Board of Directors
The El Camino College Foundation Board of Directors meet regularly on the fourth Tuesday of alternating months at 4:00 pm in the Kenneth A. Brown Board Room of the Administration Building. However, the first BOD meeting of the new 2025-2026 year on July 22, 2025 will be held offsite at Red Car Brewery & Restaurant in Torrance. The Board term is three years.
Interested in serving on the Board of Directors? Please contact Executive Director Andrea Sala at asala@elcamino.edu.
Meet the Board
| Executive Committee | |
|---|---|
 |
Dr. Laurie Love President TUSD Educator (Retired) |
 |
Tamara Ritchey Powers 1st VP | Board Governance Nonprofit and Community Volunteer |
 |
Laurie Brandt 2nd VP | Operations Red Car Brewery & Restaurant |
 |
Clay Zachry Treasurer EP Wealth Advisors |
 |
Richard Rede Secretary RR Realty & Investments
|
 |
Laurie McCarthy Member at Large Investment Banking (Retired)
|
 |
Paul Wafer Member at Large Alpha Consulting Group
|
 |
Mark Waronek Member at Large M & M Consulting, Inc.
|
 |
Janan Johnson Immediate Past President Pharmaceutical Industry (Retired)
|
| Directors | |
|---|---|
 |
Komal Ahmed Kinecta Federal Credit Union |
 |
Dr. Karla Harness Brown Behavioral Health Consultant | Counselor (Retired)
|
 |
Ralph Felix California Water Service |
 |
Cynthia Grande The Grande Law Firm
|
 |
Heath Gregory Baron Equities, Inc. |
 |
Dr. David Liaw Northrop Grumman |
 |
Victoria Lozzi U.S. Bank (Retired)
|
 |
Brooke Matson Northrop Grumman
|
 |
McKenzie Neely-Wright AT&T |
 |
Jason Nishiyama City of Torrance | College Professor
|
 |
Daniel Shrader Administrator and Educator (Retired) |
 |
Ben Steinberger SoCalGas
|
 |
Rob Van Lingen The Van Lingen Group |
| El Camino College Representatives | |
|---|---|
 |
Dr. Brenda Thames El Camino College President/CEO |
 |
Katherine Steinbroner Maschler El Camino College Board of Trustees Representative |
 |
Dr. Kelsey Iino El Camino College Faculty Representative |
 |
Roy Dietz El Camino College Classified Representative |
 |
Charlie Mitchell El Camino College Student Representative |