executive members

Annette Londquist is an avid volunteer who enjoys serving the local community through non-profit organizations and the St. George Greek Orthodox Church.  She grew up in Bakersfield and started her college journey at Bakersfield College. Annette earned a Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree, and holds a teaching and counseling credential as well as a Pupil Personnel Services Credential; all earned at Cal Poly (SLO), Fresno State, CSUB and CSU Sacramento.  Her education career spanned 35 years at Bakersfield City School District. She taught elementary school for 18 years, served as counselor at school sites for 15 years and finished her career as BCSD lead counselor for 2 years.

For 3 years, Annette was a co-owner of a small business in the Bakersfield Valley Plaza Mall. 

Annette volunteered as a board member on the BCSD Educational Foundation for 4 years, helped with the mobile unit blood drives at the Houchin Blood Bank for 2 years and now continues to spend her time assisting non-profit organizations with numerous projects, as well asworking on various committees at the St. George Greek Orthodox Church.

Ms. Angel Cottrell has consulted with and coached entrepreneurs and taught entrepreneurship topics for more than 15 years.  Most recently, she joined the Kern High School District as Program Manager of Entrepreneurship Resource Centers (ERC). The KHSD ROC & CTEC ERC are designed to support youth in developing entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial mindsets and thinking. Angel believes everyone should have the opportunity to experience the greatest version of their grandest vision in business and in life.

She is the CEO of Apollo Consultancy Group, the program manager of the KHSD Entrepreneurship Resource Centers, and an adjunct faculty member in the business department at Taft College and CSU Bakersfield School of Business & Public

Administration. Angel serves on the B3K Entrepreneurship & Business Ecosystem Committee, KITE CDFI Consortium, as an Executive Board Member and Vice Chair of the Bakersfield Women’s Business Conference, KITE Executive Committee member, KHSD CTE Advisory Board member, Kern Community Foundation Bakersfield Youth Jobs Advisory Board, is a mentor with Kern Inclusive Entrepreneurship Hub (KIEH),

volunteers with Virtual Enterprise International, and proudly serves on the board of Dess Perkin’s Foundation, emPOWERment . In 2022, Angel won the Beautiful Bakersfield

Award in the field of Education. She is a certified facilitator of the Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative Icehouse curriculum, a certified practitioner of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile, and a member of the Price-Babson SEE #47 Entrepreneurship

Education Symposium. She holds a master’s degree in organizational management.

Donna Sharp is Regional Director of Special Needs and Community Outreach for Dignity

Health Mercy & Memorial Hospitals. She joined Dignity Health in 2014 and is responsible for the overall strategic planning of community-based health education outreach programs focused on cultural access to health care, disease prevention, chronic disease management and overall wellness for the poor and underserved in the Bakersfield community as well as outlying areas of Kern County. Donna designs programs in collaboration with businesses, government and social service agencies to help create a healthier Kern County. Currently, Donna’s team coordinates 42 outreach programs serving over 70,000 residents each year.

Currently, Donna is actively involved in multiple community health initiatives and

participates on several committees. She also serves as the Executive Board President for

the Alzheimer’s Disease Association of Kern County. She has been the recipient of multiple community leader designations. An avid runner and cycling enthusiast in the Bakersfield community as she inspires others to be the best version of themselves through fitness and wellness-related activities.