Media Contacts

Meredeth Clark, C.O.O.
(831)824-5002
meredeth@CANonprofits.org

Meredeth Clark is the co-founder of the California Association of Nonprofits and its COO from 1984 to 1995 after which time she became the President/CEO of CAN's subsidiary, CAN Insurance Services. In 2008, she was asked to head both CAN and its subsidiary until a new CAN executive director is hired. Prior to CAN, she was instrumental in the development and growth of a number of nonprofits including the Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center, Parents Center and the National Council of Nonprofits. Community involvement has included numerous boards and committees including Women's Crisis Center, the State's Drug & Alcohol Program Audit Committee, and Santa Cruz County's Planning and Housing Committees.

Ken Larsen, Director of Public Policy
(916)402-1335
klarsen@CANonprofits.org

Ken Larsen has been CAN's Director of Public Policy since 2001. Previously, he worked for the Friends Committee on Legislation, California Confederation of the Arts and Rural Arts Services, and taught in undergraduate and graduate programs at Southern Oregon College, UC Davis and the University of San Francisco. He currently serves on the nomination committee for the Governor and First Lady's Medals for Service. Ken has served on over two dozen local, state, and national grant and advisory panels, edited six nonprofit newsletters, and co-created the Sacramento area's first region-wide cultural information web site.

Luis Chabolla, Chairperson of the Board of Directors
(831)477-0800 x214
luis@cfscc.org

Luis Chabolla is the communications and education officer at the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. Past nonprofit experience includes working as the development officer at the Mexican Heritage Corporation in San José and the executive director of a Latino arts organization in Sacramento.　 He has also driven a cab in San Francisco, taught creative writing in the jails, hosted a public radio talk show in Arcata for seven years and received a Fulbright grant that took him to Paris for a year. He has served on the board of directors of CAN since 2003 and as the board chair since 2009.