Board of Directors, 2025/2026

Executive Board

CHERISE MOORE, p.h.d

President of the Board of Directors, Clerk, William S. Hart Union High School District Board of Trustees

STEVAN PLOTE

Vice President of the Board of Directors

Maddy Nave

Secretary of the Board of Directors, Licensed Realtor, Eric White Group at RE/MAX of Santa Clarita

Rebecca johnston

Treasurer of the Board of Directors, President & Chief Executive Officer, R. Johnston Interiors, Inc.


Committee chairs

KAREN MALECK-WHITELEY- Chair, Board Development Committee

STEVAN PLOTE - Chair, Facilities Committee

MARK YOUNG - Chair, Homeless Advocacy Committee & Co-Chair, Board Development Committee

board of directors

CHRIS ANGELO, Owner, Stay Green Inc.

CARISSA BORTUNGO, Vice President Clinical Support Services, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital

KEN HIGGINBOTHAM, USAF Active Duty (retired)

LAURA GALLARDO, Chief Operating Officer at Kaiser Permanente

CARRIE LUJAN, Communications Division Manager/ PIO, City of Santa Clarita

MICHAEL MYERS, Owner, Johnson & Myers, LLC

CALI NOCELLA, Events Coordinator, City of Santa Clarita

DAVID TROOST, CPA, Ascend Tax & Business Advisors

MICHAEL VILLEGAS, Assistant to the City Manager, City of Santa Clarita

G. IRA WALLACE, Former Land Development Civil Engineer (retired)

ALEC WEICHEL, Licensed Realtor and Marketing Specialist, The Neal Weichel Group at RE/MAX