Board of Directors
Tom Podgorski
Chair
Rosemarie Smith
Secretary
Micah Tokuda
Treasurer
Arturo Alcaraz
Rose Monge
Ben Johnson II
Sherry Vitzelio-Carothers
Heather Sanchez
Dr. Dan Anderson
Dr. Pedro Payne
Senior Director
Dr. Pedro Payne is the Senior Director of the Community Settlement Association in partnership with Riverside Community Health Foundation. Dr. Payne earned his doctoral degree in sociology from the University of California Riverside with an emphasis on social justice, criminology and community mobilization.
Over eighteen years of management experience including eight years of experience in municipal management and ten years of non-profit management, Dr. Payne was worked as Director of Community Outreach and Patient Experience for two hospitals – Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus and Surgical Hospital, served as Executive Director of Human Relations and Executive Director of the Community Police Review Commission for the City of Riverside, CA. He has authored a book on building social capital for low income and minority youth as well as various other peer reviewed publications on social inequality.