The Marin Post

Contributors

• Michael Aaronson

  Fairfax, California

• Erica Applestein

  Greenbrae, California

• Mike Arnold Ph.D.

  Economist
  Novato, California

  Mike Arnold is a PhD economist, currently lecturing at the Fromm Institute (USF) and in the Osher Life Long Learning Institute (OLLI) at Dominican University and Sonoma State University.  more »

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  Emily Brower Auchard

  Independent writer and editor
  Kentfield, California

  Emily Brower Auchard has been a Marin County resident for 22 years and currently provides writing, editing and communications services for several Marin County nonprofits some of which are part of th...  more »

• Susan Auyang

  Mill Valley, California

• Robert Ayres

  Fairfax, California

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  Michael Barnes

  City Council Member - City of Albany, CA, 2012-2020
  Albany, California

  My Website

  I first came to the Bay Area since 1989 as a UC Berkeley economics graduate student. In 1995 I moved to grad student housing in University Village. Five years later I bought a house near Albany High,...  more »

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  John A Baron

  Teacher Alexander Technique
  Sausalito, California

  My Website

  John has a creative arts and business background. He was a professional actor for ten years working in theater, film and television in England, Scotland and Europe. Later he launched his own publishi...  more »

• Gary Batroff

  Mill Valley, California

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  Ann Peckenpaugh Becker

  Retired High-Tech Recruiter
  Kentfield, California

  Ann Peckenpaugh was a leading executive search consultant in Silicon Valley for 26 years beginning in 1982. Most recently, she was President of Board Search Partners LLC, the only search firm special...  more »

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  Joan Bennett

  Attorney at Law
  Kentfield, California

  Joan Bennett is a practicing attorney and a fifth generation San Franciscan, who grew up in Kentfield. Weaned on politics and activism by her family, at an early age, Ms. Bennett has been involved in...  more »

• Jason Bezis

  Lafayette, California

• David Block

  Mill Valley, California

• Barbara Bogard

  Mill Valley, California

• Joyce Britt

  Mill Valley, California

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  Zelda Bronstein

  Author and Journalist
  Berkeley, California

  My Website

  I’m a Bay Area activist and writer whose work has appeared in Dissent magazine, the Berkeley Daily Planet, BeyondChron, 48 hills, the California Progress Report, Film Quarterly, Le Monde diplomatique...  more »

• Neilson Buchanan

  Palo Alto, California

• Lee Budish

  Mill Valley, California

• Ann Burke

  Mill Valley, California

• Urban Carmel

  Mill Valley, California

• Laura Chariton

  Watershed Alliance of Marin
  Mill Valley, California

• Eva Chrysanthe

  Berkeley, California

• Jennifer Churchill

  Greenbrae, California

• Benedetto Cico

  San Anselmo, California

• Susan Cluff

  Belvedere, California

• Bruce Corcoran

  Private Investor
  Mill Valley, California

  Bruce Corcoran is a 38-year resident of Strawberry, who has more than 25 years of experience analyzing development plans in the unincorporated areas of Marin County. He advocates local control, ful...  more »

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  Charles Cornwell

  Employed in San Rafael as a Network/Systems Admin.
  Fairfax, California

• Cari Dauphinais

  Mill Valley, California

• Gregg Dieguez

  Montara, California

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  Lucy Dilworth

  Sausalito, California

  Active in community affairs, Lucy Dilworth has served as the Foreperson of the Marin County Civil Grand Jury (2019-2020). She is a member of the SMART Citizens Oversight Committee and a director ...  more »

• John DiRe

  Sausalito, California

• Teliha Draheim

  Fairfax, California

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  Laura Effel

  Arbitrator
  Larkspur, California

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  Frank Egger

  President, North Coast Rivers, Cazadero Winery
  Fairfax, California

  My Website

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  Pat Eklund

  City Councilmember - Novato
  Novato, California

  My Website

  Pat currently serves on the Board for the Cities, Counties and Schools Partnership - a joint effort between the League of California Cities, California State Association of Counties, and California S...  more »

• Ericka Erikcson

  San Rafael, California

• Tamela Fish

  San Rafael, California

• John Flavin

  Sausalito, California

• Veda Florez

  Novato, California

• Jeffrey Geissberger

  Kentfield, California

• Todd Greenberg

  Fairfax, California

• T. Keith Gurnee

  San Luis Obispo, California

• Bill Hale

  San Rafael, California

• Rick Hall

  San Francisco, California

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  Melanie Hamburger

  Director or Development
  Marin City, California

  My Website

  Melanie shares the good work of Marin City Health and Wellness Center (MCHWC) with donors, potential supporters and the general public. In this role, she combines years of nonprofit fundraising exper...  more »

• Piyush Hari

  San Francisco, California

• Peter Hensel

  Corte Madera, California

• David Herr

  Larkspur, California

• Richard Holland

  Fairfax, California

• Karen Holly

  Mill Valley, California

• Valeri Hood

  Fairfax, California

• Susan Ives

  Communications/Journalism
  Mill Valley, California

  My Website

  Susan Ives is a writer, editor and communications consultant to nonprofit organizations. Her previous work includes vice president for the Trust for Public Land and leading the creation of the Massac...  more »

• Alex Kahl

  San Rafael, California

• Justin Kai

  San Rafael, California

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  Amy Kalish

  Activist for rational state housing policy
  Mill Valley, California

  My Website

  I’m a long time Mill Valley resident. Since finding out about new housing laws and RHNA in 2020/21, I’ve devoted most of my time to the cause of waking people up to ruinous policy decisions that hav...  more »

• Maureen Keefe

  Mill Valley, California

• Bingham Kennedy

  Mill Valley, California

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  Susan Kirsch

  Catalysts, Founder and President
  Mill Valley, California

  My Website

  Susan Kirsch is the founder and president of Catalysts and the Catalyst Institute for Local Control. CATALYSTS is a statewide grassroots network of community leaders, both volunteer and elected, dedi...  more »

• Kirk Knauer

  Mill Valley, California

• Jeff Kroot

  San Anselmo, California

• Meehyun Kurtzman

  San Rafael, California

• Mary Larkin

  San Rafael, California

• Susan Lattanzio

  Novato, California

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  Christopher LeGras

  Policy analyst, journalist, writer, and (recovering) lawyer
  San Anselmo, California

  I started "the all aspect report" in 2019, as an independent voice in California and nationwide. I’m a policy analyst, journalist, writer, and (recovering) lawyer. I’ve worked with and represen...  more »

• Josie Leiva

  San Rafael, California

• Dotty LeMieux

  San Rafael, California

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  Gaetan Lion

  Independent Researcher
  Mill Valley, California

  My Website

  I spent a long career within technical areas of finance. Over a few decades, I acquired a background in economics, econometrics, investments, risk management, statistics, and other quantitative meth...  more »

• Thomas Lord

  unaffiliated
  Berkeley, California

  Thomas Lord lives in Berkeley. He has an abiding interest in political economy and housing economics. In 2017 he was appointed to Berkeley's Housing Advisory Commission (his posts here are strictl...  more »

• Michael Macintosh

  San Rafael, California

• Robert Martyn

  Strawberry, California

• John McCauley

  Mill Valley, California

• Ray McDevitt

  Strawberry, California

• Mike McDuffee

  Novato, California

• Royce McLemore

  Marin City, California

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  Tina G McMillan

  Psychotherapist and Consultant
  Novato, California

  My Website

  Tina McMillan made Marin County her home in 1977. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Dominican University in Psychology and Marriage, Family and Child Therapy. Tina has a succes...  more »

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  Barbara McVeigh

  Filmmaker, Author, TV/Radio Host and Activist
  Fairfax, California

  My Website

  Barbara McVeigh is an artist and environmentalist. Her two films Racing with Copepods and The Man Behind the White Guitar were passion projects to highlight ocean issues and the power of music and po...  more »

• Bernard Meyers

  Novato, California

  Bernie Meyers is a 48-year Novato resident. He is a former Federal Antitrust prosecutor and served as a Novato Planning Commissioner in 1989 - 1990 and as a Novato Council member and Mayor betw...  more »

• Burton Miller, FAIA

  Architect / Planner
  Mill Valley, California

  My Website

• Francine Millman

  Mill Valley, California

• Andrea Montalbano

  Architect and Member of the Tam Valley Design Review Board
  Mill valley, California

• Jody Morales

  Citizens for Sustainable Pension Plans
  San Rafael (LV), California

  My Website

• Nadine Muller

  Nicasio, California

• Kevin Murphy

  Kentfield, California

• Jack Nixon

  San Rafael, California

• Joseph Odom

  Fairfax, California

• Becky Olvera Schultz

  Aptos, California

• Garril Page

  San Anselmo, California

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  John Palmer

  Real Estate Executive/Musician
  Mill Valley, California

  John Palmer has lived in Mill Valley for over 50 years, and has taken an active role in its civic and cultural life. He is President of Montgomery Partners, a real estate investment firm he founded i...  more »

• John Parulis

  San Rafael, California

• Linda Pfeifer

  Sausalito City Councilmember
  Sausalito, California

• Barry Phegan

  Greenbrae, California

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  Jim Phelps

  Power Contractor and Utility Rate Analyst
  Novato, California

  Jim Phelps is a graduate of the University of California, and has served the power and petrochemical industries for nearly 35 years redesigning and thermally upgrading evaporative heat exchangers (cr...  more »

• Mike Popovich

  Larkspur, California

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  Marin Post

  The Marin Post Staff
  Mill Valley, California

  My Website

  The Marin Post is a nonprofit project of Community Venture Partners, Inc. Our mission is to empower citizen journalists by providing an online platform for discussion of issues of shared community co...  more »

• Marin Post

  The Marin Post
  Mill Valley, California

  My Website

  The Marin Post is a nonprofit project of Community Venture Partners, Inc. Our mission is to empower citizen journalists by providing an online platform for articles and news about issues of shared co...  more »

• Pam Raymond

  Mill Valley, California

• Mari Robinson

  Mill Valley, California

• Ozzie Rohm

  San Francisco, California

• Nancie Rosen

  Mill Valley, California

• Rebecca Roudman

  Novato, California

• Tracey Ruiz

  Novato, California

• Tracey Ruiz

  Novato, California

• Sharon Rushton

  Mill Valley, California

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  Alan Schaevitz

  Webmaster for the Marin Coalition
  San Rafael, California

  My Website

  Alan Schaevitz is the volunteer webmaster for the Marin Coalition, an organization that conducts monthly luncheon presentations on conversations that matter to the community. More information can be ...  more »

• James Schneider

  Mill Valley, California

• Brad Sears

  San Rafael, California

• Margot Segal

  Corte Madera, California

• John Sergeant

  Fairfax, California

• Kristin Shannon

  Sausalito, California

• Hal Sherley

  San Anselmo, California

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  Toni Shroyer

  Realtor/Businesswoman/Mother
  Novato, California

  My Website

  Toni Shroyer is a Marin Native, who grew up in San Geronimo and graduated from Sir Francis Drake High School. She attended UC Davis, graduated from UCLA with a degree in Sociology, and received her ...  more »

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  Spencer Sias

  Community Volunteer
  San Anselmo, California

  My Website

  Spencer Sias is a third-generation Marinite and longtime resident of San Anselmo. He is a community volunteer who has served on the Ross Valley School District Board of Trustees and on the San Anselm...  more »

• Vicki Sievers

  San Rafael, California

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  Bob Silvestri

  President, Community Venture Partners - Editor in Chief, The Marin Post
  Mill Valley, California

  My Website

  Bob has dedicated more than 2 decades of his life to community service and charitable and philanthropic ventures. He is the founder and president of Community Venture Partners, Inc., the parent compa...  more »

• Pat Soberanis

  San Rafael, California

• Shelley Spicer

  San Rafael, California

• Mary Stompe

  Affordable Housing
  Novato, California

  Ms. Stompe is a retired nonprofit executive director for PEP Housing. She has managed multiple million-dollar affordable housing building projects for seniors and veterans throughout Northern C...  more »

• Richard Tait

  Mill Valley, California

• Joby Tapia

  Mill Valley, California

• Danessa Techmanski

  Cupertino, Colorado

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  Suzanne Thompson

  Health and science journalist
  Mill Valley, California

  My Website

  Suzanne Bohan-Thompson covered health and science for 12 years with the Bay Area News Group, a 650,000-circulation newspaper chain which includes the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and Oa...  more »

• Patrick Torres

  Eagle, Idaho

• Nancy Tubbs

  Santa Cruz, California

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  Hutch Turner

  Business Owner & Consultant - Chemical Biomolecular Engineer
  Novato, California

  My Website

  Previous: Vanderbilt Hustler, Florida Flambeau, Rugby News, Rugby magazine, etc. Current: Novato.Exposed, Marin.Exposed, Novato.Community Active in Novato and Marin County concerns especially in the...  more »

• Kenneth Wachtel

  Mill Valley, California

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  Nick Waranoff

  Retired lawyer
  Orinda, California

  I am a retired lawyer, whose practice consisted of trials and litigation, primarily in real estate. I also did a lot of pro bono work. During the 11 years since I retired, I have been active in civ...  more »

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  Mimi Willard

  Community Activist and Proponent of Good Governance Practices
  Kentfield, California

  My Website

  Mimi Willard is the founder and president of CO$T, a nonprofit, non-partisan organization representing the interests of Marin County taxpayers. Mimi spent two decades as a top-ranked research anal...  more »

• Tiana Wimmer

  Mill Valley, California

• Edward Yates

  Larkspur, California

• Pat Zuch

  Sausalito, California