Board of Directors | Junta Directiva

Albert Reyes is a partner at Kutack Rock, LLP. His practice involves representing a variety of public agencies such as counties, cities, school districts, water districts, and special districts in connection with public finance matters. Mr. Reyes joined the PUENTE Learning Center Board of Directors in 2016. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Chicano Studies and from the University of Southern California Law School.

Fernando J. Guerra, professor of political science and Chicana/o studies, is the founding director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at LMU. Guerra has served on standing commissions, blue ribbon committees, and ad hoc task forces for the City of Los Angeles, the State of California, and regional bodies in Southern California. He is a source for the media at the local, national, and international level and has published in the area of state and local government and urban and ethnic politics. He earned his doctorate in Political Science from the University of Michigan and his BA from the University of Southern California.

Alfredo Izmajtovich, a respected leader and advocate, brings more than two decades of professional experience in affordable housing, including but not limited to low-income housing tax credits, state and federal housing programs and various private programs. Alfredo has been a guest lecturer at UCLA, USC, and other institutions while also serving as a technical trainer for affordable housing.

Richelle Huizar has spent her life advocating for the lives of young people and the communities they live in. For over a decade, Richelle created and implemented children and family policy for the City of Los Angeles. Richelle is actively involved in the Boyle Heights community. She has served as the Development Director for Bishop Mora Salesian College Preparatory. In addition, Richelle serves on the Arts High Foundation Board of Directors, is a founding member of Los Compadres, and previously served as a board member of the St. Marianne School Foundation and the Los Angeles County Children’s Planning Council.

Daniel Arguello was born in Los Angeles at White Memorial Hospital. When Daniel became an adult, he enlisted in the military and served our country in Vietnam, where he earned a purple heart after being wounded severely. After rehabilitating his leg, not only was he able to walk again, but also he decided that he would dedicate himself to serve his community. He enrolled at East L.A. College and was able to continue his studies at Cal-State L.A. and the University of La Verne, where he received his degree in public administration. Daniel has been involved in public service ever since he worked as an aide to Mayor Tom Bradley and as Chief of Staff to State Assemblyman Richard Alatorre. He served on multiple boards and commissions. As a public official in Alhambra, he was the Chair of Planning Commission, City Council Member, and Mayor. For Pan America Bank, Daniel served on the Board of Directors, including Vice Chairman. Daniel has been a student in computer classes at PUENTE Learning Center since 2014. He currently lives in Lincoln Heights.

Oscar Cabrales has been a sales representative at American & Efird, Inc for over 10 years. A&E is one of the world's foremost manufacturers of sewing thread, embroidery thread, and technical textiles. Oscar's A&E sales territory extends across Southern California and part of Nevada. Oscar is the proud father of three children. His son Diego is currently enrolled at PUENTE Charter School and both of his daughters are PUENTE Charter School alumni. An active parent, Oscar served as a school site council president, organized a school uniforms donation program, and founded a local chapter of the nonprofit Girls on the Run. Oscar inmigrated to the United States from Guadalajara, Mexico in 1994. He and his family lived in Boyle Heights for many years before moving to their current home in Maywood, California.

Yolanda Chavez is an Assistant City Administrative Officer for the City of Los Angeles. In this role, Ms.Chavez advises the City Administrative Officer in his duties overseeing the City's $8.8 billion budget. Prior to this position, Ms. Chavez served in the Obama Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Ms. Chavez has held key positions in the public and private sectors, including in the Bradley and Hahn Mayoral Administrations, as Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, and as a Vice President and Division Director for CALDFED Lending/Citibank. Ms. Chavez grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles and graduated from Columbia University (BA, MPA).

Greg Gonzalez grew up in Boyle Heights and attended Cantwell High School in Montebello. He was the founding Director of La Academia de España in 2006 and also led the program in 2007 and 2008, after having served as a Program Dean on The Cambridge Tradition in 2005. He earned his BA in History and his MA in Journalism at Columbia University, where he was a star football player, and then entered sports journalism. He was a sports writer for the LA Times for over seven years and freelanced for The New York Daily News and The National Sports Daily.

Greg transitioned into teaching in 1991. He is currently at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles where he has served as an academic dean and History teacher for over 10 years. He has won the Garrett Harden Teaching Award at Harvard-Westlake.

Chun Wong founded Asolva, Inc. and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Wong has over 15 years of Software Engineering and Management Consulting across various industries including Healthcare, Education, Entertainment, Defense, Finance, Telecommunications, Retail and Distribution. He was the Practice Director of Metier, a 100+ person consulting firm specializing in enterprise resource planning (ERP) and data warehouse implementations for Fortune 500 companies.

Prior to Metier, Mr. Wong worked at aerospace giant TRW (later acquired by Northrop Grumman), specializing in building software systems to mine high volume of electronic transmission data for the National Security Agency. He has consulted to companies such as PacifiCare, UniHealth, DirecTV, Screen Actors Guild and YMCA on ERP and data warehouse implementation projects.

Tyler Sutherland is a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, where she practices government benefits law on behalf of Los Angeles’ poor. She previously was an Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellow in LAFLA’s Veterans’ Justice Center, where she represented low income veterans in numerous legal matters including employment law claims, student loan discharges, and citation defense. Tyler graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 2012, where she was a recipient of the Dean’s Certificate for her commitment to public interest. Tyler was the Senior Articles Editor of the Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives. She received her bachelors from Harvard College in 2009.