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Board of Directors

The Greenbelt Alliance Board of Directors guides the organization's work. Board members include government officials, planning experts, environmentalists, housing and social equity advocates, businesspeople, and other concerned citizens.

Nancy Adler, Professor, University of California, San Francisco

David Azevedo (Secretary-Treasurer), Partner, Grant, Thornton, LLP

W. Anderson Barnes (Vice President), Principal, Barnes and Company, Urban Strategist

John Chapman, Trustee, East Bay Community Foundation

William D. Evers Jr., Principal, B E R N S T E I N Investment Research and Management, Inc.

Mort Fleishhacker, Private Investor

Donna Gerber, Director of Government Relations for the California Nurses Association

Jon Harvey, Retired Engineer, Chair of East Alameda County Board of Zoning Adjustments

Robert E. Johnson, Financial Analyst

Deepak Kamlani, President and CEO of Global Inventures, Inc.

Duane Kromm, Former Supervisor, District 3, Solano County Board of Supervisors

Craig Lundin, Former Mayor of Piedmont, President and CEO of Tree Sculpture Group

Jake Mackenzie, Mayor, Rohnert Park

Jean McCown (President), Former Mayor of Palo Alto, Director of Government Relations, Stanford University

Charles F. McGlashan, Marin County Board of Supervisors

Sandra Nathan, President and CEO of The Richmond Children’s Foundation

Michele Perrault, International Vice President, Sierra Club

Margaret Spaulding, Retired Marketing Consultant

Michele Stratton (Vice President), Lawyer, Private Practice; Vice President, Planning Association for the Richmond District, San Francisco

Dee Swanhuyser, North Bay Trail Director, Bay Area Ridge Trail Council; Co-Owner, Oasis Construction Company

Laney Thornton, Chairman of the Board, Eileen West Company

Vivian Fei Tsen, Urban Planner

Wells Whitney, Retired Scientist

Gary Williams, Emeritus Professor of Management & Leadership and former Dean, School of Business and Management, University of San Francisco

Michelle Yesney, Environmental Planning Consultant