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COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Tony Gitt, Senior Citizens' Organization Representative, Chair
Term Expires: June 2021
Tony Gitt is a Director and Treasurer of Conejo Valley Village. Tony is also a Commissioner on the Thousand Oaks Council on Aging and chairperson of Conejo Valley Unified School District Measure I Oversite committee which is tasked to assure that the school district Measure I bond expenditures are in accordance with the conditions approved by the voters. Tony is also a Senior Assembly member of the California Senior Legislator, a State funded organization that proposes legislation to help improve conditions for seniors living in California. During his career in the aerospace industry, he held senior leadership roles in program management, developing the original military GPS receivers as well as inertial navigation systems for commercial and military aircraft. In that role he rose to the level of Vice President of Programs at Litton Aero Products, an aerospace company with annual sales of $150 million. After Litton was acquired by Northrop Grumman, he remained on as a program manager until his retirement in 2014. Tony holds an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. He has taken various management and technical courses at UCLA, Wharton Business Management School and Harvard Graduate Management Business School. Tony also serves as the Chief Financial Officer for a 92 unit condominium homeowners association in Mammoth Lakes, CA. He enjoys skiing, bicycling and scuba diving, when not engaged in his civic activities.
Kelly Goebel, Community At-Large Representative, Vice-Chair
Term Expires: June 2022
Kelly is Principal and the Chief Financial Officer of a General Contracting firm based in Westlake Village. He has lived in the Conejo Valley for over 40-years, previously a Student enrolled at Acacia ES, Redwood MS and graduate of Thousand Oaks HS. As a professional Builder, Mr. Goebel has completed significant Construction Projects that have been recognized multiple times in international publications such as Architectural Digest and the Robb Report. He is a former Committee Member and current Advisor to the Board of a publicly-traded Trust overseeing the construction and resale of real estate assets valued at over $1 billion, located mostly in the Los Angeles markets. As a former first-responder, who completed intensive training at the Oxnard College Regional Fire Academy located at the Camarillo Airport in Ventura County, Kelly and his wife are active supporters of the Conejo Community through organizations such as Safe Passage Youth Foundation. In their free time, they enjoy our local ocean and marine life, seeking out adventures throughout the Channel Islands.
Marshall Denninger, Taxpayers' Association Representative
Term Expires: June 2021
Bio coming soon!
Andrew Pletcher, Business Organization Representative
Term Expires: June 2022
Bio coming soon!
Cindy Liu, Parent Representative
Term Expires: June 2021
Cindy and her husband have lived in the Conejo Valley for over 10 years. They are the proud parents of two kids who attend schools in CVUSD. Cindy is an advocate for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She serves on many local, state and federal disability advocacy groups, including The National Down Syndrome Congress and The Tarjan Center at UCLA. She played an instrumental role in collaborating with CVUSD to reinstate the Special Education District Advisory Council (SEDAC) and has served as Chair since it's reinstatement in 2018. Her responsibilities as Chair of SEDAC will be completed in 2020.
Prior to becoming a parent and advocate, Cindy spent the majority of her career in Brand Management positions at Disney Consumer Products, Activision/Blizzard and Munchkin Inc. She earned a B.A. from UC Riverside, M.B.A. from Thunderbird, School of Global Management, and recently completed an Executive Education program for Social Entrepreneurship at Stanford University.
Melanie Nazarbekian, Community At-Large Representative
Term Expires: June 2022
Melanie has lived in Conejo Valley for over 30 years. She has over 9 years of experience in School Facilities at Long Beach Unified School District. As an Assistant Project Manager, Melanie shows she can effectively and efficiently plan, organize and execute many functions and activities occurring in a comprehensive facilities programs within a large urban school district. Melanie is also adept at processing funding applications, planning review with the Division of the State Architect (DSA) and planning reviews with the California Department of Education (CDE). To further her knowledge of facilities management and planning, Melanie recently graduated from a year-long facilities leadership academy through the Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH), the statewide professional organization for school facility professionals. With 50 other current and future school facilities leaders from across California, she completed an intensive program focusing on modernization, new construction and maintenance of public schools. In her free time, Melanie enjoys long walks on the beach with her family, swimming, hiking and cooking. She is married and has one child.
Melissa Canon, Parent / PTA Representative
Term Expires: June 2023
Bio coming soon!
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