Who We Are

The current congregational members of Greater Long Beach ICO are:
• First Congregational Church UCC
• Lily of the Valley COGIC
• Mt. Carmel Cambodian Center
• St. Athanasius Catholic Church
• St. Lucy's Catholic Church
• St. Luke's Episcopal Church
• Second Samoan Church UCC
• Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach
• United With Hope Methodist Church

Other organizing teams:
• Hudson K-8 School

Staff:
• Patrick Kennedy, Executive Director/Lead Organizer
  Pat has been in community organizing since 1978, working in neighborhood organizing, tenant organizing and faith-based organizing in Seattle, the Inland Empire and Orange County. He joined Greater Long Beach ICO as Executive Director/Lead Organizer in 2000.
• Luz Vazquez-Ramos, Community Organizer
  Luz has more than 12 years experience in campaign and community organizing. Before joining ICO in 2008, Luz was a program associate for HOPE and directed and year-round full-day program for girls ages 12-18 at Girls Incorporated of Orange County. She has a bachelorˆ¢s degree in Chicano/Latino Studies from California State University Long Beach and is Board President and a founding member of CASA 0101 community theater.
• Thomas Warnke, Director, Development & Communications
  Trained as a journalist, Tom has worked as a communications and development officer for nonprofits since 1992. He designed and implemented Local Initiatives Support Corporationˆ¢s Local Communications Program and conducted post-Hurricane Katrina community planning efforts on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He joined Greater Long Beach ICO has Director of Development & Communications in 2007

Board of Directors:
• St. Lucy's Catholic,  Ms. Evelyn Knight, President
• First Congregational UCC, Ms. Marion Nguli,Vice-President
• St. Luke’s Episcopal,  Mr. Miguel Blass, Treasurer
• Unitarian Universalist Church,  Ms. Constance McFall
• Lily of the Valley,  Rev. James Shaw
• St. Athanasius Catholic,  Mr. Nelson Gonzalez
• St. Athanasius Catholic,  Mr. Hugo Soriano
• Mt. Carmel Cambodian, Center  Mr. Veasna Loek
• Mt. Carmel Cambodian, Center  Ms. Mary Blatz
• First Congregational, UCC Mr. Gary Shelton
• Second Samoan Congregational,  Ms. Mareta Tagaloa
• Second Samoan Congregational,  Ms. Toeaso Jennings
• St. Lucy's Catholic,  Rev. Michael Roebert