Our Board of Directors
As stewards of California’s Southeast Los Angeles leadership pipeline, CLLI’s organizational culture believes that people are the greatest resource for creating sustainable change. CLLI is committed to equal opportunity in principle and practice and seeks to partner with like-minded sponsors to provide innovative multi-platform programs to create leadership training environments that shape and prepare the individual leader.
Iliana Ramos
CLLI Chairman
(Sacramento), Fellow Alumni 2008, Finance Budget Analyst, California Department of Finance.
Maria Hernandez
CLLI President
(Lancaster) Fellow Alumni 2004, Sales Representative, Abbvie Pharmaceuticals.
Erica Alfaro
CLLI Secretary
(Riverside), Fellow Alumni 2005, Attorney for the State of CA, formerly with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Michael Castillo
Treasurer - CLLI Board Member
(Los Angeles), Fellow Alumni 2011, Deputy, Los Angeles Councilman Curren Price.
Trini Solis
CLLI Board Member
(Los Angeles), Fellow Alumni 2009, Family Medicine Physician and Faculty, UCLA Health
Marlen Manzo
CLLI Board Member
Ms. Manzo, a native Californian, received her Juris Doctor Degree (J.D.) in 2014 and joined Ronzio & Associates as a practicing attorney in 2016.
Lisa Baca
CLLI Executive Director
Lisa began her professional career as a Field Deputy to State Senator Art Torres (Ret.) in the early 1980's and has worked within the diverse ethnic communities of California for over 35 years.
Ignacio Sanchez
CLLI Board Member
Elizabeth Torres
CLLI Board Member
Steven Hernandez
CLLI Board Member