Meet the Board of Directors and Staff Members

The Board of Directors is a representative sample of professional partners and local child advocates who believe in the mission of the CAC. All Board members are also donors to the agency and actively work to expand the capacity and sustainability of the organization.


president

Kathleen Cady, J.D.

Co-Founder, Children’s Advocacy Center
Deputy District Attorney, Retired
Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office


Vice president

Jorge Garay, B.A.S.W.

Regional Administrator
Los Angeles County Department of Child and Family Services


directors at large

Malinda Wheeler

Malinda Wheeler, R.N, M.N, F.N.P.

Co-Founder, Children’s Advocacy Center
Director, Forensic Nurse Specialists, Inc.


Lisa Goodwin, L.C.S.W

Senior Director
Masonic Center for Youth and Families


Richard Ruiz, M.P.A.

Lieutenant
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Special Victims Bureau


Lizette Collier, BA, MA

Retired Educator


emeritus directors

Steven Secofsky, B.A.

Assistant Lab Director, Retired
California Department of Justice

Billie Maguire

Billie Maguire, M.A.

Co-Founder, Children’s Advocacy Center
Child Advocate

Ralph J Shapira, J.D.

Ralph J. Shapira, J.D.

Attorney


Meet our staff

executive DIRECTOR

John Pomroy

Co-Founder, Children’s Advocacy Center
Detective, Retired
Pomona Police Department

FORENSIC INTERVIEW SPECIALISts

Patricia Goclowski, RN

MDT Coordinator

Johnny Vallejo, BA (COVINA)

family/Victim AdvocateS

Deborah Sam, BS

 


dcfs liaisons

dalilah sandoval, msw, ab12 supervisor

Samantha smith

volunteers