{"id":13850,"date":"2021-10-26T10:19:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T17:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.vccf.flywheelsites.com\/?p=13850"},"modified":"2025-03-03T05:36:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T13:36:39","slug":"press-release-ventura-county-community-foundation-celebrates-the-service-of-outgoing-board-chair-scott-hansen-and-announces-board-leadership-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/it\/press-release-ventura-county-community-foundation-celebrates-the-service-of-outgoing-board-chair-scott-hansen-and-announces-board-leadership-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Comunicato stampa: La Fondazione Comunitaria della Contea di Ventura celebra il servizio del presidente uscente del Consiglio di Amministrazione, Scott Hansen, e annuncia cambiamenti nella leadership del Consiglio di Amministrazione"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 26, 2021<br \/>\nVanessa Bechtel<br \/>\nFondazione comunitaria della Contea di Ventura<br \/>\n805-330-6676<br \/>\nvbechtel@vccf.org<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ventura County Community Foundation Celebrates the Service of Outgoing Board Chair, Scott Hansen, and<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Announces Board Leadership Changes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22689 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vccf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/a9b9aabd-b0c0-d408-cda0-44ff21dd714b-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vccf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/a9b9aabd-b0c0-d408-cda0-44ff21dd714b-1.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/vccf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/a9b9aabd-b0c0-d408-cda0-44ff21dd714b-1-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vccf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/a9b9aabd-b0c0-d408-cda0-44ff21dd714b-1-15x12.jpeg 15w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>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<p>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 &amp; Education, scholarships to over 1,000 students, and grants to more than 500 local nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>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 &amp; 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 &amp; Families.<\/p>\n<p>Veronica Quintana will remain as VCCF\u2019s Treasurer, and Leah Lacayo will serve as VCCF\u2019s Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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 &amp; Friends Association as Immediate Past Co-President, Ventura County Women\u2019s Political Council, and Congress of California Seniors Education &amp; Research Fund.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SULLA FONDAZIONE COMUNITARIA DELLA CONTEA DI VENTURA<\/strong><br \/>\nFondata nel 1987, la Ventura County Community Foundation si \u00e8 concentrata sulla costruzione della filantropia nella nostra regione, custodendo le eredit\u00e0 attraverso un'attenta gestione del capitale di beneficenza che ci \u00e8 stato affidato. Siamo impegnati in una prospettiva a lungo termine per la Contea di Ventura. Onoriamo le intenzioni dei donatori proteggendo le dotazioni per sempre e siamo specializzati nel collegare le risorse filantropiche con le esigenze della comunit\u00e0 a beneficio di tutti. Investiamo nel futuro attraverso borse di studio, sovvenzioni e collaborazioni. Per maggiori informazioni, visitate il sito <a href=\"https:\/\/vccf.org\/it\/\">www.vccf.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip;<\/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\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}