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President & Executive Director
Angie RoweBCLC welcomes Angie Rowe, a versatile non-profit executive, to its team as President & Executive Director. For over twenty years, she has championed successful initiatives to spur revenue and donor growth, community participation, and programmatic and operational excellence.
Angie Rowe joins the BCLC team most recently as Interim Executive Director at Global Genes, a leading rare disease advocacy organization. Prior to stepping in as Interim Executive Director, she served in various other roles, such as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Angie has a Masters of Science in Public Policy and a Certificate in Industrial Systems Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelors of Science in Environmental Resource Management from Penn State University. Angie has worked extensively on the boards of community and non-profit agencies in Orange County. Her passion is training and mentoring young women and she is still actively involved as Sustaining Program Chair in the Junior League and is also currently volunteering as Chapter Advisor for Alpha Chi Omega’s Delta Psi Chapter at UC Santa Barbara. Angie resides in Aliso Viejo with her husband Bob, their dog Nittany, and has two adult sons, Colin and Brady, both attending the University of Arizona in Tucson. Angie loves yoga, the beach, traveling the globe and spending time with her amazing family and friends. |
Board Chair
Jeff HipshmanMr. Jeff Hipshman is a Partner at HMWC CPAs & Business Advisors and has served on the Board of Directors at Blind Children's Learning Center since 2009. His service in the non-profit sector is extensive, having served as Treasurer of Beckstand Cancer Foundation and aiding endowment efforts at Orangewood Foundation. Additionally, he served on the boards of St. Anne School and J Serra Catholic High School.
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Director of Bright Visions
Amiee GouldingAmiee has devoted over 20 years of her professional career to Blind Children's Learning Center. She has worked her way up from Intern to Lead Teacher to her current position of Director of Bright Visions Early Childhood Center. She holds a Bachelor's degree from National University, as well as earning a Director Permit from Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
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Director of Outreach
Irene TakahashiIrene has worked in the early intervention field for over 25 years, starting at Blind Children’s Learning Center in 1990 as an intern. Upon earning her Bachelor’s degree at the University of California, Irvine, Irene joined the center as Lead Infant Teacher while obtaining her Child Care Permit. She then moved to the Infant Family Focus Program as an Infant Development Specialist before eventually directing the Infant Family Focus Program. Six years later, Irene was named Director at Bright Visions.
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Director of Human Resources
Mindy WeinheimerMindy has been with Blind Children's Learning Center since 1996. She holds a degree in Business Management with emphasis in Human Resources from University of Phoenix. Drawn to the Center due to several family members having visual impairments, she knew she had a home here after participating in a Blindfold Luncheon early in her tenure. She has notably been awarded the CFO Community Service Award through Orange County Business Journal.
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BARBARA ALVARADO
GOVERNANCE CHAIR Community Volunteer EVANGELINE ANDERSEN Director, Customer Experience & Insights Southern California Edison DEBI CALLAHAN Vice President Everett-Callahan Insurance FRANK GOMEZ, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry Cal State University, Los Angeles ASHISH M. MEHTA, M.D. Chief of Ophthalmology Southern California Permanente Medical Group CAROL TRAPANI VISION BEYOND SIGHT CHAIR SVP, Advisory & Transaction Services, CBRE |
ROSIA BRUNO
TREASURER Director of Global Accounts UPS International JERI KONOPISOS IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Community Volunteer PEGGY BLAISING Retired Special Education Teacher and Community Volunteer JAIMIE HAVER SVP Operations Commercial Equipment Leasing, Hanmi Bank Parent of Child with a Visual Impairment DANIELLE KING Vice President, Mardek Enterprises Inc Parent of Child with a Visual Impairment |