2025-2026 board of directors
Dr. Larriann Torrez
Board Chair
Porterville Adult School, Director of Adult Education
Dr. Larriann Torrez is employed with the Porterville Unified School District and has been the Director of Porterville Adult School since July 2021. Prior to coming back to Porterville, Larriann served as the Director of Tulare Adult School from 2016-2021 and was Assistant Director from 2011-2016, as well as the Principal of Sierra Vista Charter High School from 2013-2016. Larriann began her career in adult education in 1994 at Porterville Adult School where she taught evening GED and High School Diploma classes.
Larriann was born and raised in the Central Valley. She earned a Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership from Brandman University in 2018. She completed her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at Fresno Pacific University, including a Bachelor of Arts in Management and Organizational Leadership and a Master of Arts in Education and Administration Services.
Larriann currently serves as the Vice President of Membership for the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Tulare Charter; serves as the Adult Education representative for the Tulare County Hispanic Leadership Network; and serves on the Kern Adult Education Consortium Executive Committee.
Adonas Nuckols
Chair Elect
Nuckols Ranch, Co-Owner
Taha Saleh
Immediate Past Board Chair
Vice Chair of Finance
T A Saleh Enterprises Inc., President
For the past 22 years, Taha has had the pleasure of serving the city that raised him. From operating as president of T. A. Saleh Enterprises Inc., comprising of second-generation fuel and convenience retailer, Shop N Save Market (est. 1979), and Henderson Chevron, to over a decade of volunteer work in various community youth sports programs, he genuinely has a passion for giving back to the city that has given him so much.
As his late father before him, Taha’s passion for serving the community of Porterville is etched in the fabric of who he is. A true people’s person through and through, which is definitively summed up by his sentiments, “I love human interaction!”. As such, his neighborhood stores are more than just businesses, and his patrons are more than just customers. For Taha, they are community staples, where everyone that walks through his doors are seen and treated as family.
He also uses his platform at T. A. Saleh Enterprises to mentor his staff, helping many alumni move on to successful careers in other fields. With intention to contribute to his community in a larger compacity, Taha recently joined the board of the Porterville Chamber or Commerce, as well as becoming co-chair of the California Fuel and Convenience Association’s retail committee. In this role, he is working alongside other partners and state elected officials to craft a realistic energy transition for the future.
Scott Bowler
Vice Chair of Events
CSET, Business Resource Specialist
Scott Bowler has been employed with the Porterville Employment Connection since July 2017 as a Business Resource Specialist. Scott’s role is to establish and maintain activities to develop, locate, and secure job openings for Employment Connection customer’s and market programs and coordinate job resources. His goal is to asses participant’s job skills and qualifications and refer qualified participant to hiring employers for direct placements, Transitional Work Agreements and On-the-Job Training Contracts. Scott provides guidance to Employment Connection customers while preparing their professional portfolios; provides job search/career information workshops and presentations; arranges for interviews; provides labor market and community resource information. Scott’s biggest talent is developing relationships with his customer’s and earning their trust, which leads to successful job placements and helps customer’s reach their career goals.
Scott has lived in Porterville since 1988. He has over 15 years of volunteer service in the city of Porterville. This includes Little League Coaching, Softball Coaching. He has planned several community water drives, helped with delivering, and distributing thousands of gallons of water to the Porterville Area Coordinating Council PACC during the Drought. He has assisted the public in the search of 3 Porterville missing persons. Search and Rescue team member Hurricane Harvey in Texas in 2017. Helped the public with the flooding in Tulare County in 2017 helped the public and delivered sandbags during the recent flooding in Porterville. Scott is the founder of the following Facebook Pages: Porterville Jobs, Porterville Against Drunk Drivers (PADD), Porterville Business and Specials. Scott was also a 2022 Man of the Year Nominee.
As Scott wanted to become more community involved so he joined the Porterville Chamber in 2022 as an Ambassador. As he continued to build his Business Relations and enjoyed his new community involvement he became a Board Member and was quickly promoted to Vice Chair of Member Services. Scott has a passion to help others and to make the city of Porterville the best it can be.
Ador Cardenas
Vice Chair of Events
OACYS Technology, Sales and Marketing Coordinator
Ecovalley, Business Partner
Ryan Leasure
Vice Chair of Community Outreach
Workforce Investment Board, Business Resource Specialist
Alexandra Martin
Vice Chair of Community Outreach
Valley Strong Credit Union, Branch Manager II
Carly Ladrigan
Vice Chair of Membership
EECU, Branch Manager
Shelley Cumming
Board Director
J&R Meat Company, Owner
Ron Killingsworth
Board Director
PSW, Director of Communications
Raffaella Woods
Board Director
Double W CRE/Melson Realty, Broker Associate
From Rome I moved to London as a teen. I got my BA in Sociology and met my husband, John, who is a Special Ed Director. The USA became our home over 23 years ago, and we have 3 children. Our youngest son is an active duty US Marine.
I currently serve as a Board member for the Springville Chamber, AAUW Porterville, a Habitat for Humanity committee, founding member of ReDOiTT, and WWADO, and on several committees for the Porterville Chamber, as well as a member of the Women's Council of Realtors, The Real Estate Alliance, and CABREP. With over 30 years of experience in the housing sector, over 20 of those selling real estate, and as a Real Estate Broker, I have the experience it takes to bring any transaction to a successful close and make a new friend! I am an active member of the TCMLS, CRMLS and AIRCRE (Commercial RE).