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STAFF, BOARDS & COUNCILS

MEET OUR TEAM

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Corey Pahanish, Ph.D.

Executive Director

(805) 563-4740

corey@teddybearcancerfoundation.org

Brittany Avila Wazny, M.A.

Senior Development Director

(805) 563-4723

brittany@teddybearcancerfoundation.org

Becca Solodon

Senior Program Director

(805) 563-4785

becca@teddybearcancerfoundation.org

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Kirsten Stuart

Communications & Events Director

(805) 308-9943

kirsten@teddybearcancerfoundation.org

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Gisselle Madrigal, M.A.

Family Resource Specialist

(805) 308-9941

gisselle@teddybearcancerfoundation.org

Tessa Boyce

Volunteer Coordinator

(805) 617-0847

tessa@teddybearcancerfoundation.org

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Tam Le

Interim Community & Volunteer Coordinator

(805) 617-0847

tam@teddybearcancerfoundation.org

 Roberta Tuck 

Operations Coordinator

(805) 962-7466

roberta@teddybearcancerfoundation.org

Danielle Maxwell, MPP Candidate

Community Engagement Manager

(805) 962-7466

danielle@teddybearcancerfoundation.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Nathan Rogers
Board Chair
Attorney - Rogers, Sheffield & Campbell, LLP

 

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Robyn Howard-Anderson
Secretary
Pediatric Oncology Social Worker - Retired

Sofie Langhorne
Vice Chair
Estate Agent - Langhorne Group at Compass

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Joe Ferreira 
Treasurer
Financial Advisor  - West Coast Financial
 

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Sarai Anderson
Director
Financial Advisor - JP Morgan Private Bank

 

Matthew Fish 
Director
Financial Advisor - Anderson Financial Solutions

 

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Jamie Hansen
Director
Business Banker - Pacific Premier Bank

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Sheela Hunt
Director

Estate Agent - Village Properties

Rebecca Koch
Director
Attorney - Rogers, Sheffield & Campbell, LLP

Andrew Miller

Director
Attorney - Miller & Berryhill,
Father of a pediatric cancer survivor

 

Joe McCorkell
Director
Estate Agent - Sotheby's International Realty

 

Debby Mann
Director
Entrepreneur

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Joseph Tasca

Director

Structural Engineer -  Studio Engineers, Inc.
Father of a pediatr
ic cancer survivor

Dr. Jon Tammela
Director
Oncologist - Dignity Health

Deborah Stanley
Director
Financial Marketing Executive - Retired


 

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J Paul Gignac
Immediate Past Board Chair
Attorney - Fole
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BOARDS & COUNCILS

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; Foley, Bezek Behle & Curtis, LLP 

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​

Susannah Rake

Past Board Member

Pat Snyder

Past Board Member

Lisa Solana

Past Board Member

VENTURA COUNTY

ADVISORY COUNCIL

 

 

Heather Binda

Director of Data Strategy, Amgen Inc.

Summaer Cole

TBCF Volunteer & mother of two 

Melanie Ely

Attorney, Beach Cowdrey Jenkins LLP

John Fraser

Sr. Management Analyst for the City of Camarillo​

Melinda Gudino, MA

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Lisa Macias

Business Development Manager, Document Systems

Jorge Peralta

Director of Operations, Cajun Kitchen

Susie Perry

Funeral Director, Reardon Funeral Home

Rich Schuette, CFP

Owner of Avalan Wealth

Past Board Chair

Lisa Marie Sanchez

Real Estate Agent, Berkshire Hathaway

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

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 & Board Member

Rebecca Koch

Estate Planning Attorney & Board Member

Sharon Jordano

Entrepreneur

Nathan Rogers

Attorney & Board Chair

Del Rudeen

Trust Officer

AMBASSADORS

Carolyn Shepard Baham

Margo Barbakow

Lorena Cheverez

Lucia Engel

Nikki Greene

Mer James

Pati Kern

Kristi Marks

Kathy McCarthy

Adriana Mezic

Christina Rottman

Jo Landis Shields

Fiona Stone

Carla Tomson

Co-Chairs

Donna Barranco Fisher & Sheela Hunt

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