Chris Meissner ’82, president and CEO of Meissner Filtration Products, is the 2018 chair of the board of directors for the Economic Development Collaborative in Ventura County, California. A Southern California native, Meissner founded Meissner Filtration Products in 1989 in Camarillo, California. He has received numerous awards, including the Camarillo Chamber of Commerce’s 2018 Man of the Year Award and Cal State Channel Islands Business and Technology Partnership’s 2015 Community and Business Leader of the Year Award.