Ray Leyva - Board Member

Ray Leyva has been a member of the L.A. County Chicano Employees Association for over 9 years and on the Board of Directors for the past 7 years. He has served as our Treasurer and President in the past.

Ray is a past President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Hispanic American Police Command Officers Association and in that role strongly supported LACCEA’s Schiff/Cardenas Juvenile Justice Bill. Ray is presently serving as a Captain at the Men’s Central Jail where he started as a Deputy over 26 years ago.

Ray grew up in Bakersfield and moved to Los Angeles where he started California State College at Los Angeles and obtained a B.A. in Business then a Masters in Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Pepperdine University.  When asked why he majored in Business rather than Law Enforcement he replied that he was thinking about a career in administration even then and felt it would be best to learn how to manage resources and to administer services to a wide and diverse population.

Ray has worked most aspects of law enforcement and he reports that the most satisfying was working as a Sergeant at the East L.A. station.  Ray says he was able to work with the community and it’s organiza-tions in setting up programs and seeking solutions that resulted in a positive change.

Ray indicated that what drew him to the CEA was Alan Clayton (LACCEA’s Director of EEO) and the organization’s efforts to improve the hiring and promotional practices of various L.A. County departments including the Sheriffs’ Department, Health Services Dept., Department of Public Works, Children’s and Family Services Dept., Social Services Dept., and the Probation Department.