2021 Executive Board of Directors
Derek Jeffery
Chairman of the Board
KGET-TV 17
Kristen Beall Watson
Chairwoman Elect of the Board
Kern Community Foundation
Darlene Mohlke
Immediate Past Chairwoman of the Board
Castle & Cooke California, Inc.
Rob Duchow
Vice Chair Public Policy & Political Action
Southern California Gas Company
Andy Anderson
Vice Chair Economic Vitality
Aera Energy LLC
Tasha Clayton
Vice Chair Member Engagement
Tel-Tec Security Systems, Inc.
Denise Newton
Vice Chair Leadership & Workforce Development
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Rick Jhaj
Member-at-Large
Countryside Construction/Countryside Markets
General Counsel
Mark Bateman
Young Wooldridge LLP
2021 Board of Members
Mary Barlow
Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Don Bynum
Temblor Brewing LLC
Dr. Sonya Christian
Bakersfield College
Octavio Escobedo III
Tejon Indian Tribe
Rick Jhaj
Countryside Market & Restaurants
Ken Keller
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Jacob Panero
Varner Bros. Inc.
G Riar
Entrepreneur
Dr. Lynnette Zelezny
California State University, Bakersfield