Executive Committee
Arthur Rangel
Board President (2019-present)
Retired Senior Director, Apple, Inc.
Board Member since 2015
Loella Haskew
Treasurer
Retired Accountant
Board Member since 2012
Miguel Mauricio
Donor Relations & Newsletter
Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP Board Member since 2022
Kennedy-King Scholar Undergraduate 2014 and Graduate 2021
Ella Gower
Counsel
Investment Committee Member
Managing Shareholder, Miller Starr Regalia
Board Member since 2016
Jeff Hughes
Treasurer Assistant
Senior Finance Manager, Chevron
Board Member since 2023
Officers and Board Chairs
Felicia Harris-Foster
Scholar Selection Chair
Education Consultant and Professor
Board Member since 2017
Keiko Kobayashi
College & University Relations
- for odd years
Attorney, Contra Costa County
Board Member since 2007
Nikki Maziasz
Investment Committee
Retired Banker
Board Member since 2008
Maria Solemnidad
College & University Relations
- for even years
Sr. Manager of Finance Planning &
Reporting, Skywalker Properties, Ltd.
Board Member since 2014
Kennedy-King Scholar 1992
Cecilia Stoddard-Diethelm
Social Media & Communications
Committee Chair
Toxicology/Health & Safety Consultant
Board Member since 2020
Amy Vreeland
Secretary
Research Associate I
Board Member since 2023
Kennedy-King Scholar 2019
Board of Directors
Leonardo Bojorquez, ChFC®, AWMA®
Board Member
Support Advisor, Del Monte Group, LLC
Board Member since 2022
Kennedy-King Scholar 2016
Mical Cayton
Board Member
Chief Information Officer,
Community Medical Centers Inc.
Board Member since 2020
Dr. Vicki Ferguson
Board Member
Vice President of Equity and Student Services Diablo Valley College
Board Member since 2022
Laurie Fox
Board Member
Scholar Selection Committee
Human Resources Consultant
Board Member since 1999
John McPeak
Immediate Past President
(2010-2018)
Retired Educator
Board Member since 2006
Mojdeh Mehdizadeh
Board Member
Executive Vice Chancellor, Contra Costa
Community College District
Board Member since 2020
Uriel "Ose" Oseguera
Board Member
Investment Committee
Finance Manager, Chevron Corporation
Board Member since 2016
Kennedy-King Scholar 1988
Daniel Ponce
Board Member
Regional Property Director, Satellite Affordable Housing Associates
Board Member since 2021
Kennedy-King Scholar 2007
Eva Preciado-Lumsden
Board Member
Bilingual DHH Speech Pathologist, Mt. Diablo Unified School District
Board Member since 2021
Kennedy-King Scholar 1980
Barbara Simmons
Board Member
Sr. Director, Project Portfolio
Management COE
Kaiser Permanente
Board Member since 2021
Ameer Thompson, PhD
Board Member
Dean; Science and Technology at Cañada College
Board Member since 2019
Kennedy-King Scholar 2000 &
2005 (Graduate School)