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Redwood Credit Union, the company announced. Her role provides “leadership, guidance and oversight of RCU’s community and social programs” including the RCU Community Fund. Previously, Oldham
was named in April as the new president and CEO of the Save the Redwoods League. SRL’s mission is to “restore and
4 RCU re-elects board members Redwood Credit Union recently re-elected volunteer board members Judy Herrerias-James, Lisa Wittke Schaffner and Rod Dole. RCU’s board of directors sets the credit union’s strategic direction and policies, the credit union said in an announcement. Herrerias-James has served as an RCU volunteer official since 2013. She Judy Herrerias-James is the owner of Stony Point Vineyard and serves as a board member for the Sonoma County Workforce Investment Board, the Sonoma County Farm Bureau and the Redwood Credit Union Services Group. Herrerias-James graduated from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Business Management. Rod Dole has been an RCU volunteer
connect people to the iconic coast redwood and giant sequoia forests of California,” the San Francisco-based nonprofit said in an announcement. Most recently, Mietz served for eight years as superintendent of Redwood National and State Parks. Mietz’s more than two-decade career has also found him at assignments for the Point Reyes National Seashore, Grand Canyon National Park, Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Great Basin National Park and multiple regional directorships, according to the announcement. He holds a Master of Science degree in environmental studies from the University of Montana and a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University. Steve Mietz
Gwen Oldham
served as director of corporate social responsibility at AT&T, leading strategic development and execution of national impact programs focused on online safety and digital well-being. She’s also served in marketing and communications for the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. The Corte Madera resident earned a master’s in public policy from the University of Southern California and a bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Oregon..
official since 1978. He is the retired auditor/ controller/treasurer/ tax collector for
4 Collins to lead Vintners Resort transformation
Michael Collins started in April as the new general manager of Vintners Resort, according to an announcement from Ensemble Hospitality, which owns the 92-acre estate in Santa Rosa. Collins joins Vintners
4 Roy joins Vivalon as CEO Vivalon, a San Rafael-based
Sonoma County. He formerly served as co-chair for Ygrene, trustee for CALTrust and on the president’s advisory board at Sonoma State University. Lisa Wittke Schaffner has been an RCU volunteer official since 2012 and is the incoming RCU board chair. She is CEO of the North Coast Builders Exchange, sits on the board of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin and is vice president of the Sonoma County
nonprofit that advances independence, health and
Rod Dole
quality of life for older adults and people with disabilities, recently announced the appointment of Kaushik Roy as chief executive officer. Roy will be responsible for the strategic oversight and overall management of the organization and will report to Vivalon’s board of directors, the nonprofit said in an announcement. Roy most recently served as director of philanthropy at Providence Health and Services, a national not-for-profit healthcare system. Prior to that, he spent 14 years as executive director of Shanti Project, a San Francisco community-based nonprofit providing safety-net services for marginalized communities, including older adults and individuals with chronic health conditions. Roy will step in for Vivalon’s longtime president Joe O’Hehir, who had been serving in an interim role until a new CEO was found.
Michael Collins
Kaushik Roy
Resort following a tenure as general manager at Archer Hotel Napa, where he launched the property and managed pre-opening initiatives. “His strategic leadership contributed to the hotel's sustained growth, improved revenue performance and established its position as a leader in the local market,” said the announcement. Collins is now poised to lead Vintners Resort through a more than $15 million transformation and launch as a new resort, debuting this summer. Prior to his role at Archer Hotel, Collins held various leadership positions at hotels including The Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena and Kenwood Inn and Spa in Kenwood. 4 Mietz to lead Save the Redwoods Steve Mietz, a longtime leader in redwood forest management and restoration,
Grape Growers Foundation. She also sits on the boards
Lisa Wittke Schaffner
of the Santa Rosa Metro Chamber and Sonoma County Fair. Wittke Schaffner has degrees in government and journalism from California State University at Sacramento. 4 Oldham tapped as VP of social impact at RCU Gwen Oldham is the new vice president of community and social impact at
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