Brandy Beesley is a lifelong resident of Ventura County, and has served as the CEO/Executive Director for Project Understanding since 2017. Brandy’s values and leadership style bring together an inclusive high-performance approach that honors the heart of Project Understanding’s mission. Her years of experience in business management includes working in several positions within the corporate sector at Monsanto, and also served as the Development Manager at Food Share.  In her role as Executive Director she has managed to sustain a 1,000 percent  increase in capacity of individuals served.  In the year 2019 Brandy was named one of the Top 50 Woman in Business by Pacficic Coast Business Times, and in 2023 was selected as the Top Latina in Business/Nonprofit.
Working for years within the for-profit sector gave her appreciation of now having the opportunity to serve others in the nonprofit community. Brandy’s heart and passion to help others gives her the continued motivation and goal of continuing to serve others.  
Brandy’s biggest joy comes from raising her three beautiful daughters.