The Ma Squad

March 2020

On February 3, Treasurer Ma and the California Legislative Women’s Caucus gathered in the Senate Chambers of the California Capitol to celebrate the centennial of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote.

Treasurer Ma visiting Claremont McKenna College, another college benefitting from bonds issued by CEFA. The school is distinguished by 11 world-class research institutes and features a LEED gold certified building and a “Kube” (aka the all glass living room that floats on a Mesabi black granite reflecting pool that is open 24/7 to the entire campus community.) From left to right: Jim Floyd, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer; Frank Moore, CEFA Executive Director; Treasurer Ma; Hiram Chodosh, President; Carolyn Aboubechara, CEFA Deputy Executive Director; Audrey Noda, Deputy Treasurer for Health and Education; Coreen Rogers, Vice President of Business and Chief Operating Officer; and Erin Watkins, Associate Vice President of Finance and Acting Treasurer.

Meeting with U.S. Representative Maxine Waters of California’s 43rd congressional district (center) during the 2020 Legislative Conference of the National Association of State Treasurers in Washington, D.C. Seated: Dante Allen, executive director of the California Achieving a Better Life Experience Act Board (CalABLE). Standing, left to right: STO Deputy Treasurer Timothy Schaefer, Legislative Director Kasey O’Connor, Rep. Watters, Treasurer Ma, and Chief of Staff Genevieve V. Jopanda.

San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health was awarded six grants from California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA) chaired by Treasurer Ma for four crisis residential treatment programs (San Bernardino, Victorville, Joshua Tree, and Fontana), two crisis stabilization units (San Bernardino and Fontana) and eight community crisis response teams vehicles. From left to right: Carolyn Aboubechara, CHFFA Deputy Executive Director; Veronica Kelley, Director of Behavioral Health; Tan Suphavarodom, Deputy Director, Administrative Services; Frank Moore, CHFFA Executive Director; Georgina Yoshioka, Deputy Director, 24-Hr and Emergency Services; Audrey Noda, Deputy Treasurer for Health and Education; Larry Lawler, Program Administrator of Crisis Residential Treatment facility; Bryceton Danico, Regional Director; Julie Hale, Senior Program Manager; Treasurer Ma; and Holly Still, Clinical Director.

Treasurer Ma presenting Pomona College in Claremont with a certificate of appreciation. The California Educational Facilities Authority (CEFA), chaired by Treasurer Ma, has issued bonds that built, among other facilities, the liberal arts college’s Bridges Auditorium, Oldenburg Center, and Seeley Mudd Building, as well as the LEED Platinum-certified Sontag and Dialynas Hall. Left to right: CEFA Deputy Director Carolyn Aboubechara, CEFA Executive Director Frank Moore, Pomona College Assistant Vice President of Facilities and Campus Services Bob Robinson, Treasurer Ma, Deputy Treasurer Audrey Noda.

Treasurer Ma received an invitation from Jim Gallagher, Board Member of the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce, to give the keynote at the Government Affairs: “Pizza & Politics” luncheon.

Meeting of the STO Housing, Economic Development, Jobs and Opportunity Zone Ad Hoc Committee. Front row, left to right: Housing and Economic Development Analyst Diana Yang, the Integral Group LLC Western Region Managing Director Dalila Sotelo, Strategic Solutions Group Inc. President and CEO Candace Bon McKeever, Treasurer Ma, Housing and Economic Development Deputy Treasurer Jovan Agee, Office Manager Kim Stevens. Back row, left to right: Backstrom McCarley Berry & Co. Managing Director Brant Smith, California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC) Executive Director Judith Blackwell, Kingdom Development Founder William Leach, Loop Capital Chairman and CEO Jim Reynolds, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Director of Justice and Opportunity Caitlyn Fox, AVM Innovation Consulting LLC Owner Angelov Farooq, Building Industry Association Southern California Baldy View Chapter Executive Director Carlos Rodriguez, former City of Salinas Councilmember Sergio Sanchez, City of Fontana Mayor Acquanetta Warren, Asian Inc. President Michael Chan, Loop Capital Vice President Tarun Anjan, Impact Brands Founder and Principal Veronica Smith, California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA) Executive Director Deana Carrillo, Health and Education Deputy Treasurer Audrey Noda.