Advisory Board

The Center has assembled a bi-partisan Advisory Board representing local government elected officials, public managers, business and labor leaders, party chairmen, financial and media executives and educators.

David Bahnsen

Managing Director/Partner
Hightower Advisors

Nick Berardino

Former General Manager
Orange County Employees Assoc.

Scott Baugh

Former Chairman
Orange County Republican Party

Michael Ellzey

Chief of Estate Operations
The Annenberg Foundation at Sunnylands

Carol Schroeder Wold

Vice President Public Affairs
Five Point Communities

James Gray

Superior Court Judge Retired

Sukhee Kang

* Former* Mayor of Irvine
City of Irvine

Bijan Kian

Past Director, US Export-Import Bank

Bobby McDonald, President

Orange County Black Chamber of Commerce

John M.W. Moorlach

California State Senator

Virginia Suveiu, Esq.

Attorney, FINRA Arbitrator

Dr. Margaret Thomas

Director of Learning and Instructional Design
Concordia University Irvine

John Withers

Director
Irvine Ranch Water District

Keith D. Curry

Former Director
Concordia Univ. Center for
Civics Education (staff)

John Gates

Business Executive

Christopher Leo

Regional Director
So. Cal. Advocacy & Public Policy
St. Joseph Health

Connect with the Center of Civics Education

For more information, please contact the Director:

Dr. Jo Ellen Chatham
Director, Center for Civics Education
[email protected]
949-214-3200