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As a Wells Fargo Foundation Manager, Flor manages the philanthropic activities in the Inland Empire , Imperial County and the five central coastal counties (Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Benito and Monterey). Together with committed business leaders, she helps make investments in our communities that transform lives, and uplift communities.
She has more than 20 years’ experience working in various fields including: Community Investment & Engagement, Philanthropy, Volunterism, Customer Service Management & Operations, and Communications.
As a Wells Fargo Foundation Manager, Flor manages the philanthropic activities in the Inland Empire , Imperial County and the five central coastal counties (Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Benito and Monterey). Together with committed business leaders, she helps make investments in our communities that transform lives, and uplift communities.
She has more than 20 years’ experience working in various fields including: Community Investment & Engagement, Philanthropy, Volunterism, Customer Service Management & Operations, and Communications.
Stephen Bennett graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Government from Pepperdine University and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is a Director of the California Endowment and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee. The California Endowment is dedicated to make a healthier California focused on long term determinants of health, health justice, inclusive access and engagement and more. Doing place based work throughout California The Endowment sponsors leadership development, youth engagement, movement building, restorative justice, more. It leverages its assets in lending and investments for social impact consistent with its mission. With a corpus of $3.6 billion it provides $190 million of funding each year.
A leader in social and economic development organizations, Mr. Bennett is the Principal of the Caravanserai Project, which is a 501(c)(3), nonpartisan, non-profit initiative managed and operated by a group of experienced professionals. Its main goal is to promote social and economic global progress by connecting relevant constituencies, and bridging gaps between different cultures and environments through the development of unique, down-to-earth and fully accountable projects. The Caravanserai Project is designed to help others along their way consistent with the intent and values of the organization.
Mr. Bennett served as the President and CEO for United Cerebral Palsy from 2003 to 2016.
I have worked at Riverside Community Hospital for 16 years, starting my nursing career working in the emergency department. I obtain my Master’s Degree in Nursing Education and then became the ER nurse educator. Additionally, I’ve been adjunct faculty at Riverside City College in the Nursing department for 13 years. I currently work for the Trauma Department coordinating injury prevention programs for the community.
I received my Master's degree at CBU, as well as completed my training and internship at the CBU counseling center. Four years ago I began working at Riverside University health systems - Behavioral Health. In my time there I have worked exclusively in field-based crisis response programs. The first was Crisis Support system of Care providing clinical assessments as part of a crisis response to emergency departments, in the feild with law enforcement, and schools. I have worked for the past year with the program Community Health Behavioral Response Team where I have been partnered with a Riverside Sheriff's Deputy at the Moreno Valley Sheriff's Station as a co-responder team to crisis mental health 911 responses.
Ms. Acosta is the Experience and Operations Director for HC2 Strategies. She has worked in healthcare for many years, partnering with hospitals, health plans, public health, elected leaders, business, faith-based and community-based organizations. She provides leadership to various community-based activities focused on improving the quality of life for Inland Empire residents. She has extensive knowledge and experience with innovative alternatives to traditional healthcare by using a collaborative and community-based approach, community benefits, community health needs assessments, and community health plans. During her time at Loma Linda University Medical Center, she oversaw community benefits for the four licensed hospitals and project managed Loma Linda University Medical Center’s Covered California grant. She was also a member of the Center for Strategy and Innovation team and assisted in the strategic planning for the system.
Currently as her role as director she oversees the day to day operations, plan, develop and implement innovations that will bridge the gap in the care continuum across the health care systems.
Ms. Acosta is fluent in Spanish, earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration, and earned a master’s degree in public health from Loma Linda University with a focus in policy and leadership. She has been involved in leadership programs with the Inland Empire Economic Partnership and Healthcare Executives of Southern California.
Alvin Davis was an All CIF baseball player at John W. North High School in Riverside, CA as well as an All American first baseman at Arizona State University, where he captained the Sun Devil baseball squad which captured the NCAA baseball championship in 1981. He graduated from A.S.U. in 1982 after earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/ Finance.
Davis went on to play professional baseball for nine years with the Seattle Mariners, California Angels and the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Japan’s Pacific League. While with the Mariners, he played in the 1984 M.L.B. All Star Game and was named the 1984 American League Rookie of the Year. Alvin compiled a .280 batting average, with 160 home runs and 683 RBI’s during his career, finishing as the Mariners’ career leader in eight different offensive categories.
Since retiring form professional baseball, Davis has donated hundreds of hours to both his local church and his community. Alvin has coached baseball from Little League through high school. He also oversees the financial ministry of his church, the Cornerstone Fellowship Bible Church of Riverside, serves as an elder and small group leader. He is on staff in the Seattle Mariners organization as a special assistant in player development.
He and his wife Kim have been married for 37 years and have three married children; Jordan (Corinne), Justin (Jane), and Kayla (Jake), and six grandchildren, Eli, Norah, Raelyn, Everett, Roma and Macy. Kim enjoys teaching the Bible, discipling, counseling and mentoring women of all ages. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Biblical Counseling from the The Master’s College, Santa Clarita, CA.
Davis credits Bobby Bonds and Dusty Baker as role models when he was growing up. His mother Mylie and brothers Bill and Mike have been major influences all through his life, along with Coaches Rich Stalder (JW North High school), Jim Brock (ASU) and pastors L.B. Moss, Ken Hutcherson and Milton Vincent.
Michael Scarano was named the Associate Athletic Director of Compliance at California Baptist University in August 2013. Scarano served as the Director of Athletics at Waldorf University for three years and after 13 years as the Associate Director of Athletics at UC Riverside prior to that.
The Riverside native, a strong advocate for providing the student-athletes a great experience, spent three years growing Waldorf’s athletic programs in Forest City, Iowa. Scarano oversaw the implementation of four new sports while leading the Warriors and directed the move to the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference for many of the school’s 18 sports programs. Under Scarano’s leadership $1.8 million was coordinated in capital improvements for installation of new playing field turf, all-new field lighting, and new offices for strength and conditioning coaches and athletic trainers. Additionally, Scarano established sports-related marketing and promotions, enhanced game management procedures and also created the department’s crisis-management and emergency response plan.
Scarano served as the University of California, Riverside’s liaison to the Big West Conference and NCAA on compliance issues for seven years before being named the associate director of athletics in 2005. He also was highly involved in the UC Riverside Athletics Department internal operations. In recognition of his compliance efforts, Scarano was presented with the 2005 Outstanding Achievement Award by the National Association of Athletics Compliance (NAAC). In 2017, he was selected as a mentor of the NCAA National Association Athletics Compliance Elite (A.C.E.) Mentoring Program.
Scarano came to UC Riverside after extensive roles at The University of Alabama, Huntsville. While in Huntsville, Scarano served as assistant director of athletics, head men's and women's cross country coach, assistant women's basketball coach and head men's basketball coach. Scarano held coaching positions for his first eight years at the school before entering into athletics administration in 1993.
He has also served as an assistant men's basketball coach at UC Irvine and Cal Poly Pomona, and as the women's assistant basketball coach at Cerritos College.
Scarano earned a master's degree in education from Azusa Pacific University and a bachelor's degree in English from California State Polytechnic University.
Scarano is currently serving his tenth year on the College Athletics and Law Advisory Board that provides practical guidance on College Athletics laws and regulations. He also serves on the editorial board of Athletics Management and previously served on the National Association of Athletics Compliance (NAAC) Committee; Scarano is also a member of the National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD). His civic involvement includes serving on the City of Riverside Budget Engagement Commission. Scarano previously served for four years on the Riverside Sport Hall of Fame Executive Board. He is a recipient of the Riverside “Souper Stars of Service” for making positive changes in the Riverside community.
His hobbies include training for multi-sport competitions. He has completed many road races, triathlons and duathlons.
Tim Clark started his position of Assistant Athletic Director of Sports Medicine at California Baptist University in June 2014. He oversees all of CBU athletic training, while handling the men's basketball and cheer programs.
Clark boasts over 25 years of athletic training experience, spending time in the collegiate and professional levels. He came to CBU directly from Methodist University in Fayetteville, N.C. where he served as an assistant professor and assistant athletic trainer. Before Methodist University, Clark spent 15 years as an athletic trainer in the National Hockey League.
Clark got his start in the NHL in September 1998 as an assistant athletic trainer for the Washington Capitals. After seven years in Washington, Clark came to California to become the head athletic trainer for the Anaheim Ducks in August 2005.
With the Capitals, Clark assisted in providing medical coverage for all of their games and practices, completed daily injury reports and was responsible for ordering medical supplies and maintaining pharmacy records and inventory.
In addition to his previous duties in Washington, Clark worked closely with the Ducks general manager, team physicians and support staff in running the athletic training program in Anaheim. He held the position for eight years and was part of the club winning the Stanley Cup in 2007. He worked his 1,000th NHL contest on November 11, 2011 during the 2011-12 season.
While with the Ducks, Clark also served as the head athletic trainer for the United States Hockey Team in the 2010 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships in Cologne, Germany. He was also an approved clinical instructor for Chapman University and supervised student athletic trainers/interns from Chapman, Cal State Fullerton and Concordia University.
Clark has a strong background in professional hockey, but he got his start at Loyola University in Baltimore, Md., as the seasonal head athletic trainer of the men’s basketball program in October of 1995. After a season at Loyola, Clark became an athletic trainer at Nova Care Physical Therapy in Glen Burnie, Md. in April of 1996 and was there until September 1998.
In 1993, Clark earned his Bachelor of Science in allied health – athletic training from Slippery Rock University and went on to receive his masters of education in science from Salisbury State University. While getting his masters, Clark served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Salisbury State.
Students will get together with their teams in a Zoom meeting hosted by staff and supported by teacher mentors and start brainstorming ideas for their projects in breakout sessions.