viejo, CA
Vice Chair
Tam Nguyen*
President
Advance Beauty College
Garden Grove, CA
Treasurer
Suzanne Fradette*
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Irvine, CA
Secretary
Timothy S. Clyde*
President and CEO
Katzkin Leather
Montebello, CA
President and CEO
Susan B. Parks*
Orange County United Way
Irvine, CA
Ashleigh E. Aitken – Attorney | Aitken Aitken Cohn | Santa Ana, CA
Ben Alvarado – Executive Vice President | Head of Retail & Business Banking | Sunwest Bank | Irvine, CA
Lawrence R. Armstrong* – CEO | Ware Malcomb | Irvine, CA
Sherri Bovino – President | 1st Flagship Company | Irvine, CA
Nicole Carrillo Hall – Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer | loanDepot | Foothill Ranch, CA
Antonella Aloma Castro – Real Estate and Business Attorney | Newport Beach, CA
Victoria Collins – Community Leader/Philanthropist | Corona del Mar, CA
Gina Cordero – Vice President, Human Resources Western Region | Disney Parks, Experiences and Products | Anaheim, CA
Martha V. Daniel – President & CEO | IMRI | Aliso Viejo, CA
Diane Brooks Dixon – Councilmember District 1, Mayor 2018-2019 | City of Newport Beach | Newport Beach, CA
Mike Feldman – Executive Vice President | Head of Wealth Markets | Union Bank | Irvine, CA
Adrian S. Griggs – Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer | Pacific Life Insurance Co. | Newport Beach, CA
Jeff Hittenberger – Chief Academic Officer | Orange County Department of Education | Costa Mesa, CA
Michael A. Johnson – Senior Vice President, Member Services | Automobile Club of Southern California | Costa Mesa, CA
Jacqueline A. Kelley – Partner | Advisory Services | Ernst & Young LLP | Irvine, CA
Keith Kobata – Region Bank President | Wells Fargo & Company | Irvine, CA
Nanda Kumar Cheruvatath – President | Eaton Aerospace | Irvine, CA
Robert Lambert – Executive Director | Cushman & Wakefield | Irvine, CA
Ian Leisegang* – Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 3Spoke Capital | Newport Beach, CA
Paula Mattson – Director, Program Management | Southern California Edison | Irwindale, CA
David G. Meulmester – Tax Partner | KPMG LLP | Irvine, CA
Ethan Morgan – Managing Director, Orange County & San Diego & Inland Empire Market Manager | J.P. Morgan | Irvine, CA
Joe Nuzzolese – Corporate Vice President, Global Supply Chain | Edwards Lifesciences | Irvine, CA
Adey Nyamathi – Distinguished Professor and Founding Dean of the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing | University of California, Irvine | Irvine, CA
Bill Pedigo – Chief Commercial Officer | Anaheim Ducks/Honda Center | Anaheim, CA
Mike Ruane – Executive Vice President | National Community Renaissance | Rancho Cucamonga, CA
James J. Scheinkman – Partner| Snell & Wilmer LLP | Costa Mesa, CA
Mitchell Shenkin – Vice President of Sales & Marketing | Enterprises Holdings | Orange, CA
Christine A. Scheuneman – Board Director | Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach | Corona Del Mar, CA
David Schiegoleit – Senior Portfolio Strategist| Bank of the West | Newport Beach, CA
Ernest W. Schroeder – President | Schroeder Investment Partners, Inc. | Corona Del Mar, CA
John F. Simonis* – Partner | Paul Hastings LLP| Costa Mesa, CA
Allen Staff – Market President & Region Executive | Bank of America Merrill Lynch| Newport Beach, CA
John E. Stratman, Jr. – Senior Director, Public Affairs & Brand Communications | Kaiser Permanente | Santa Ana, CA
John Valenta – Managing Director | Deloitte Advisory | Costa Mesa, CA
Framroze Virjee – President | California State University Fullerton | Fullerton, CA
*Executive Committee Member
2019-2020 Board Representatives (Non-Voting):
Jessica McNamara – Manager, Audit | Grant Thornton | Newport Beach, CA
Haunani Nakabara – Ignition – Tax | KPMG LLP | Irvine, CA
