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Our Staff
Michael Shanklin
Executive Director
Shahrzad Ehya
Operations Director
Jacy Yu
Development Director
Matt Gibson
Exhibits & Facilities Manager
Dani Hildreth
Guest Experience Director
Mark Soto
Bookkeeper & HR Manager
Leanne Stillman
Marketing Coordinator
Valeria d'Huart
Development Coordinator
Marisa Solórzano-Hamilton
Community Engagement Manager
Our Board of Directors
Directors Emeritus
Kristie Akl
kidSTREAM Founder
and Past President
Meryl Chase
Ventura County Community Foundation Board Member
Phil Hampton, Ph.D.
CSU Channel Islands
Associate Dean
Project Advisors
Marilyn Appleby
Principal Architect
Anderson Kulwiec Appleby Architects
(based in Santa Paula)
Jamshid Damooei
Professor & Chair, Economics, Finance & Accounting; Co-Director
Center for Leadership & Values
Elena Kazlas
Principal
ConsultEcon
Sean Leonard
Project Manager; Principal,
SL Leonard & Associates, Inc.
Jacob Lukiewski
Civil Engineer
M3 Civil Engineering
Brook McDonnel
Senior Associate
Pacific Coast Land Design, Inc.
Joel Schnowsky
Principal
LandRec
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