Board of Directors

Jennifer Self

President

Self led The Bakersfield Californian’s award-winning features section for a decade during her 30-year career at the Californian. She has a keen nose for news and is wildly inventive in how to produce coverage that catches the reader’s eye. She left The Californian to work in advocacy for health care clinics and is now the Chief Information Officer for California State University, Bakersfield. Her insights provide SJV Water with a fresh perspective of how to approach the many facets of water in this valley.

Jorge Barrientos

Treasurer

Jorge Barrientos is the director of marketing and public relations at Chain | Cohn | Clark law office in Bakersfield. He serves on board of directors for a variety of community organizations including The Hub of Bakersfield, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Kern County Chapter), and Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Business Education Foundation. When he’s not working or serving our community, you can find him traveling the world and hanging with his family, which includes wife Carla, 4-year-old son Julian, 1.5-year-old daughter Gianna Sol.

Raji Brar

Secretary

Brar is a first-generation Sikh American whose parents immigrated from Punjab, India. She earned degrees in biology and health care administration at California State University, Bakersfield and worked as a chemist before joining her family in Countryside Corporation, a real estate, construction and retail development.