"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm."
- Henrik Ibsen

 

 

Community Partnership Alliance
Current Working Committees

CPA Committees are a way for action on specific topics or content areas by people who most care about issues in these content areas.  Committees meet as often as necessary to accomplish their goals.  Each committee has a “chair” or leader who is responsible for coordinating and reporting on actions, decisions, direction, and progress of their committee to the overall CPA at the monthly CPA meeting. Please feel free to contact a Committee Chair with questions or to join.

Committees

Education Committee
Employment Committee
Contracting/Business Development Committee
Housing Committee
Health Committee
 

Education Committee

1. CHAIR Eva Marisela de Long – Livingston Child Development Program, (209) 394-5485 wk, (209) 632-8748 hm, edelong@lusd.k12.ca.us

2. Keith Bandy – California Charter School Foundation, (209) 384-7857, kbandy@gvedfound.org

3. Ben Duran – Merced College, Hispanic Network, (209) 384-6101, (209) 761-0534 cell, (209) 384-6043 fax, duran.b@mccd.edu

4. Thao Her – Southeast Asian American Professional Association (SEAAPA), (209) 726-3372, ther@camerced.org

5. Rebecca Lincoln – Merced County Office of Education, (209) – 386-5986, rlincoln@mcoe.org

6. Martha Marmolejo – Buhach Colony High School/ Merced Union High School District

(209) 358-2504, mmarmolejo@muhsd.k12.ca.us

7. Mayra Ramirez – California Employment Development Department – Youth Council, (209) 726-5427, (209) 777-6495 cell, mramire2@edd.ca.gov 

8. Steve Roussos – Healthy House,  (209) 723-4399, steve@akouo.org

 

Employment Committee  [Back to Top]

1. CHAIR  Alicia Bohlke – Merced/Mariposa Asthma Coalition, (209) 384-5744, abohlke@chw.edu

2. Adan Barajas – Central Valley Opportunity Center

(209) 357-0062 x127, abarajas@cvoc.org

3. Jo Berry – Atwater, (209) 358-4060, jobee@mercednet.com

4. Yang Her – Southeast Asian American Professional Association, (209) 724-2142, (209) 631-4860, pitd57@co.merced.ca.us

Michelle Allison – NAACP, Merced Chapter, (209) 724-2061, songbird@cell2000.net

 

Contracting/Business Development Committee  [Back to Top]

1. CHAIR  Rick Osorio – City of Merced Councilmember, Osorio Financial, (209) 723-5033,        osofin@mercednet.com

2. Ismael C. Montoya – Children in Crisis, (209) 357-1926, (209) 357-3745fax, cicprograms@aol.com

3. Karen RePass – On Target Marketing, (209) 723-1165. krp@otmonline.com

4. Chris Tafoya – Hispanic Chamber, (209) 385-7690, 209-777-6900cell, 209-725-3535fax, ctafoya@co.merced.ca.us

 

Housing Committee  [Back to Top]

1. CHAIR  Don Borgwandt – Merced County Housing Authority, (209) 722-3501 x120, don@merced-pha.com

2. Kai Moua – Merced Lao Family Center, (209) 384-7384, mlfc@laofamilymerced.com

3. Dan Moua – Merced Resident, (209) 358-6190fax, 209-358-9474, 916-764-7722,  bouadeng@yahoo.com

4. Janet Young, UC Vice Chancellor

5. Bill Nicholson, Sr. Planner Merced Co.

6. Maroud, Housing- City of Merced

7. Bob Rucker, BIA

8. Chris Ally, Central Valley Coalition for Affordable Housing

9. Orion Fulto, Great Valley

10 .Kenneth Mostern, Ph.D., Merced Resident,
(510) 593 9831, kenny@kennymostern.net

 

Health Committee

1. CHAIR  John Volanti, M.P.H. – Merced County Department of Public Health, (209) 381-1200, jvolanti@co.merced.ca.us

2. Robert Bauer –Merced College, bauer.r@mccd.edu

3. Dr. Campa – Golden Valley Health Clinics

dcampa@gvhc.org

4. Mary-Michal Erwin-Loschke – Merced/Mariposa Asthma Coalition, (209) 384-5744, merwin@chw.edu

5. L. Ned Miller – Bloss Family Health Centers, blossceo1@aol.com

6. Marilyn Mochel – Healthy House, (209) 724-0102, mmochel@mercednet.com

7. Iantha Thompson – Merced County, (209) 381-1227, ithompson@co.merced.ca.us

8. Addie Rivera – Bloss Family Health Centers

(209) 381-2000 x610, blosshf@aol.com

 

 

"The community owes us nothing. It's up to us to go out and earn their respect."
- Jerry Colangelo


 

 

 

"When strangers start acting like neighbors, communities are reinvigorated."
- Ralph Nader

Join Us

CPA meets monthly
 5:30 to 7pm
1st Thursday of the month


 

 

1735 Canal Street, Suite 5, Merced, CA 95340, (209) 723-4399

SUPPORT@communitypartnershipalliance.org