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Board of Directors


JOSH DRISKELL
Board Chair, Primuth & Driskell. LLP


CARLA BUIGUES
Board Vice Chair, The Agency


SUSAN PRADO
Acting Secretary, Community Volunteer

MANUEL CARMONA
Treasurer, City of Pasadena Department of Public Health

 DR. HEATHER BACKSTRON
Chair, Programs
​CEO, Backstrom Leadership Strategies


FELICIA FRIESEMA
Co-Chair, Strategic Planning
Foothill Transit

MELISSA GERSH
Chair, Marketing and Communications
Melissa Radke Gersh Innovative Marketing



PHYLLIS LYNES

Chair, Board Development
​Retired Asst General Manager, City of Los Angeles
US Army Veteran and Reservist/ DAR Regent


KIM MILLER-ANDERSON
Chair, Veterans Services 
MSK Consulting Services


ALAN ROMERO
Chair, Alumni Services
Romero Law, APC

KRISTEN SCHWARZ, 

Partner, DBS Law Group, APC

MARY SPELLMAN
Co-Chair, Strategic Planning
Executive Director, The Fletcher Jones Foundation
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PATTI TRAGLIO
Chair, Recruitment
​Inspirus/Sodexo USA


Advisory Council


GREG APODACA
CEO and Vision Holder, Community 2.0

WILLIAM BOGAARD
Former Mayor (1999-2015), City of Pasadena

GEORGE BRUMDER
VP, Past President, Pasadena Education Foundation

COREY CASTILLO, Ed. D.
Director of Business Development and Operations
United Way Los Angeles


TOM COSTON
President, Light Bringer Project

ANN ERDMAN
Public Information Officer (retired), City of Pasadena

SETA KHAJARIAN, Ph.D.
Faculty, Woodbury University and Educational Consultant



Additional Support...
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​Carolina Caro  is Leadership Pasadena's Leadership Coach and Program Facilitator for the 8-month Leadership Pasadena program. Carolina is Founder of Core Centered Leadership,  specializing in developing conscious leaders and mindful workplaces through a lens that cultivates potential, enhances engagement and celebrates diversity and inclusion to achieve results that benefit the collective good.www.carolinacaro.com/


​CYNTHIA KURTZ

COO, LA River Revitalizatin Corp/RiverLA

KATHLEEN O'SULLIVAN
CEO, KShift

MARTHA SHENKENBERG
Kaiser Permanente

TOM SELINSKE
Co-Founder, Focus Out/Business Consultant and Educator

GORDON SQUIRES
Director of IPAC Communications, Caltech/JPL

CHIEF BERTRAL WASHINGTON
Pasadena Fire Department





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Cynthia Bengtson is the Executive Management Consultant for Leadership Pasadena.  Cindy is retired from a management role at ARCO/BP and has a long history of grass roots non-profit work starting in 1979 when she created Big Sisters of Los Angles, now merged with Big Brothers of Los Angeles www.bbbsla.org 
​Cindy has served on various Boards and volunteered for many non-profits as well as run local political races. She currently volunteers with Leadership Pasadena and the Los Altos Auxiliary for Hathaway-Sycamores.

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 Lisa Raggio is a non-profit executive strategist serving as the Executive Director of Wellness Works for Veterans and Program  Consultant for Veterans Services with Leadership Pasadena. She is the Chair and co-founder of the Veterans Coalition of Glendale and the Verdugos (VCGV); a member of  the Veterans  Advisory Committee for Congress member Cardenas of the 29th district; the Community College Student Veterans  Advisory Committee under Intelecom Learning; the YWCA Regional Advocacy Council and is co-chair of Glendale’s   first collective impact initiative, We Own the Health of the Community.  In addition, she is the co-founder of the Veterans Education Assistance Fund for student Veterans at Glendale Community and Pasadena City Colleges and College of the Canyons.  Raggio is honored to have been awarded the Business Life Women Achievers Award in 2017 for her work advocating for Veterans; the national YWCA USA Advocacy Award; and lastly, was a VIP guest of the White House and First Lady Obama for a “Champions of Change" event representing the national YWCA.   

Leadership Pasadena Training Team

Our thanks to these talented Leadership Pasadena alumni and community leaders who donate their time and skill to provide community leadership training to city organizations and other non-profit groups.

Dr. Heather Backstrom, Backstrom Leadership Strategies
Tom Coston, President, Light Bringer Project
Mic Hansen, Community Leader and Preservationist
Kat O’Sullivan, CEO KShift/People Strategist
Tom Selinske, Business Instructor; Co-Founder, FocusOut
Leslie Swanson, Organizational Development Consultant and Executive Coach
Kate Walters, President, Human Capital Consulting

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  • Home
    • Where do we learn? Who teaches us?
    • Employer Advantage
  • Programs
    • Leadership Pasadena 8-mo Community Leadership Development Program
    • Apply Now-Leadership Pasadena Program
    • Community Leadership Course for VeteransTM Initiative, (CLCVTM)
    • Veterans Course APPLY NOW
  • Class of 2019
    • Class of 2019 Photos
    • Class of 2019 Forms
    • 2019 Program Schedule
    • Tuition Payment
  • About Us
    • Leadership
    • Thanks to our Supporters
    • Pictures Class of 2018 >
      • Welcome Reception at Supplyframe Designlab
      • Intro Session at Carnegie Observatory
      • Team Building Retreat 2018 at Brandeis Bardin
      • History at Pasadena Museum of History
      • Project Planning at Blue Beam
      • Personal Leadership at La Casita
      • Government Session
      • Science Session at Caltech TMT
      • Arts Session
      • JPL Special Tour
      • Business and Econ Session at T of R House
      • Graduation
    • Pictures: Class of 2017 >
      • Setting the Table Event
      • Contact Us
    • Pictures: Class of 2016
    • FAQs
  • Alumni
    • Alumni Membership
  • Support Us
  • News
  • Calendar
  • Blog