Community Leaders from throughout the county were invited to participate in the Leader’s Forums. They will meet through out the year to provide feedback on decisions being made by the Steering Partners.
| Susie Brusa Rancho Cielo | Executive Director |
| Julie Bullas | Pebble Beach Resorts | Catering Manager |
| Katy Castagna | United Way |
| Don Chapin | The Don Chapin Company | CEO |
| Janine Chicourrat | Portola Hotel & Spa | General Manager |
| Bud Colligan |
| Kathy Coopman | Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation | Executive Director |
| Ray Corpuz | City of Salinas City Manager |
| Gary Corsio | Monterey Bay Golf Mgmt. Group |
| Mary Dawson |Gonzales Unified | Assistant Super Intendant of Business Services |
| Jeff Dayton-Johnson | Millbury Institute of International Studies | Vice Pres. for Academic Affairs |
| Daniel “PK” Diffenbaugh | Monterey Peninsula Unified School | District Superintendent |
| Dennis Donohue | Royal Rose LLC | President |
| Larry Drury | Go Kids Inc. Executive | Director |
| Patty Fernandez-Torres | Girls Inc. |
| Donna Ferraro | Boys & Girls Club | CEO |
| Gordon Freedman | National Laboratory for Ed Transformation | President (and consultant) |
| David Gill | Gill Onions/Rio Farm | CEO |
| Kurt Gollnick | Scheid Vineyards | COO |
| Manuel Gonzalez | Assistant CAO for Monterey County |
| Mary Gunn | Monterey Peninsula foundation | Director of Philanthropy |
| Shari Hastey | Community Partnership for Youth | Executive Director |
| Ernest Howard | Peacock Acres Inc. |
| Kiran Kamath | Monterey Peninsula College | Vice President for Academic Affairs |
| Dana Kent | Natividad Medical | Director for Health Promotion & Education |
| Lori Kildal | Hartnell | VP of Academic Affairs |
| Laurel Lee-Alexander | Community Foundation for Monterey County |
| Willard Lewallen | Hartnell | President |
| Liz Lorenzi | Community Health Innovations | VP/COO |
| Alicia Maldonado | Mockingbird Communications | Owner |
| Martha Martinez | Salinas City Elementary School | District Superintendent |
| Ignacio Martinez | Sacred Heart Church, Salinas. | Pastor |
| Teresa Matsui | Matsui Orchids | VP and Chief Financial Officer |
| Claudia Melendez |
| Josh Metz | F O R A |
| Ed Moreno | Health Department | Director Public Health |
| Gina Nucci | Mann Packing | Director of Food Services |
| Jane Parker | County Supervisor |
| Marcia Parsons | Monterey County Probation Department | Chief |
| John Phillips | County Supervisor |
| Seth Pollack | California State University Monterey Bay | Director of Service Learning Institute |
| Dave Potter | County Supervisor |
| Johnathon Price | Former Juvenile Court | Retired Judge |
| Kate Roberts | Monterey Bay Economic Partnership| President |
| Elliott Robinson | Monterey County Department of Social Services | Director |
| Nikki Rodoni | Measure to Improve |
| Gail Root | The Parenting Connection for Monterey County |
| Theresa Rouse | King City Unified School District | Superintendent |
| Tim Ryan | Mission School District | Superintendent |
| Aurelio Salazar | Salinas LULAC Council #2055 | past President & Youth Council Coordinator |
| Jose Saldana | Salinas United Business Association (SUBA) | President |
| Miguel Salinas | Packard Foundation Monterey | Program Director |
| Simon Salinas | County Supervisor |
| Mark Sanchez | Hartnell Dean of Student Success |
| Keith Severson |
| David Spaur | Monterey County | Director, Economic Development |
| Kathi Speller | Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce | Board member |
| Thomas Squeo | Continuum Education | Founder & CEO |
| Francisco Tostado | Monterey Peninsula College | Director of Financial Aid |
| Walt Tribley | Monterey Peninsula College | President |
| Dawn Verdick | iResult | Founder & CEO |
| Shannon Watkins | Early Development Services, Inc. | Executive Director |
| Christian Womack | Salinas Community Church | Children’s Pastor |
| Kari Yeater | North Monterey County | Superintendent |