Robert “Bob” Zdenek, DPA, Interim Executive Director
Bob brings over forty-five years of leadership experience in community economic development, including serving for fourteen years as the President of the National Congress for Community Economic Development (NCCED) and other major leadership positions to CCEDA.
Bob has worked closely with numerous statewide initiatives in California for the past decade, was a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and co-authored with Dee Walsh one of the major textbooks in community development, Navigating Community Development, published by Palgrave MacMillan in 2017. He has served on over 25 boards of directors and is currently Vice Chair of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development. Bob is excited to become Interim Executive Director of CCEDA and help position the organization for growth through frequent communication, designing public policy, providing technical support, forging new partnerships, and building membership. As one of the early founders of CCEDA, Bob is uniquely qualified and poised to bring his leadership, communication, and policy strengths to elevate CCEDA and its’ members to pursue new opportunities leading to greater impact on behalf of their communities.
Board of Directors
Chairman
Joe Duran, CFO
City Ministry Network
Chair Emeritus
Kerry Doi, President & CEO
Pacific Asian Consortium in EmploymentVice-Chair
Secretary
Susan Howard, Retired
Treasurer
Kip Bowmar
Northern Vice-Chair
Pritika Ram, Chief Business Development Officer
Community Action Partnership of Kern
Southern Vice Chair
Alicia Sebastian, Executive Director
California Coalition for Rural Housing
Michael Claproth, Associate Director, Sustainable Connected Communities, Southern California
Enterprise Community
Jose Sabala, Vice President and Community Development Officer
Oak Valley Community Bank
Doni Tadesse, Southern California Organizer
Rise Economy