\nOctober 26, 2021
\nVanessa Bechtel
\nFundaci\u00f3n Comunitaria del Condado de Ventura
\n805-330-6676
\nvbechtel@vccf.org<\/p>\n
Ventura County Community Foundation Celebrates the Service of Outgoing Board Chair, Scott Hansen, and Camarillo, CA<\/strong> \u2014 After six years as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Ventura County Community Foundation (VCCF), Scott Hansen, Regional Managing Director for the Valley Market of Wells Fargo Private Wealth Management, is passing the baton to VCCF\u2019s incoming Board Chair, Sean Leonard.<\/p>\n During his tenure as Chair, Scott Hansen has overseen close to $100 million in grantmaking to the Ventura County community, including VCCF\u2019s disaster response efforts to help those impacted by the Thomas, Hill, Woolsey wildfires and Borderline mass shooting, as well as its COVID-19 relief efforts. Hansen has also championed the community foundation\u2019s 2020 Census outreach efforts, Caregiving Initiative, Farmworker Household Assistance Program, Vaccine Outreach & Education, scholarships to over 1,000 students, and grants to more than 500 local nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n \u201cAs my home for over 20 years, it is truly an honor to give back and serve the Ventura County community. I look forward to continuing on VCCF\u2019s Board of Directors, working closely with Sean, to advance our mission of connecting people, resources, and solutions to create lasting impact in our shared world,\u201d said Hansen.<\/p>\n Sean Leonard joined VCCF\u2019s Board of Directors in 2019 and is passionate about increasing access to affordable housing and supporting our local nonprofit sector. Leonard is President and CEO of S.L. Leonard & Associates, Inc., which he founded in 2004, and his firm is a certified Minority Business Enterprise that provides Owner\u2019s Representation, Project, and Construction management for nonprofits, public agencies, developers, businesses, and investors. He serves on the boards of A Community of Friends, Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families.<\/p>\n Veronica Quintana will remain as VCCF\u2019s Treasurer, and Leah Lacayo will serve as VCCF\u2019s Secretary.<\/p>\n Quintana is a Senior Manager at CBIZ and Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. and specializes in providing services to companies in the agricultural, construction, manufacturing, restaurant, and professional service industries. She cares deeply about our community\u2019s youth and serves on the Board of the Oxnard and Port of Hueneme Boys and Girls Club.<\/p>\n Leah Lacayo, a 35-year resident of Ventura County, is highly regarded for her community activism. She serves on the Ventura County Fair Board as Vice-Chair, CSU Channel Islands Alumni & Friends Association as Immediate Past Co-President, Ventura County Women\u2019s Political Council, and Congress of California Seniors Education & Research Fund.<\/p>\n ACERCA DE LA FUNDACI\u00d3N COMUNITARIA DEL CONDADO DE VENTURA<\/strong> ###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 26, 2021 Vanessa Bechtel Ventura County Community Foundation 805-330-6676 vbechtel@vccf.org Ventura County Community Foundation Celebrates the Service of Outgoing Board Chair, Scott Hansen, and Announces Board…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-coverage","category-blog-posts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Announces Board Leadership Changes<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/vccf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/a9b9aabd-b0c0-d408-cda0-44ff21dd714b-1.jpeg\")
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\nEstablecida en 1987, la Ventura County Community Foundation se ha centrado en la construcci\u00f3n de la filantrop\u00eda en nuestra regi\u00f3n mediante la administraci\u00f3n de legados a trav\u00e9s de una gesti\u00f3n cuidadosa del capital caritativo que se nos ha confiado. Estamos comprometidos con una perspectiva a largo plazo para el condado de Ventura. Honramos la intenci\u00f3n de los donantes protegiendo las dotaciones para siempre, y nos especializamos en conectar los recursos filantr\u00f3picos con las necesidades de la comunidad en beneficio de todos. Invertimos en el futuro a trav\u00e9s de becas, subvenciones y asociaciones de colaboraci\u00f3n. Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n, visite www.vccf.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n