Leadership
Teams

2024 Board of Directors

 

Executive/Governance Committee

 

Anchulee Raongthum, President

Director of Education, Outreach & Support at Square Group, LLC (ASG)

 

Gabriela Lagarda Arias, Secretary

Director, Creative Marketing at Participant Media 

 

Charles Laing, Treasurer

Tax Manager at  Clumeck, Stern, Schenkelberg & Getzoff 

 

Board Members 

 

Aimee Porter   

Early Childhood Trauma Specialist

Children’s Book Author and Photographer 

 

Amanda Hillsberg Arya  

Director, Documentary Film at Participant Media 

 

Lori B. Schoenberg

Immigration Attorney, Private practice

 

Rosa Navarrete 

Writer & Director

 

Thea Smolisky

Art Advisor and Private Collection Manager

 

Advisory Board

 

Ivana de Maria

Actress, founder and CEO at StoryPlace

 

 

Ivelise Markovits

Former Chief Executive Officer at Penny Lane Centers, Retired

 

 

David Farley

Former Director, Justice and Compassion Essential Ministry Team, Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Retired

 

 

Gloria Myles

Northridge UMC Church Member, Retired

 

 

Guillermo Torres

Immigration Program Director at Clue (Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice) 

 

 

Ninette Ayala 

Director of Advancement at The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company

 

 

Emeritus Board 

 

Rev. Frederick Birten Morris, Founder

Former Executive Director for the Refugee Children Center and Former Senior Pastor at the North Hills Hispanic Mission United Methodist Church, Retired.