Board of Directors

The Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative (CVIIC) is a non-profit organization established in Fresno in 2014. It has followed a model of regional coordination and collaboration that stems from its 2014 strategic plan. The four priorities of CVIIC have been:

  • Contribute to the improvement of regional immigration-related organizational capacity
  • Ensure the delivery of immigration legal services to Central Valley rural and urban communities where immigrant families reside
  • Deliver community education and know your rights information to rural and urban immigrant families
  • Engage in advocacy efforts related to the rights and interests of immigrant families

CVIIC collaborates with a broad range of regional, state and national partners. This collaboration has focused on immigration legal services, health access, civic participation, the 2020 Census, and immigrant entrepreneurship, among other issues.

Central Valley partners include community-based organizations, non-profit immigration legal services providers, pro bono attorneys, educational and vocational institutions, libraries, churches and faith-based organizations, mass media agencies, and other public, private and non-profit sector representatives. At the state and national levels, CVIIC is part of many networks, such as Having Our Say, New Americans Campaign, Welcoming America, and the Build from Within Alliance.

CVIIC is led by a group of dedicated community leaders. The 2022 CVIIC Board of Directors is composed of the following members:

  • Hugo Morales: Chair
  • Allison Davenport: Vice-Chair
  • Lazaro Salazar: Treasurer
  • Alejandra Tovar: Secretary
  • Maria Lemus

Jesus Martinez is the Executive Director

 
 

Nonpofit Status

CVIIC is a nonprofit organization.

The IRS has approved our application for 501(c)(3) status.

Our EIN is: 83-0682400

CVIIC Staff

The CVIIC Staff consists of the following team members:

  • Jesus Martinez: Executive Director
  • Destiny Rodriguez: Director of Operations
  • Eleazar Valdez: Outreach and Workshops Coordinator
  • Juan Carranza: Director of Immigrant Entrepreneurship
  • Norma Trinidad-Diaz: Assistant Workshops and Outreach Coordinator
  • Oswaldo Paoletti: Immigration Community Organizer
  • Lorena Hernandez: Assistant Director for Immigrant Entrepreneurship
  • Marco Espindola: Immigrant Entrepreneurship Instructor
  • Daniela Torres: Immigration Community Organizer
  • Marisol Neria: Entrepreneurship and Digital Literacy Instructor
  • Melissa Santiago: Entrepreneurship Instructor
  • Thalia Enriquez: Law Clerk
 

CVIIC Mission

To serve as the leading immigrant integration organization in the Central Valley, dedicated to ensuring full participation of immigrants in building strong, vibrant, inclusive communities. We do this by: collaborating, mobilizing and combining the resources and talents of our allies to offer, on a large scale, high quality immigration and naturalization services; strengthening and growing the capacity of our members to serve and empower immigrant communities, and support leadership development by leveraging needed public and private sector resources; working to change the dominant discourse about immigrants and immigration; working to achieve policies which support opportunities for immigrants to pursue their dreams.