Photo by Tom Wilmshurst.
Front row, left to right: Lorri Perreault, Our Lady of the Angels Regional Director; Mary Romero, San Gabriel Regional Director; Sandra Yanez, San Fernando Regional Director; Alexandria (Sandi) Arnold, Chief Development and Communications Officer; Dan Grimm, Santa Barbara Regional Director; Monsignor Gregory A. Cox, Executive Director. Back row, left to right: Bruce Hackman, San Pedro Regional Director; Leland (Lee) Ratleff, Director of Human Resources; and Dan O’Brien, Chief Financial Officer. Not pictured: Brenda Thomas, Director of Intra-Agency Programs.
Executive Team
Executive Director
Rev. Monsignor Gregory A. Cox, M.Div., M.S.W., M.B.A.
Monsignor Cox holds a Master of Divinity degree from St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, California. He earned a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Southern California, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Pepperdine University.
In May 1993, he was appointed Executive Director of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles. Prior to assuming this position, Monsignor Cox was a Regional Director of the agency’s Our Lady of the Angels Region. During his tenure as a Regional Director, he was instrumental in opening five community services sites which continue to provide a breadth of social services, including case management, referral services, and employment assistance to low-income individuals and families.
As Executive Director, Monsignor Cox is responsible for administering an annual budget in excess of $40 million and oversees five service Regions located in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
Chief Financial Officer
Dan O’Brien
Telephone: (213) 251-3410
Fax: (213) 380-4603
Email: DOBrien@CCharities.org
Chief Development and Communications Officer
Alexandria Arnold, MS
Telephone: (213) 251-3495
Fax: (213) 251-3497
E-mail: SArnold@CCharities.org
Director of Human Resources
Leland Ratleff, MA
Telephone: (213) 251-3414
Fax: (213) 251-3402
E-mail: LRatleff@CCharities.org
Regional Directors
Armine Lalaian, MSW
Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region
Telephone: (213) 251-3468
E-mail: ALalaian@CCharities.org
Sandra Yanez, MA
San Fernando Pastoral Region
Telephone: (213) 251-3549
E-mail: SYanez@CCharities.org
Xochitl Zendejas, MBA
San Gabriel Pastoral Region
Telephone: (213) 251-3512
E-mail: XZendejas@CCharities.org
Bruce Hackman, MDiv, MS, MSW
San Pedro Pastoral Region
Telephone: (213) 251-3429
E-mail: BHackman@CCharities.org
Yolanda Vasquez
Santa Barbara Pastoral Region
Santa Barbara County and Ventura County
Telephone: (805) 965-7045
E-mail: YVasquez@CCharities.org
Intra-Agency Programs
Brenda Thomas
Telephone: (213) 251-3412
E-mail: BThomas@CCharities.org
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