El Concilio Family Services elects 2015 board of directors

OXNARD — El Concilio Family Services recently elected new leadership to its 2015 Board of Directors including new board members, the organization reported Monday.

The new officers are: Ernie Villegas, Chairman of the Board; Richard Jaquez, Vice-Chairman; Eduardo Miranda,  Secretary; Dr. Richard Duran, Treasurer and Andres Herrera, Executive Board Member. The two new members are, Maria Ventura of Southern California Gas Company and Jesse Zamora of the Ventura County Credit Union.

Villegas, District Director for Assemblyman Jeff Gorell has over 20 years experience in governmental affairs.   Maria Ventura is the Gas Company Public Affairs Manager for Ventura County; she has more than 10 years of experience in communications and government affairs.  Jesse Zamora is the Community Outreach Officer for the Ventura County Credit Union.  He is responsible for community outreach, financial literacy and membership growth.

The Board of Directors recently went through a restructuring of the organization and as a result, named Armando J. Lopez President and ex-officio member of the board.  In addition Yvonne R. Gutierrez and Tania Corona were named Vice Presidents of the organization.

Other Members of El Concilio’s  Board are: Tom Cady, Dr. Miguel Cervantes, Virginia Espinoza, Carmen de Arcos Gonzales,  Dr. Gabe Soumakian,  Jesus Torres, Bonnie Weigel and Nancy Williams.

El Concilio, founded in 1975, is a nonprofit community service organization whose primary mission is to provide direct services and educational programs to the under-served Latino community. The majority of its clients are agricultural workers.