STAFF, BOARDS & COUNCILS
MEET OUR TEAM
Brittany Avila Wazny, MBA
Senior Development Director
(805) 265-0603
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Kirsten Stuart
Communications & Events Director
(805) 265-0634
Danielle Maxwell, MPP Candidate
Community Outreach Manager
(805) 265-0646
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Andrew Miller
Board Chair
Attorney - Miller & Berryhill
Father of a pediatric cancer survivor
Debby Mann
Vice Chair
Entrepreneur
Robyn Howard-Anderson
Secretary
Pediatric Oncology Social Worker - Retired
Joe Ferreira
Treasurer
Financial Advisor - West Coast Financial
Sarai Anderson
Director
Financial Advisor - JP Moran Private Bank
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Matt Baumann
Director
Director of Oncology - Ridley Tree Cancer Center
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Taylor Fuller
Director
Attorney - Herring Law Firm
Jamie Hansen
Director
Rerlationship Banker - Pacific Premier Bank
Sofie Langhorne
Director
Real Estate Agent - Compass Realty
Joe McCorkell
Director
Real Estate Agent - Sotheby's Int'l Realty
Deborah Stanley
Director
Software Sales Executive - Retired
Grandmother of pediatric cancer survivor
Joseph Tasca
Director
Real Structural Engineer - Studio Engineers, inc.
Father of pediatric cancer survivor
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Warren Ritter
Director
Executive Director - Common Table Foundation
Nathan Rogers
Immediate Past Chair
Attorney - Rogers, Sheffield & Campbell, LLC
OTHER BOARDS & COUNSELS
EMERITUS BOARD
Donna Barranco Fisher
Former Board Chair: 2015-2016
Jim Bechtel
Alamar Capital Management, Managing Director
Chair: 2012-2014
Tina Fanucchi-Frontado
SB Philanthropy, Founder & President
Chair 2015
J. Paul Gignac
Attorney; JPG Law APC
Former Board Chair, 2020-2022
Wells Hughes
Partner, Arlington Financial Advisors
Former Board Chair, 2005-2006
Michelle Pickett
Attorney, Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck, LLP
Former Board Chair, 2009-2012
Rich Schuette
Wealth Manager, Avalan Wealth
Former Board Chair, 2017 - 2019
Rachael Steidl
Former Board Chair, 2007–2009
ADVISORY
BOARD
Earl Armstrong
President, Armstrong Associates
Founding Member, Grizzly Club
Martin Bell
Angel Flight West
Dr. Francisco Bracho
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Ventura County Medical Center
Heather Hambleton
Robyn Howard-Anderson
MSW, LICSW
TBCF Board Member
Susannah Rake
Past Board Member
Pat Snyder
Past Board Member
Lisa Solana
Past Board Member
PLANNED GIVING
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Sarai Anderson
Financial Advisor & TBCF board member
Devyn Duex
Principal Financial Advisor
CAPTRUST Santa Barbara
Joe Ferreira
Financial Advisor & TBCF Board Treasurer
Paul Graziano
Attorney
Sheela Hunt
Real Estate Agent
Sharon Jordano
Entrepreneur
Rebecca Koch
Estate Planning Attorney
Andrew Miller
Attorney & Board Chair
Nathan Rogers
Attorney & Former Board Chair
HONORARY
COUNCIL
Gary and Jennifer Caesar
Past Board Members
Tom and Janice Caesar
Hub International Insurance & Mission Linen
Morris and Irma Jurkowitz
Community Philanthropists
Nikki Katz
TBCF Founder
TBCF AMBASSADORS
The TBCF Ambassadors are a group of women who have served TBCF for over a decade and continue to make themselves available to staff and families when needed most. Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation is the organization you know today because of the incredible work of these individuals.
Co-Chairs
Donna Barranco Fisher & Sheela Hunt
Carolyn Shepard Baham
Margo Barbakow
Lorena Cheverez
Lucia Engel
Nikki Greene
Mer James
Pati Kern
Kristi Marks
Kathy McCarthy
Adriana Mezic
Jo Landis Shields
Fiona Stone
Carla Tomson
VENTURA COUNTY AMBASSADORS
Ventura County Ambassadors are dedicated individuals in the Ventura County area who
contribute to TBCF by raising awareness, hosting events, fostering business partnerships,
and establishing shared connections.
Heather Binda
Victoria Izquierdo
Trini Hernandez
Danny Molina
Lisa Sanchez