Board of Directors
Officers and Executive Committee
Rosalind C. Warner, M.D.
President
Physician—Ventura, Thousand Oaks
Secretary/Board of Directors—Saticoy Country Club
Rosa Lee Measures
Honorary Chair, Nominating Committee Chair, Task Force Co-Chair
Owner—Harris Measures Management Consultants
Former Deputy Mayor —City of San Buenaventura
Richard Reisman, M.D.
Immediate Past President
Medical Director—Ventura County Obstetrics & Gynecologic Medical Group, Inc.,
Community Memorial Hospital, Center for Family Health
Claire Bowman
Vice President & Personnel Chair
CEO—Via Alegre Educational & Counseling Services, Inc.
Owner/Operator—Starbuck’s Ojai Valley Ranch
Anthony T. Hirsch, M.D.
Secretary
Pediatrician, Past President—Ojai Film Society
William P. Cordeiro, PhD
Treasurer, Finance Chair
Director—Martin V. Smith School of Business & Economics, California State University Channel Islands
Karyl Lynn Burns
Co-Founder/Producing Artistic Director—Rubicon Theatre Company
Members at Large
Patti Brotherton
President—PAB Performance Partners
Harriet Friedman
Development Chair
Community Volunteer
Diane Goldenring, RDH, MSED, GKC
Educator
Roy Schneider
Partner/Attorney-at-Law—Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones & Schneider, LLP
Ex Officio
Penny Barnds
President Emeritus—Grandes Dames
William J. Kearney
Past President, Co-Chair Task Force
First Vice President, Investments—Merrill Lynch
Steve Magidson
Past President
Consultant—Ordinal Associates
Legal Advisor
Ron Harrington, Esq.
Legal Advisor
Rubicon Leadership
Karyl Lynn Burns
co-founded Rubicon Theatre Company with James O’Neil in 1998 and has overseen presentation of the company’s more than 50 main stage productions and education outreach programs. Karyl Lynn was Founder and CEO of State of the Arts, an arts management and marketing firm that she managed for 15 years. Clients included Ventura Chamber Music Festival, New West Symphony, Ensemble Theatre Company, PCPA Theaterfest, Theatre League, Broadway Producer Normand Kurtz, and Tony Award-winning playwright Dale Wasserman. An active arts advocate, Karyl Lynn was a founder of ArtCom (now the
Santa Barbara Performing Arts League). She has served on the Downtown Cultural District Committee for the City of Ventura and the Events & Festivals and Arts Advisory Committees for the City of Santa Barbara. She is a past President of the Board of Access Theatre, the company that pioneered the term “accessible theatre” and integrated the talents of artists who were disabled and hearing-impaired with those of actors who were non-disabled. Karyl Lynn worked with students from Oak Meadow School who received the United Nations Global 500 Award for their work on environmental issues. For
The Dream Foundation, she produced a PSA directed by Mimi Leder and starring Jeff Bridges. In addition to her administrative work, Karyl Lynn is also an award-winning actress and sound designer.
William P. Cordeiro, PhD
was one of the first 13 faculty members hired in 2001 to start-up the
California State University Channel Islands. He came to CSU Channel Islands from CSU Los Angeles. At CSU Channel Islands, Dr. Cordeiro has participated in developing the Smith School and its four academic programs: BS in Business, BA in Economics, MBA, Dual MS in Biotechnology/MBA. As Director of the School, he is repsonsible for students’ success, academic programs, faculty hiring, faculty supervision, budgeting and financial management. With over 600 majors, the Smith School is the largest academic program within the university. Dr. Cordeiro was priviledged to study with Peter F. Drucker, the “Father of Modern Management,” and received an MA in Management and a PhD in Executive Management from the Drucker Graduate School of Management at the Claremont Graduate University in 1986. He also has an MBA in Finance from the University of Southern California and a BS in Biology from the University of San Francisco. Dr. Cordeiro worked in industry for 14 years before beginning his academic career and has extensive consulting experience for government and private clients. Projects have included work for City, County, State, and Federal organizations. He publishes in the areas of business school pedagogy, strategic planning and business ethics. He is a Board member for several private and public organizations.
Anthony T. Hirsch, MD
joined the Rubicon Theatre Board in December of 2006. Dr. Hirsch, a graduate of Tufts University undergraduate and medical schools did his Pediatric Residency and Chief Residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Moving to Los Angeles with the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam war, he completed an Allergy and Immunology fellowship at L.A. County-USC Medical Center and practiced Pediatrics and Allergy in Los Angeles from 1973 to 1999. In 1988, he was the President of the American Academy of Pediatrics Los Angeles Chapter and, in addition, served on the National American Academy of Pediatrics Committees on Health Care Financing and Pediatric Practice, chairing both. From 1984 to 1999, he was the Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at White Memorial Medical Center and also was the Director of the Pediatric Residency Program. Dr. Hirsch and his wife, Barbara, moved to Ojai in 1999. Both have always been active in community service and Barbara joined the Board of the Rubicon in 1999. She moved to the Board of Advisors after the Board reorganization. Dr. Hirsch has a love of the visual arts and music and is in his second term as President of the
Ojai Film Society, an organization dedicated to bringing art film to the Ojai Valley. In addition to this activity, he is involved with
Help of Ojai, both as a handicapped van driver and as a member of the Community Planning Committee, the latter for community medical issues. As a member of the RTC Board, he looks forward to the opportunity of helping to shape Ventura's premier theatre company as it grows in the future.
Rosa Lee Measures
(Honorary Chair) is the former Deputy Mayor of the City of San Buenaventura and served a four year term on the City Council. She is President of the Julius Gius Memorial Foundation and Past President of the
Rotary Club of Ventura. She is also a trustee and liason on the Rubicon Theatre International Festival Board. Measures has made her career in banking over the past 25 years, serving as Vice President and Regional Manager of the Imperial Savings and Loan Association; her responsibilities included all branches in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties. Measures was named Regional Vice President of the Year, Business Woman of the Year and Citizen of the Year. She also served as the Founding Honorary Chairperson of the internationally acclaimed
Ventura Chamber Music Festival and Founding Board Member of Rubicon Theatre Company. She has also served on the
Ventura Boys and Girls Club Board,
Police Activity League Board, and Board Member of Destino 2000, the
Hispanic Legacy Fund. She is Founder and Advisor to
WISE (Women Involved in Sports Evolution) and serves on the
American Cancer Society Board and the
Ventura County United Way Board of Trustees. Measures and her husband Albert G. Harris are 41-year residents in the City of San Buenaventura.
Dr. Richard Reisman
(President) grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and was introduced very early to the theatre by his loving grandparents in New York City with whom he watched the major Broadway musicals of the ‘60s and ‘70s. He and his wife of 35 years, Lori, are now looking forward to doing the same for their granddaughters (2 and 4 months old). Following medical school at Emory University, Dr. Reisman came to LA to do his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at UCLA. Lori and Richard moved to Ventura in 1978, where he has been in private practice since that time with two partners and two midwives. 14 years ago, Dr. Reisman was hired by Community Memorial Hospital to develop primary care clinics in under-served areas of the county. Now, he is Medical Director of the
Centers for Family Health – nine outpatient clinics throughout western Ventura County. Last year, these centers saw 227,000 patient visits. Dr. Reisman continues to enjoy his work in the community. In addition to being president of the board at Rubicon, he is also treasurer of the Board of the
Jewish Federation of Western Ventura County. His wife, Lori, is also very involved in community volunteerism as the founder of the Teaching Tolerance program (which sends Ventura County eighth graders to the
Museum of Tolerance in L.A.) and on the education outreach programs of both Rubicon Theatre Company and the Ventura Music Festival.
Roy Schneider
graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University School of Law. Upon graduation, he served as Counsel for Bank of America in its Los Angeles Corporate Office. He later joined an established firm in Ventura, California where he was a principal until joining Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones & Schneider, L.L.P. in 2001. While maintaining his law practice, Mr. Schneider founded the California College of Paralegal Studies and served as its Dean until the College was sold to a public corporation. Mr. Schneider has a passion for education and in furtherance of this interest, Mr. Schneider is a Professor of Business Law and Business Ethics at Ventura Community College, served for 15 years as a Professor of Corporations Law at Ventura College of Law, and currently is a Professor of a course entitled Ethics, Executive Integrity and Social Responsibility at Antioch University in Santa Barbara, California. Mr. Schneider is recognized as an expert in the field of ethics and is called upon to assist companies in resolving ethical dilemmas. Mr. Schneider's areas of legal expertise include business planning, choosing the correct business entity, mergers, acquisitions and sales of businesses, employment law, contracts, transactional matters of all kinds, real estate transactions and estate planning. Mr. Schneider has written numerous articles on topics ranging from taking a fresh look at using limited liability companies, co-tenancy ownership of real property, 1031 tax-deferred exchanges, and charitable planned giving. Mr. Schneider is a frequent lecturer before private and civic groups and is a regular instructor in the SCORE Workshop on Starting a Business offered twice each year on the campus of Oxnard Community College. Mr. Schneider's speaking engagements include: Legal Aspects of Starting a Business (2004, 2005, 2006); Estate Planning Techniques (2005, 2006); Charitable Giving, Estate and Income Tax Issues (2006); Employment Law Update for Dental Offices (2004); How to Avoid Director Liability for Non-Profit Organizations (2005, 2006); Avoiding Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (2005, 2006); 2006 Employment Law Update (2006); 2007 Employment Law Update (2007); Anatomy of a Lawsuit (2006); Principles of Contract Law for the Business Person (2005, 2006); Toxic Mold Issues of Concern for Plumbers and Electricians (2005); Legal and Tax Aspects of 1031 Real Property Exchanges (2005); How to Properly Terminate an Employee (2005, 2006); Corporation or LLC?- Which is Best for You! (2006); Ethics, Executive Integrity and Social Responsibility (2006). Mr. Schneider believes in giving back to the community and serves on several charitable boards and foundations, including Ventura Medical Resource Foundation, Rubicon Theatre Company, Jewish Family Service, Project Understanding (Special Committee Assignment), and the Anti-Defamation League of Ventura County.
Dr. Rosalind Warner
moved from Philadelphia to Ventura County in 2001 where she and her husband W. Michael Hogan, M.D. began their medical practices at Los Robles Regional Medical Center. They have subsequently moved their main office to Ventura where she practices Gynecology and he provides most of the Gynecologic Oncology Surgical care for both Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. She immediately began service as a Director on the Greater Conejo Valley American Cancer Society Board and continues as a Director on the UCLA Medical School Alumni Board. In addition, Dr Warner has completed her second term as President of the Board of Directors of Saticoy Country Club and is presently the secretary of the Board and is a member of their Finance Committee. Another interesting adventure since moving west has been her association as one of the “Women of Jewelia.” The group, which began simply as thirteen women sharing ownership of a diamond necklace, has evolved into a potential global lesson of community service and sharing as the group has thus far sponsored five local fundraisers in its 3 years of existence. Another project of Dr Warner’s involves a newly formed committee that is exploring the possibility of providing a unique form of hospice care for Ventura County. Dr. Warner became an active member of the Rubicon Theatre Board in October of 2006 and as a member of the Executive Finance and Educational Outreach Committees is looking forward to promoting the growth of the theatre company with a special interest in its involvement with student groups in our community.