Blue Ribbon Panel
The Blue Ribbon Panel, representing key nonprofit and public agencies from a variety of sectors, guided the development of a vision and mission, and provided input for strategic planning.
| Name | Title | Organization |
| Ronn Rygg | Director | 2-1-1 |
| Larry Imwalle | Executive Director | ACTION Council of Monterey Co. |
| Teresa Sullivan | Executive Director | Alliance on Aging |
| Jesse Herrera | Ethnic Services Manager | Monterey Co. Health Dept. – Behavioral Health |
| Erica Padilla-Chavez | Behavioral Health Services Manager | Monterey Co. Health Dept. – Behavioral Health |
| Lisa Cisneros | Program Manager | CA Rural Legal Assistance |
| Lynn Meier | Sr. Health Educator | Central Coast Alliance for Health |
| Elsa Quezada | Executive Director | Central Coast Center for Independent Living |
| Ruth Rodriguez | Community Services Coordinator | CHISPA Housing Inc. |
| Tony Acosta | Outreach Coordinator | Clinica de Salud |
| Margaret Keith | Student Disability Resources Coordinator | CSU Monterey Bay |
| Wayne Johnson | Coordinator | Deaf & Hard of Hearing Center |
| Jose Montenegro | Medical Interpretation Coordinator | Natividad Medical Center |
| Joe Grebmeier | Police Chief | Greenfield Police department |
| Anabelle Rodriguez | Program Manager | Healthy Start |
| Charles Chambers | Program Director | Kinship Center |
| Carlos Ramos | President | LULAC Monterey Council |
| Sam Trevino | Public Information Officer | Monterey Co. Dept. of Social & Employment Services |
| Elaine Richelieu | Executive Director | Monterey County Bar Association |
| Sylvia Quarles | Past President | NAACP Monterey County Branch |
| Linda Ford | President & CEO | Natividad Medical Foundation |
| Jennifer Williams | Director of Development | Natividad Medical Foundation |
| Sue Parris | Project Coordinator | Nonprofit Alliance of Monterey County |
| Diana Jimenez | President | LULAC North Monterey County |
| Terry Blum | Organizer | PFLAG - Monterey Peninsula |
| Eduardo"Ted" Rico | Director | Poder Popular |
| Yvonne Ricketts | Program Coordinator | Salinas Adult School |
| Michael Klein | Police Chief | Sand City Police Department |
| Becky Botello | Chair | SCORE |
| Darlene Acosta | Program Coordinator | Sun Street Center |
| Coleen Finegan Bailey | Executive Director | National Steinbeck Center |
| Anna Foglia | Executive Director | Sun Street Center |
| Claudia Ling | Aide | 3rd District Supervisor's office |
| Fernando Armenta | Supervisor | Supervisor, 1st District |