Our Board of Trustees

Bio:
CalTRUST Trustee since August 2009. Serving Riverside County since 1997, Don was appointed Chief Financial Officer in August 2017. Prior to that, he served as Treasurer-Tax Collector from November 2008-August 2017. Don oversaw one of the largest investment pools in the state of California, surpassing $8.2 billion in April 2017, maintaining the highest ratings for LGIP’s from Moody’s and FitchRatings. Previous positions include Assistant Investment Officer, Chief Deputy Treasurer-Tax Collector, Assistant Treasurer, and Assistant Treasurer-Tax Collector. Currently serves as a member of the County’s Investment Oversight Committee, Pension Advisory Review Committee, Deferred Compensation Committee & Debt Advisory Committee. Prior to the County, he served in the financial services industry as a licensed investment executive with a major national brokerage firm. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, Finance from California State University, San Bernardino.

Bio:
CalTRUST Trustee since January 2003. Treasurer-Tax Collector-County Clerk, Solano County since 1999. Assistant County Treasurer, Solano County from 1994 to 1999. Investment Executive, PaineWebber 1991-1993. Past President of the California Association of County Treasurers and Tax Collectors Association (CACTTC). Member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for ABAG. Member of the National Association of Counties (NACo). Academic background includes MBA from University of Phoenix, BS degree (Finance) California State University at Hayward, and AA Georgia Military College.

Dan Mierzwa joined the CalTRUST Board in March, 2022. He began with Yuba County in 2007 as Assistant Treasurer & Tax Collector and Investment Officer. He quickly rose through the ranks and has served as the Treasurer & Tax Collector since December of 2009. In addition to his service to Yuba County, Mierzwa is very active in the local government and finance industry, currently serving as the Legislative Chair for the California Association of County Treasurers and Tax Collectors Association (CACTTC). He has served on both the CACTTC Legislative and Executive Committees since 2010; serving as CACTTC President in 2014-15. Dan serves on a variety of other statewide and regional boards, including the California League of Bond Oversight Committees (Cal BOC) Board of Directors, Yuba Community College District (YCCD) Retirement Board, Yuba Levee Financing Authority (YLFA} Board, California Statewide Communities Development Authority (CSCDA) as a Commissioner, as well as being the past chair of Sierra Central Credit Union (SCCU} Board of Directors. Prior to his work in public service, Mierzwa began his career in the financial industry in 1999 as an investment advisor with Merrill Lynch Capital Markets. His experience of investment banking, advisory services, sales and trading to institutional government accounts, as well as managing the investment pool for Yuba County since 2007, provides him a depth of background to help provide prospective on the ever changing investment options and environments that we find ourselves in both now and in the future.

Bio:
Bobbie Ormonde joined the CalTRUST Board in 2018 and brings over 35 years of county government and local public agency experience. Bobbie currently serves as the Deputy General Manager – Finance & Administration for Westlands Water District. Prior to her service at Westlands, Bobbie served as the Deputy Treasurer-Tax Collector for Fresno County. Her experience includes twenty-nine years in a senior management position. Bobbie has demonstrated strong leadership abilities with experience in administration, investments, accounting, finance, cash management, rate setting, bond financings, budgeting, and revenue collections. She holds designations as a Certified Public Accountant (State of California) and a Certified Public Finance Officer (Government Finance Officers’ Association).