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noticing hearings were distributed to all neighbors. His work, along with others, resulted in bi-lingual notices of
hearings, signage posted in both English and Spanish, and summaries of important documents being provided
in Spanish. His actions acknowledged and celebrated the diversity of his community, as well as ensured that all
residents could participate in a local government process that would be affecting them.
Biography: Dockray graduated from the College of Santa Fe (2001) with a degree in Moving Image Arts. He
then moved to Glendale to pursue TV and film editing. He met his wife Erica while living in Glendale when
she was attending the California Institute of the Arts in Experimental Animation. They moved here in 2013
from Glendale. They have an eight-year-old son, Dallas, and another child on the way. Jeremiah’s community
involvement began almost immediately, when in 2014 the community of Val Verde was faced with the expan-
sion of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in spite of the fact that a 1997 permit stated it would be closed in 20 years.
He helped form Citizens for Chiquita Canyon Landfill Compliance and was instrumental in ensuring that land-
fill information was provided in Spanish as well as English to this majority Spanish-speaking community. He
appeared at hearings to bring up concerns over health issues and air pollution impacts on the community of Val
Verde. He is a member of the Val Verde Civic Association and was elected to the Castaic Area Town Council to
represent the Val Verde area. He joined SCOPE and has been a board member since 2015. Jeremiah and Erica
(in addition to her faculty position at CalArts) run SCV Adventure Play Foundation. The Adventure Play philos-
ophy is that physical and mental space for free play, as well as access to nature and a supportive community, is
an essential piece of a healthy and happy life. SCV Adventure Play has provided recess programs for several lo-
cal charter schools including SCVi in Castaic. The foundation also works with home school groups in the iLead
and Inspire Charter School networks.

Alan Ferdman
Retired, Aerospace Engineer
Nominated by Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers, Inc.
Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers (4 years)
• Board member
• Treasurer
• Chair, Rubber Ducky Festival
Canyon Country Advisory Committee (18 years)
• Chair, 16 years
Santa Clarita Community Council (6 years)
• Board
• CEO
Santa Clarita Senior Center Advisory Council (3 years)
• Vice chair
City of Santa Clarita Adult Sports (13 years)
• Committee chair
Single Purpose Ad Hoc Committees
• Bridge to Home Shelter Task Force
• LACO Emergency Winter Shelter Site Selection
• Santa Clarita Valley Open Space Committee
• College of the Canyons Canyon Country Site Selection Committee
• City of Santa Clarita Material Recycling Facility Site Selection
Others: Sunrise Rotary, Old Town Newhall Association, Whittaker-Bermite Citizens Advisory Group, North
Oaks Park, Santa Clarita Elks, Salvation Army, Mint Canyon Moose Lodge, E Clampus Vitus, Old West Mason-
ic Lodge, Al Malaikah Shrine, American Motorcycle Association
Organization Impact: Samuel Dixon Family Health Center, Inc. was established in 1980 in response to the
lack of healthcare services available to low-income and under-served communities. Today there are three sites
in Val Verde, Canyon Country and Newhall with two outreach programs at Cal Arts and COC. Each year, ap-