Cecilia Cuevas brings to the board a strong background in business operations and finance, as well as nonprofit management. She is currently a senior financial advisor for Merrill Lynch where she provides clients with financial management services and manages over $40 million in assets and liabilities. Cecilia is also an adjunct professor at California Lutheran University where she teaches business ethics for the MBA graduate school. Prior to this, she served several years as a senior development director for two prominent nonprofit organizations.

With a passion for service, Cecilia is committed to giving back to others. Currently, she serves as the director of the 31st District Agricultural Association for Ventura County, a gubernatorial appointment. Cecilia was also the board president for the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault, a board member for the American Red Cross Ventura County, California State University at Channel Islands President’s Advisory Board, and the Ventura County Emergency Housing Assistance Program, to name a few. For eight years, she also served her local community of Fillmore, California, as council member and mayor pro tem, where she oversaw a city budget of $29.3 million.

A graduate of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Cecilia earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, Cum Laude, and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) in financial planning from California Lutheran University. Cecilia earned the financial industry designation of a chartered retirement planning counselor from the College of Financial Planning.

Cecilia was first appointed to the WorldMark Board of Directors in 2010. Cecilia and her husband Miguel have been WorldMark owners since 2005.