Board of Trustees

John Thiesen - Board Chair
Reedley
Rio Vista Fruit Farms, Owner

Leonard Bell, Ph.D. - Vice-Chair
Glendale, Arizona
Professor & Director, Midwestern University

Patrick Evans - Secretary
Coarsegold
Executive Pastor

Deborah Palmer - Assistant Secretary
Fresno
Wells Fargo, Project Manager

Cary Nikkel - Chief Financial Officer
Bakersfield
Vaquero Energy Inc., CFO

J. Scott Leonard - Assistant Chief Financial Officer
Fresno
Guarantee Real Estate, President/CEO

Jim Aldredge
Fresno
CSUF Professor (Retired)

Lynne Ashbeck
Clovis
Regional Vice President, Hospital Council of Northern & Central California

Timothy Bergdahl
Madera
Pastor, Madera Avenue Bible Church

Dale Boese
Salem, Oregon
Building Contractor

Dewayne J.R. Coleman
Fresno
Pastor, The Word Community Church

Will Dyck
Fresno
CEO, Suma Properties

Eugene Enns
Kingsburg
Agri-Business Owner

Royce Fast
Bakersfield
Agri-Business Owner

Ken Fransen
Fresno
Attorney/Partner, Bolen Fransen

Donald Griffith
Fresno
Owner, Griffith Financial & Insurance Services

Joe Hernandez
Prather
Superintendent, Dinuba Unified School District

Janet Hinman
Clovis
Realty Owner-Broker

Arthur (Bud) Klassen
Reedley
Owner, Klassen & Associates Insurance

Larry Martens
Fresno
Retired Pastor

Larry L. Powell
Fresno
Superintendent, Fresno County Office of Education

Yami Rodriguez
Fresno
Director, Youth Leadership Institute

Gary Ruddell
Visalia
Attorney

Eric Shenk
Phoenix, Arizona

Skip (Virgil) Suess
Ferndale, Washington
Therapist, Suess Counseling Services PLLC
Owner, Lodi Nut Company, Inc.

Suzana Dobric Veiss
Visalia
Adjunct faculty, FPU Visalia Center
Curriculum Consultant, San Joaquin Valley College

Gary Wall
Visalia
Mennonite Brethren Conference District Minister

Don Warkentine
Fresno
CPA Business Owner