Doug Johnson is an accomplished transportation leader with more than 15 years of policy and funding experience. Doug is the Transportation Planning Manager at the San Francisco Planning Department. In this role, he serves as Project Manager for ConnectSF, a multi-agency collaboration focused on planning and building an effective, equitable, and sustainable transportation system for San Francisco’s …
Laurel Prevetti is the Town Manager for the Town of Los Gatos. As its chief executive and administrative officer, she leads the town organization in the delivery of exceptional municipal services; listens to the community’s needs and responds accordingly; and supports the Town Council in its budgetary, land-use, and other local decisions. Prior to serving …
Corinne Winter spent a decade working in the transportation industry focusing on bicycle and pedestrian advocacy and planning at the Executive Director of the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition. Corinne has since branched out to include more varied transportation projects—rail, shuttle/bus, and the integration of various modes—to solve gridlock, improve quality of life, and make communities stronger. …
Anu Natarajan joined the Greenbelt Alliance Board in 2014. Anu Natarajan currently serves as the Housing Initiative Lead at Meta/Facebook, where she leverages her extensive background across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to guide Facebook’s housing policy initiatives, partnerships, and investment work. She is a long-time advocate for sensible, sensitive, and sustainable planning as the …
Joshua has over 20 years of experience in commercial infrastructure investment, corporate finance, and business development with an emphasis on U.S. and Latin American port and maritime industries. Currently, Joshua is a commercial advisor with Moffatt & Nichol, advising clients on long-term infrastructure strategies in a world of increasing uncertainty due to climate change. More …
Xiomara is manager of housing affordability for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, where she supports CZI’s commitment to ensure everyone has access to safe, stable, and affordable housing. Her experience includes various roles in community outreach and project management in the land use and commercial real estate industry, both in the nonprofit and private sector. Prior …
Elliot is a fifth-generation San Franciscan. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley, Hastings College of the Law and The Sorbonne. When he is working, his firm specializes in the purchase and sale of broadcast stations, cellular companies, and other telecom assets. When he is playing, Elliot is an avid outdoorsman who spends as much …
As President and CEO of San Mateo County Economic Development Association (SAMCEDA), Rosanne Foust directs conversations important to maintaining a strong local and regional economy, attracting and retaining major employers and good jobs, and creating partnerships between business and government to address the critical issues of affordable housing, mobility improvements and maintaining a good quality …
John is a landscape architect and urban designer with over 20 years of experience. As a Landscape Architect & Urban Designer at WRT, he shares WRT’s deep commitment to environmentally rooted planning and design excellence. His work reflects his belief that open space infrastructure, whether at the scale of parks, landscaped plazas, or streets, is …
Jon Harvey has served on the Board of Greenbelt Alliance since 2008 and resides in East Alameda County. He is a retired Mechanical Engineer from the computer and networking industry, having worked through the explosive growth of networking technology that commercialized the internet in the 90’s. After leaving design and technology work in 2000, Jon …
For 24 years, Jake served as a member of the Rohnert Park City Council and was the Mayor five times. A retired pesticide regulator (30 years with U.S. EPA), Jake is still active in Sonoma County, serving on the County’s Community Development Committee and RCPA Climate Advisory Committee. He is also a Board Member and two-time chair …
A California native, Dee Swanhuyser and her husband, Peter, have lived in the western Sonoma County forests for 36 years where they raised two children, Hiya and Jesse. Dee is the North Bay Trail Director for the Bay Area Ridge Trail Council. She is a founder of the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space …
Laney Thornton’s two decades of board membership at Greenbelt Alliance have included spearheading of the Sonoma Leadership Council, raising funds to support the efforts of the Santa Rosa Field Office. Laney is a graduate of Harvard College (A.B. Cum Laude, ’67) and the Harvard Business School (M.B.A.’69.) In the late 1970s, Laney co-founded the Eileen West …
Heather Wooten is a principal at Onside Partners, where she partners with leaders to make lasting change. After working for over a decade at the intersection of health equity and built environment policy, she believes in the power of good governance to create healthy, sustainable, and economically vibrant communities for all. Heather’s expertise includes policy research, …
