Meet OCEA's leaders! These are our member-elected Board of Directors members! These OCEA members keep OCEA on it's course!
OCEA is governed by a nineteen-member Board of Directors, elected by our membership. Our Board determines the policies and general direction which guide OCEA and its staff. Each Board member is a member of OCEA. Cumulatively our Board of Directors possesses many decades of experience in guiding OCEA!
We owe these Board members a debt of gratitude for their dedication and service to OCEA's members!
OCEA Board of Directors Executive Committee
The OCEA Executive Committee is comprised of OCEA's officers. The committee meets weekly at OCEA.
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Probation Department
Robert is a Deputy Juvenile Correctional Officer II with Orange County's Probation Department. He was hired by the County in 1988, and he has been an OCEA member since 1995. He has been on the OCEA Board of Directors since 2005. Robert is currently serving as OCEA President, and has also served as First Vice President. He has been an OCEA Steward since 2002, has been a member of the Probation Services Unit Executive Committee and a PSU Safety Representative. He serves as Chairperson of the OCEA PAC Executive Committee. Robert has twice received the OCEA Outstanding Recruiter Award. He has been a member of many OCEA bargaining teams.
Board member Q/A
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Lezlee Neebe - OCEA First Vice President
Superior Court
Lezlee is a Court Clerk II in the Superior Court. She was hired by the Courts in 1992, has been an OCEA member since 1992, and has been on the OCEA Board of Directors since 1995. Lezlee is currently serving as OCEA First Vice President. Lezlee has also served as OCEA Insurance Officer, Insurance Chair, and Newspaper/Communications Chair, and as a member of the Bylaws Committee, the Budget Committee, and the Special Events Committee. Lezlee has been an OCEA Steward since 1994. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the OCEA Health and Welfare Trust. Lezlee has been a member of many OCEA bargaining teams.
Board member Q/A | Board member corner: Leadership: What is your contribution going to be?
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Alan Dean Clow - OCEA Second Vice President
Public Defender's Office
Alan is an Investigator for the Public Defender’s Office. Alan was hired by the County in 1996, has been an OCEA member since 1996, and he has been a member of the OCEA Board of Directors since 2005. Alan was a member of the OCPD bargaining team in 2002 and 2005. He has represented OCEA and OCPD Investigators in meeting with the Orange County Board of Supervisors. Alan was the OCPD Investigators President, 2002-2004. He worked with the OCPD Attorney’s Association, the California Prosecutors Association, and OCEA to add OCPD Investigators to AB 2023, which was signed by Governor Gray Davis in 2003.
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Chris Prevatt - OCEA Treasurer
Health Care Agency
Chris is a Program Supervisor I at Health Care Agency. He was hired by the County in 1997 and has been an OCEA member since 2000. Chris is an OCEA Steward and a member of OCEA’s Political Action Committee. He was on OCEA’s Board of Directors from 2007-09, where he served as Treasurer and Chair of the OCEA Budget & Finance Committee. He is active at HCA, where he is a Labor Management Committee member and Chair of the LMC’s Subcommittee on Workplace Enhancements and Cost Savings. Chris received OCEA’s President’s Award for outstanding service in 2006.
Board member Q/A
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Butch Garcia - OCEA Secretary
Social Services Agency
Butch is employed as a Social Worker II in the Social Services Agency. He was hired in 1992, has been an OCEA member since 2000, and has been a member of the OCEA Board of Directors since 2007. Butch has been involved in the SSA Case Management Forum, the SSA Labor Management Committee, and the ISW Premium Pay Workgroup. He is also a member of the Executive Board of the OCEA Political Action Committee. Butch has been an OCEA Steward for five years. He was a member of our 2004 and 2007 Coalition Bargaining teams.
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Arlyn Buck - OCEA Insurance Officer
Social Services Agency
Arlyn is an Office Supervisor in the Social Services Agency. She was hired by the County in 1988, has been an OCEA member since 1990, and has been a member of the OCEA Board of Directors since 1998. Arlyn is currently the OCEA Second Vice President, and she has served in the past as Secretary, Courtesy Chair, and Special Events Chair. Arlyn is also a Trustee of the OCEA Health and Welfare Trust. She has been an OCEA Steward for 18 years, and she has been a member of many OCEA bargaining teams. Also, Arlyn has been an LMC member, and a member of the PIP Steering Committee.
Board member Q/A | Board member corner: OCEA: A family affair
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Frank Eley - OCEA Past President
OC Public Works
Frank is a Systems Analyst II in OC Public Works. He was hired by the County in 1982, has been an OCEA member since 1982, and has been a member of the OCEA Board of Directors since 1985. Frank is currently serving as OCEA Past President. Frank has also served as OCEA President, Past President, Second Vice President, Treasurer, Special Events Chair, Newspaper Chair, and Budget and Finance Chair. He has been an OCEA Steward since 1984, and he is a member of the OCEA Political Action Committee Executive Board. He has been a Trustee of the OCEA Health & Welfare Trust since its inception. Frank has served on many OCEA bargaining teams. Also, Frank is a member of the Orange County Retirement Board.
Board member Q/A
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OCEA Board of Directors
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Sharron Anderson
County Executive Office/Procurement Office
Sharron Anderson is an Office Specialist (County Executive Office/Procurement Office). She has been employed by the County for 28 years. She has been a member of OCEA for almost that entire time. Sharron has been an OCEA Steward for a decade, and she was a 2009 OCEA Coalition Bargaining Team member (alternate). She has served on the County Executive Office Labor Management Committee (LMC), and on the Office Services Classification Maintenance Review Committee.
Board member Q/A
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Dan Beam
Sheriff-Coroner Department
Dan is a Sheriff's Special Officer II, currently assigned to the James A. Musick Facility. He is the current Vice Chair of the Sheriff's Special Officer/Deputy Coroner Unit Executive Committee since 1999. He has participated in contract negotiations on behalf of members and served on Labor Management and Joint Labor Management committees. He was part of the team that worked against layoffs and employee reclassifications in 2010. He has been employed with the County of Orange since 1988 and became a member of OCEA in 1990.
Board member Q/A
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Maria Corona
Health Care Agency
Maria is a Staff Assistant, Health Care Agency/Quality Management. She was hired by the County in 2000. Maria has been an OCEA member since 2000, and she has been a member of the OCEA Board of Directors since 2008. Maria has been an OCEA Steward since 2003. She was a member of the OCEA 2004 Coalition Bargaining Team. Maria has participated in volunteer phone-banking for OCEA, and she has been an OCEA Health Fair volunteer.
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Oliver Didio
Sheriff-Coroner Department
Oliver Didio is a Sheriff’s Special Officer II (Sheriff-Coroner Department). He has been a County employee for 18 years and an OCEA member for 16 years. Oliver has been an OCEA Steward for more than a decade. He has been a member of several OCEA Bargaining Teams, including the 2009 Coalition Bargaining team, and he is presently the Chairman of the Sheriff's Special Officer/Deputy Coroner Executive Committee. He has served in this capacity for 10 years now. Oliver was a recipient of the 2009 OCEA President’s Award for outstanding service to OCEA.
Board member Q/A | Board member corner: Healthy habits are key to lifetime fitness
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Al Jabbar
Health Care Agency
Al is a Program Supervisor II, Health Care Agency. He was hired by the County in 2006, has been an OCEA member since 2006 and was on the OCEA Board of Directors in 2010. Al is an OCEA Steward, a member of OCEA’s Political Action Committee and has been a member of OCEA’s bargaining team.
Board member Q/A
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John Leos
Probation Department
John Leos is a Deputy Juvenile Correctional Officer II with the Probation Department. He has been an OCEA member for 14 years. John served on our Board of Directors from 2008-09 and returned to service in January 2011. John was a member of the OCEA Coalition Bargaining Team in 2007, as well as a LMC member.
Board member Q/A
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Robert "Gary" Morrison
Assessor's Office
Gary is a Auditor-Appraiser II with the Assessor’s Office. He was hired in 1999, has been a member of OCEA since 1999, and has been a member of the OCEA Board of Directors since 2009. Gary has been an OCEA Steward since 2007, and he is active in attending OCEA events.
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Cheryl Neuenschwander
Superior Court
Cheryl is a Superior Court Clerk III, Superior Court. She was hired by the Courts in 1979, has been a member of OCEA since 1981, and has been on the OCEA Board of Directors since 1995. Cheryl has also served as OCEA Insurance Officer, as Treasurer, and as Chair of the Legislative Committee and of the Budget & Finance Committee. Cheryl has been an OCEA Steward for 13 years, and she has been a member of many OCEA bargaining teams. She is a member of the OCEA Health and Welfare Trust Board of Trustees, an OCEA Health Fair volunteer, and a Court LMC member.
Board member Q/A
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Paul Nguyen
Social Services Agency
Paul is a Social Worker II for the Social Services Agency. He was hired by the County in 2006, has been a member of OCEA since 2006, and has been on the OCEA Board of Directors since 2011. Paul was laid off in the beginning 2009 but was rehired later the same year. Upon his return, he immediately became an OCEA Steward and has actively participated in all union activities concerning his fellow members. Paul received the OCEA New Leadership Award in 2010.
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Phyllis Oudmayer
Child Support Services
Phyllis is a Child Support Officer in the Department of Child Support Services. She was hired by the County in 1996, has been a member of OCEA since 1996, and has been on the OCEA Board of Directors since 2006. Phyllis is currently serving as OCEA Treasurer. Phyllis is an OCEA Steward and serves as Secretary of the OCEA Political Action Committee Executive Board. Phyllis was also a member of the 2007 OCEA Coalition Bargaining Team.
Board member Q/A | Employee awards: Making sure your contributions count
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Pamela Waters
Orange County Public Library
Pamela is a Secretary II, Orange County Public Library. She was hired by the County in 1987, has been a member of OCEA since 1989, and has been on the OCEA Board of Directors since 1993. Pamela has served as Bylaws Chair and Membership Chair. She has been an OCEA Steward since 1988, and she has been a member of many OCEA bargaining teams. She is a Trustee of the OCEA Health and Welfare Trust.
Board member Q/A
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Ray Yarbrough
Probation Department
Ray is a Deputy Juvenile Correctional Officer II, Juvenile Hall (Probation Department). He has been a County employee for 22 years, and he has been an OCEA member for 16 years. Ray is an OCEA Steward, and he is a Probation Services Unit Executive Committee member. He was a 2009 OCEA Coalition Bargaining Team member. Ray is a member of the OCEA Steward Advisory Committee, and he is also a member of the OCEA Retirement Committee. He was a recipient of the 2008 OCEA President’s Award for outstanding service to OCEA.
Board member Q/A
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