Maddy Board of Directors

From Left: California State University President John Welty, Maddy Institute Board Member Don Jackson, Former Congressman Cal Dooley, Board Member Henry Barkett, Executive Director Mark Keppler, Former Board Member Diana Dooley, and Maddy Institute Chairman Juan Arambula.

The Maddy Institute policy is set by the Board of Directors, comprised of political, governmental, educational, civic and business leaders from throughout Central California.

Juan Arambula (Chair)
Former California State Assembly

Henry Barkett (Vice Chair)
Henry J. Barkett Investments

Don Jackson (Treasurer)
Attorney

Dr. John D. Welty (Secretary)
President, California State University, Fresno

Senator Tom Berryhill
California State Senate

Jim Coleman
E & J Gallo

Representative Jim Costa
U.S. Congress

Don Jackson, Member of The Maddy Institute Board of Directors, with Willie Brown, Former Mayor of San Francisco and Charles Reed, Former Chancellor of the California State University System.

Dr. Arnold Gazarian
Berberian Companies

Dianne Hardisty
Freelance Journalist
Former Bakersfield Californian

John Harris
Harris Farms

Paul Hurley
Former Visalia Times Delta

Bill Lyles
Lyles Diversified

Larry Martin
E & J Gallo – RET

Melissa Poole
Paramount Farms

Octovia Diener, Former Congressman Cal Dooley, and Board Member Henry Barkett.

Sal Russo
Russo, Marsh & Rogers

Mike Villines
Villines Group
Former California State Assembly

Ex Officio Members

Dr. William Covino
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
CSU, Fresno