Board of Directors

A native New Yorker, Barbara began a very exciting advertising and marketing career on Madison Avenue. She founded Responsive Research, Inc. and spent over thirty years as a marketing consultant, conducting focus groups for Fortune 500 companies, including Coca-Cola, American Airlines, General Motors, General Mills, IBM and 3M to name a few.

Carol Rosen received a degree from USC in dental hygiene (Trojans … Fight On) and was engaged in that practice for fifteen years. During that time, which included raising two girls, she developed her passion for cooking, which she turned into a business of custom cakes and social catering. That business grew because Carol combined competence and organizational skills with an easy-going manner that clients needed and appreciated.

Originally from Minneapolis, David spent much of his childhood on his grandmother's farm in northern Minnesota. The farm house had no indoor plumbing, so he had to hand pump water from the well on their property. Whether it was 90 degrees or -30, it was David’s job to get water.

Eduardo Robles was born in Venezuela as the 11th of 12 siblings. His childhood was challenging due to a lack of financial resources and parents who were not well-equipped to create a loving or peaceful home. Eduardo faced the adversity of his early years by cultivating his imagination and using it to create worlds in his mind that offered an escape from a difficult reality. Discovering the power of creativity at a very early age allowed Eduardo to transform limitations and conflict into opportunity.

A native Georgian, Ida worked as Project Manager for IBM and Federal Contracting Services for 20 years. Prior to that, she was Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Academic Skills Center at two Wisconsin universities.

Larry has deep executive experience leading established and start-up enterprises. He is the founder and CEO of LR Johnson Associates LLC, a specialty foods distribution and marketing firm. In addition, Larry serves as Director of the Center for Strategic Corporate Development at El Camino College’s Business Training Center. He also serves on the Board of Wells Bring Hope, a not for profit that drills water wells in Western Africa.

Dr. Lene Martin is the founder and director of the Blockchain at Pepperdine program at Pepperdine University, an academia meets industry initiative providing blockchain courses, certificates, consulting, conferences, and collaboratories for blockchain research and development worldwide. As an adjunct professor, she also teaches blockchain business applications and digital asset analytics at the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.

Leslee was born and raised in Los Angeles. After receiving her degree in psychology, she worked as a counselor at Hathaway Family Services, a child welfare and behavioral health facility. Following the birth of her two children, she changed direction and began working in Human Resources, eventually specializing in benefits management. Following her retirement, Leslee volunteered at Hope Gardens Family Center, a branch of Union Rescue Mission.

Marsha Hierbaum was born and raised in New Jersey and graduated from Upsala College in East Orange New Jersey. She had a double major in sociology and psychology. Her first job was in advertising in Philadelphia, PA. In 1972, she moved to Los Angeles where she worked as a Branch Financial Analyst for Xerox Corporation

Patricia Vick was an employee benefits attorney for over 34 years, and until her retirement at the end of 2018, was a partner in the Law Offices of Shardlow & Vick in Pasadena. Patricia graduated from USC with a BA in history and has an MA in European history from UCLA. She went to law school at night when her younger son Kevin started first grade and received a JD from Loyola Law School.