Board of Directors

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ALMA APODACA
Board Chair, City of Hope

CARLA BUIGUES
Board Co-Chair, John Aaroe Group

JUDY TURNER
Board Secretary, JA Turner Consulting

JOSH DRISKELL
Board Treasurer, Primuth & Driskell, LLP

 DR. HEATHER BACKSTRON
Board VP, Programs
​CEO, Backstrom Leadership Strategies

​CYNTHIA BENGTSON BUDZYN
​Board Member , Volunteer Executive Director,  Community Volunteer, ARCO (retired)

MANUEL CARMONA
Board Member, City of Pasadena Department of Public Health

LISA CAVELIER
Board Member, Colaborate PASadena

MELISSA GERSH
Board Member, Marketing Innovator, PrivateSchoolNavigator.com

ALAN ROMERO
Board VP, Alumni Services, Romero Law, APC
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PATTI TRAGLIO
Board VP Recruitment

​Advisory Council

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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

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


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In addition to the above leadership positions, Carolina Caro, CEO Parinama Consulting is our Leadership Pasadena Program Facilitator. www.carolinacaro.com/p/courses

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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

PHYLLIS LYNES
Retired Asst General Manager, City of Los Angeles
US Army Veteran and Reservist/ DAR Regent

Isabel Ramirez, photographer, Leadership Pasadena Alum has taken many of photos shown throughout this website.

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Leadership Pasadena Training Team

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