Board of Directors

Officers

Bryant Hichwa
President
Retired Professor, Sonoma State University
Sea Ranch
Representing member of Madrone Aububon

Julie Allecta
1st Vice President
Retired, investment and securities law
Corte Madera

Andre Brewster
2nd Vice President
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
San Anselmo

Diane Jacobson
Secretary
Retired, insurance industry
Glen Ellen
ACR Docent

Barbara Kosnar
Treasurer
Retired, Union Bank
Mill Valley
ACR Ranch Guide

Directors

Amy Blackstone
Metal artist
San Francisco
Martin Griffin Preserve Docent Council Representative 

Anna-Marie Bratton
Retired Biology Lab Manager, City College of San Francisco
San Francisco
ACR Docent
ACR Ranch Guide

Sam Dakin
Entrepreneur
Sebastopol
ACR Docent
Bouverie Preserve Docent Council representative  

Jesse Grantham
Retired Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Ojai

David Kavanaugh
Senior Curator, California Academy of Sciences
Adjunct Professor of Biology, Sonoma State University
Petaluma

Andy Lafrenz, Esq.
Partner, Donahue Gallagher Woods, LLP
San Rafael
ACR Ranch Guide

Amy LaGoy, Ed.D.
Education consultant
Berkeley
Ranch Guide Council Representative

Helen McKenna
Retired educational consultant
Community Volunteer
San Francisco
Representing member of Golden Gate Audubon 

Valerie Merrin
Retired banking executive
Community Volunteer
Mill Valley
ACR Ranch Host

Ivan Obolensky
Principal, Shields and Company
New York, NY

Judy Prokupek
Senior Director of Development, Foundation of City College of San Francisco
Inverness 

Bill Richardson
Non-Profit Financial Manager
San Anselmo

Diana Sanson
Non-profit management
Glen Ellen
ACR Docent

April Starke Slakey
Retired Major Gifts Officer, San Francisco YMCA
Mill Valley

Stephen Smith
Senior Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch
Santa Rosa

Lowell Sykes
Retired
Community volunteer
Mill Valley
Representing member of Marin Audubon