Meet Our Team
Directory
CEO
Karen Strolia
Chief Executive Officer
Karen is an experienced executive leader with a proven track record in the nonprofit and business sectors, dri...
Amelia Leahy
Executive Assistant
Amelia grew up on the Central Coast of California and has fond memories of school field trips to San Francisco...
Accounting
David Lopez
Staff Accountant
David Lopez is an accounting professional with experience in nonprofit, hospitality, and local government orga...
Anshu Saini
Accounting Clerk
Anshu grew up in the northern part of India and relocated to the United States in 2021. She is currently pursu...
Lievin Mwamba
Chief Financial Officer
Lievin is a finance and operations professional with 20 years of experience in accounting, human resources, an...
Consulting/Learning & Leadership
Jeanette Au
Director of Capacity Building
Jeanette brings seven years of experience working in various spaces dedicated to building capacities to create...
Court Referral
People & Culture
Toni Nava
Director of People & Culture
Toni Nava brings 18 years of People Operations and Human Resources leadership across non-profit, corporate con...
Events
Edna Siljdedic
Event Manager
Edna grew up in Marin County and became passionate about social justice and nonprofit work at an early age. He...
Lauren Oblad
Event Coordinator
Lauren grew up moving every few years due to her father’s career in the Coast Guard. In 1991, her family moved...
Marketing & Communications
Katelyn Willoughby
Director, Marketing & Communications
Katelyn is fired up about communication, marketing, business development, and working with diverse leaders in ...
Varidda Voraakom
Marketing & Communications Specialist
Nonprofit strategist and communications leader with 18+ years of experience translating complex ideas into com...
Sonoma County Paratransit
Radasha Williams
Director of Paratransit, Sonoma County Paratransit
Radasha Williams is a transportation and safety professional with over nine years of experience in paratransit...
Taylor Felts
Routing and Scheduling Shift Supervisor, Sonoma County Paratransit
Taylor Felts is originally from Oklahoma and moved to California in 2018 with his wife. They have a daughter w...
Enrique Mora
Routing and Scheduling Shift Supervisor, Sonoma County Paratransit
Enrique Mora was born in Santa Rosa, California, and has lived there for 28 years. He is the proud parent of a...
Brian Wallace
Driver-Trainer, Sonoma County Paratransit
Brian Wallace is a Driver and part-time Driver-Trainer with Sonoma County Paratransit (CVNL). His journey from...
Cardwell Thomas
Driver, Sonoma County Paratransit
Cardwell Thomas is a dedicated Driver with Sonoma County Paratransit, committed to providing essential transpo...
Anthony Chatham
Driver, Sonoma County Paratransit
Anthony Chatham has lived in the Sonoma/Marin counties his entire life. He has worked in the Santa Rosa Volunt...
Volunteer Services
Marisol VelaChiu
Manager of Volunteer Services
Marisol combines extensive experience in education and nonprofit leadership with a deep commitment to equity, ...
AnnaMaria Tamayo Madarieta
Volunteer Services Program Assistant
With nearly a decade of experience in government affairs and constituent services, AnnaMaria Tamayo Madarieta ...
Board of Directors
Zahra Salamat
Associate Chief Administrative Officer, Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa
Zahra Salamat is Associate Chief Administrative Officer at Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center, where ...
Scott Copeland
CEO/Co-Founder, Torvia
Scott Copeland has spent over three decades in public accounting most recently as a Senior Partner with Armani...
Joanne Webster
President/CEO, North Bay Leadership Council
Joanne Webster joined the North Bay Leadership Council has President/CEO in November 2023. Prior to her appoin...
Luana Vaetoe
Chief Executive Officer, Becoming Independent
Chair Luana was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BI in July 2013, having demonstrated success in str...
Michael Silva
Executive Vice President/Regional Market President, Comerica Bank
Treasurer Michael A. Silva has been Market President for San Francisco and North Bay Regions at Comeric...
Kevin Kearney
Kevin Kearney Real Estate Group
Kevin is a licensed real estate associate broker affiliated with Coldwell Banker Realty, a residential real es...
Diane Hernandez
Secretary
Diane Hernandez is the Area Finance Officer (AFO) for Kaiser Permanente Marin-Sonoma. She drives the financia...
Dr. Christine Isana Garcia
Chief Executive Officer, Side by Side
Dr. Christine Isana Garcia was appointed in October 2021 to the role of Chief Executive Officer at Side by Sid...
Rob Devincenzi
President/Publisher, Marin Independent Journal
Rob was appointed president and publisher of the Marin Independent Journal in 2015. He has worked in media for...
Dave Canny
Vice President, PG&E North Coast Region
Dave Canny is Vice President of PG&E’s North Coast Region. As one of PG&E’s senior leaders in the fiel...
Jeff Boehm
Chief External Relations Officer, Marine Mammal Center
Dr. Boehm is passionate about making a difference in environmental conservation. Whether through the communiti...