BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Andrew Peterson - Chair He is retired from the U.S. Army; retired from County of Lake as manager of the affordable housing program and the redevelopment agency.

William Thompson – Vice Chair William is the manager for Wells Fargo Bank in Ukiah and Ft Bragg. He is an Assistant Vice-President. He relocated to Ukiah in July of 2003 and became the manager of Ukiah and Ft. Bragg branches. He previously served on the board of Directors for the California Grey Bears, the board for Calistoga Affordable Housing and is also serving on the advisory board of the United Way for Mendocino, Lake and Sonoma County. He also hold s a degree in Business Administration and Management.

Roberto Muniz – Secretary Roberto is employed as a Bilingual Claims Representative with the Social Security Administration. He previously worked for the County of Mendocino Department of Social Services where he became familiar with many forms of subsidized housing. He is also on the Board of Directors of the 12 District Agricultural Association/Redwood Empire Fair.

Ron Caviglia -Treasurer
Ron currently works for the Mendocino County Assessor’s Office. In his previous position as Personnel Analyst for Mendocino County, he gained extensive experience in human resources management. He is a former employee of RCHDC, having worked in the Self-Help Program.

Kathleen Stone - Member
Kathleen oversees the homeless services and housing programs for the Mendocino County Health and Human Services Agency (Social Services Branch; Adult and Aging Services Division). Formerly serving as Executive Director of a community-based organization providing food bank, emergency, and homeless services provided Kathleen with a background in nonprofit & public administration and solidified a desire to work on behalf of disadvantaged people in the community. Kathleen administers the Local Board for the FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) and works actively with United Way to ensure continued funding for crisis services in Mendocino County. A degree in Communications reflects a variety of interests including radio broadcasting, marketing and writing.

Holly Madrigal: - Member
After receiving her degree in Business Management/ Economics from UC Santa Cruz Holly returned to her home town of Willits where she developed an interest in ecological building practices. In 2004 she was elected to the Willits City Council where she began volunteering in the field of Affordable Housing. She has served on the Affordable Housing Task Force, headed by the County of Mendocino, and has assisted in the development of an Inclusionary Housing Ordinance as well as Housing Trust Fund research. She hopes to represent the northern part of the county on RCHDC’s board. She is proud to be a member of such a well respected and productive organization.

Marcia Williams – Member:
Marcia Williams and her husband built their home in the Glass Beach Subdivision in Fort Bragg as part of RCHDC's Self-Help program. Marcia works at College of the Redwoods as the Financial Aid Specialist and also administers the scholarship program.

Dan Gill – Member:
Dan is currently employed by the Savings Bank of Mendocino County as a commercial loan officer. A graduate of Ukiah High School Class of 1966; and Santa Clara University, Class of 1970, BS Mathematics.

Cindy Silva – Member:
Cindy has served on the Board of Directors of Sunset View Estates for five years, two of those as president. Sunset View Estates is a resident-owned Mobile home Park. Cindy also resides at Creekside Village.

Camille E. Schraeder - Member
Camille is the Executive Director of Redwood Children’s Services, Inc. located in Ukiah; She founded the non-profit corporation in 1995, and oversees the budge and program implementations of all development activities, she also writes grants and has developed the resources and collaborative efforts of the community. Previously she was Program Director and Program Supervisor at other non-profit organizations for children services in the Ukiah area.

Catherine Elias-Jermany- Member:
Catherine has been employed by or belonged to the following organizations: Housing/Advocate-Neighborhood Adult Participation Program in Los Angeles; Founder/President of the LA County Welfare Rights Organization/NWRO; Vice-President of the National Tenant Organization/LA/Black Congress; Board Member of the HALT – Americans for Legal Reform, LCCR,NAIP, NOW,-Women & Poverty Task Force Coordinator; Staff-Southern Christian Leadership Committee; Poverty Rights Action Committee, Lake County Dispute Resolution Committee, NSHLP and many more.

Peter Klein - Member:
Peter is a retired attorney with 28 years of experience as a public agency attorney, having served the past 22 years as the County Counsel of Mendocino County. Prior to becoming an attorney he worked for the State of California and the City and County of San Francisco. He gained property management experience working for a private property management firm and the Real Estate Division of the Port of San Francisco. Peter is currently a member of the Board of Directors of North Coast Opportunities, Inc. (NCO) and a past Board Chairman of that organization. NCO is a private non-profit corporation which provides a broad range of community program services to Lake, Mendocino, Del Norte, Humboldt, Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties