Officers & Board of Directors

Pete Golis
Chair
Retired, Editorial Director
The Press Democrat

Linda Kachiu, CPA
Treasurer
Director
Zainer Rinehart Clarke

Herb Castillo
Secretary
Executive Director
Project Avary

Jeannie Schulz
Jean Schulz
Director Emeritus
President
Charles M. Schulz Museum
& Research Center

David Voss
At Large
Executive Vice President
Exchange Bank

Joan Woodard
At Large
President & CEO
Simons & Woodard Inc.

Jay Abbe
Retired, President & CEO
JDS Uniphase

Oscar Chavez
Executive Director
Community Action Partnership

Harriet Derwingson
Retired, Area Vice President
AT&T

Dianne Edwards
Retired, Director
Sonoma County Human Services

Ted Eliot
Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.
Retired
U.S. Foreign Service Officer

Steve Goldberg
Attorney at Law
Friedemann, goldberg LLP

Whitney Hall
Retired
U.S. Army

Andrea Learned
Vice President for Development
St. Joseph Health System,
Sonoma County

Steve Rabinowitsh
Instructor, Social Science
Santa Rosa Junior College

Lew Reid
Retired, Director & CEO
The California Endowment

Wanda Tapia-Thomsen
Retired, Program Manager
Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program
University of California
Cooperative Extension

Judy Withee, CFP
Registered Principal
Protected Investors of America

Michelle Zygielbaum
Retired, Neonatal Nurse

Featured Board Member

“There’s never enough money to solve all the current pressing community needs,” says Jeannie Schulz, founding board member who helped design the blueprint of the Community Foundation. “In the early days, the board focused on creating an unrestricted endowment; we did everything we could to encourage a wide donor base.” More…

Featured supporting organization

In 1995 when former Santa Rosa Mayor, Charles "Chop" DeMeo chose to leave his $16 million estate for the benefit of Sonoma County teens and homeless mothers, he knew he would be creating a bridge to the future. His legacy, the DeMeo Teen Club, a supporting organization of the Community Foundation, is a perfect example of creating something lasting value that spans generations