Cara Ward-Mendoza

Cara was born and raised in Sacramento, California and received her Bachelor's degree in business with a concentration in accounting in 2014. She became a realtor in 2004 and spent 10 years in real estate and property management. After being introduced to trust accounting, she became fascinated with numbers, deciding to pursue another career path. Before, during and after her degree Cara has always worked with small businesses and immediately took on the opportunities to grow and run the organizations she worked with. Cara comes with experience in the non-profit industry, civil engineering and property management sectors. She has served as the Operations Officer of Calforests since October 2021.