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 […]
Josh 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, Josh is the founder of Strategic Port Advisors, providing advisory services to clients on long-term infrastructure strategies in a world of increasing uncertainty due to climate
Doug Johnson is an accomplished transportation leader and community planner with more than 20 years of planning, analysis, policy, and funding experience. Doug is currently the Principal Transportation Planner at Jacobs, a consulting supporting public agencies doing diverse transportation planning projects across the West. He also teaches Transportation Planning in San Jose’ States Master of
Stefan Bewley has extensive experience in helping organizations with strategic decision-making. He currently leads the Strategy & Corporate Development team at T-Mobile. He and his team advise the company on strategic decisions and investments for both near term and long term success. Prior to T-Mobile, Stefan was a Partner and Board member with Altman Solon,
Mario is an accomplished executive with over 20 years of experience in business operations, sustainability, and organizational leadership. As Vice President of Business Operations – Americas at ENGIE Impact, the sustainability consulting division of ENGIE Group, Mario focuses on driving operational efficiency and building resilient businesses while supporting the development of strategies that help organizations
Xiomara is senior program officer 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
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
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
Marcia has extensive leadership experience in local and regional government as both an elected and appointed official. A two-time elected Town Councilmember and 2019- 2020 Mayor of Los Gatos, Marcia is an accomplished, experienced, and creative leader in the public policy arena. Over the years she has been a collaborative partner in the development and
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
Hitesh Soneji is a Professor of Engineering, Energy, and Sustainability at City College of San Francisco. He is also actively engaged as an energy systems decarbonization consultant. Hitesh held the Chair of the Engineering Department from 2012-2016. He has been instrumental in enabling CCSF’s sustainability curriculum. Hitesh’s focus in industry is on enabling grid integration
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
Kristy Wang has more than 20 years of experience in housing policy and planning, land use, community planning and affordable housing development. As a principal at Community Planning Collaborative, her consulting portfolio spans a range of projects — from providing housing policy, affordable housing, and community engagement technical assistance to local government to research and
