EXECUTIVE OFFICERS FOR 2012-2013 NaFFAA Region 8 Northern California

LORNA LARDIZABAL DIETZ NaFFAA Region 8 Chair

Starting at 10 years old, Lorna Lardizabal Dietz learned entrepreneurship skills at her familys home bakeshop in Cebu City, Philippines. Her B.S. Hotel & Restaurant Administration degree from the University of the Philippines proved to be a stepping stone to opportunities in teaching, consulting, public speaking, and creative writing. A management, marketing, and sales background in specialty retail, furniture leasing, corporate relocation, staging homes for sale, insurance, credit and financial solutions, real estate and mortgage marketing, non-profit organizational community relations, special event and workshop facilitation, advertising & circulation in a mainstream business journal, and business development in ethnic media publications makes Lorna a valuable networking and strategic business consulting resource. As a digital public relations specialist (since 1996), Lornas community publicity work encourages collaboration among ethnic communitybased organizations and business professionals. Lorna Dietz was the president of the Rotary Club of Fishermans Wharf-San Francisco in 19992000 (District 5150), being the first Filipina to serve in a San Francisco-based Rotary Club. She was also elected as the Executive Secretary of the Philippine American Press Club-USA for four years, starting in 2001. Lornas volunteer work in the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) had its beginnings as a co-writer of The Flames of Consciousness with Ben Menor at the Y2K2 NaFFAA Empowerment Conference. In January 2005, while serving as NaFFAA Region 8s Communications Director, she volunteered as Executive Coordinator of the highly-successful NaFFAA-organized Third Global Filipino Networking Convention in Cebu. Lorna has also served as the regional treasurer (2005-2007) as well as the regions vice chair (2007-2010). Lorna is the current NaFFAA Region 8 Chair. Among her substantive responsibilities in NaFFAA (such as National Ombudsman), it is her passion for digital technologies in communications that inspires her as website moderator for the archived national website, http://NaFFAAUSA.org, the regional website, http://NaFFAAR8.com, and NaFFAAs multiple multi-media components, including advocacy-related curated newsletters. More at http://About.Me/RadiantView.

GENEVIEVE V. JOPANDA NaFFAA Region 8 Vice Chair

Genevieve Jopanda is a San Francisco Bay Area native who has been feeding her passion for community advocacy for the past 17 years. She focuses on Anti-Domestic Violence Awareness, Veterans Equity, College-Career transition mentoring, and teaching positive alternatives to at-risk youth through art. Her professional experience of over nine years includes positions in leadership development and business operations for the San Francisco Chronicle and executive management positions for the Hertz Corporation and Zipcar, Inc. In 2008, she left the corporate world by working for the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce as the Marketing & Events Director, partnering with accounts like Stanford University, Microsoft, IDEO, Google, Facebook, and TESLA Motors. Genevieve had also made the leap into politics to work for Assemblywoman Speaker pro Tempore Fiona Ma (12th Assembly District, CA), having served as the District Communications Coordinator and Liaison to North San Mateo County. She currently serves as Assembly District Delegate - 19th District at the California Democratic Party and Commissioner at Daly City Park & Recreation Commission. Genevieve is the Executive Director of San Francisco Hep B Free, a first-of-its-kind collaboration between city government, private healthcare community organizations and businesses. She is currently the National Co-Chair for KAYA: Filipino Americans for Progress, Northern California Vice Chair of the Filipino American Caucus of the California Democratic Party, Director of the Filipina Women's Network production of "The Vagina Monologues", Pistahan Festival Director, and Advisor to Soulciety.org. More at http://www.linkedin.com/in/gvjopanda.

CLARENCE MADRILEJOS NaFFAA Region 8 Youth Chair

Clarence Madrilejos, a second generation Californian, has spent most of his life in Silicon Valley. Clarence earned his college degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. Before becoming a REALTOR(r). Clarence has spent eight years as a community organizer. Clarence has been serving on several important committees and commissions notably the Berryessa Union Elementary School Districts Budget Committee and the City of San Joses Human Rights Commission. In the 2012 Elections, Clarence served as the Chair of the Endorsement Committee of Silicon Valley Asian Pacific American Democratic Club (SVAPADC). Since 2006, Clarence has helped plan the annual Filipino American History activities each October. More at http://www.linkedin.com/in/cmfinehomes.

TINA NOVERO NaFFAA Region 8 Secretary

Tina Novero is the Program Coordinator of Multicultural Resource Center and LGBT Center for Health and Equity at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Diversity and Outreach. She was recently the Director of Programs at West Bay Pilipino Multi-Service Center in San Francisco. At this non-profit, Tinas biggest challenge was closing the academic achievement gap of Fil-Am youth by creating innovative enrichment programs. Tina is also a co-founder of the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Andean Alliance for Sustainable Development in Peru and the social enterprise INKAcase. Tina has a Bachelors Degree in International Relations, with a concentration in Southeast Asia from San Francisco State University and a Masters Degree in Public Administration, International Management from the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

JINNI BARTOLOME NaFFAA Region 8 Treasurer

Jinni Bartolome is a native San Franciscan whose parents arrived in the US in 1926 and 1931, respectively, and met and married here. It is very important to her that American-born Filipinos have a seat at the table and be represented in all discussions concerning Filipinos in America as she strongly believes that uninformed mainstream Americans do not distinguish between Filipinos from the Philippines and Americans with Filipino roots, such as her fifth generation grand-niece. Mother and grandmother, Jinni is an active parishioner of St. Thomas More Fil-Am Community, board member of Barangay Dance, and has free-lanced with the Philippine News.

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NaFFAA REGION 8 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Lorna Dietz - NaFFAA R8 Chair Genevieve Jopanda - NaFFAA R8 Vice Chair Clarence Madrilejos - NaFFAA R8 Youth Chair Tina Novero - NaFFAA R8 Secretary Jinni Mabalot Bartolome - NaFFAA R8 Treasurer & NaFFAA R8 San Mateo Chapter Chair
BOARD MEMBERS Jose Pecho - NaFFAA R8 Chair Emeritus Ben Menor - NaFFAA R8 Strategic Facilitator & Adviser & NaFFAA R8 Santa Clara County Chair Charito Benipayo - NaFFAA R8 Alameda County Chair & NaFFAA R8 Adviser Rudy Asercion - NaFFAA R8 San Francisco Chapter Chair Rodel Rodis, Esq. - NaFFAA R8 Adviser & NaFFAA National Legal Counsel