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Michael Aaronson
Fairfax, California -
Erica Applestein
Greenbrae, California -
Mike Arnold Ph.D.
Economist
Novato, CaliforniaMike 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, CaliforniaEmily 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 »
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Susan Auyang
Mill Valley, California -
Robert Ayres
Fairfax, California -
Zara Babitzke
Executive Director
Mill Valley, CaliforniaZara Babitzke is a Marin County visionary leader and entrepreneur of social change. She has led the way in spearheading awareness to end youth homelessness in Marin and statewide. Her work has pla... more »
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Michael Barnes
City Council Member - City of Albany, CA, 2012-2020
Albany, CaliforniaI 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, CaliforniaJohn 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 »
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Gary Batroff
Mill Valley, California -
Ann Peckenpaugh Becker
Retired High-Tech Recruiter
Kentfield, CaliforniaAnn 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, CaliforniaJoan 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 »
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Jason Bezis
Lafayette, California -
David Block
Mill Valley, California -
Barbara Bogard
Mill Valley, California -
Joyce Britt
Mill Valley, California -
Zelda Bronstein
Author and Journalist
Berkeley, CaliforniaI’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 »
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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, CaliforniaBruce 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 -
Basia Crane
Kentfield, California -
Cari Dauphinais
Mill Valley, California -
John DiRe
Sausalito, California -
Teliha Draheim
Fairfax, California -
Laura Effel
Arbitrator
Larkspur, California -
Frank Egger
President, North Coast Rivers, Cazadero Winery
Fairfax, California -
Pat Eklund
City Councilmember - Novato
Novato, CaliforniaPat 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 »
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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 -
Melanie Hamburger
Director or Development
Marin City, CaliforniaMelanie 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 »
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Piyush Hari
San Francisco, California -
Kevin Haroff
City Council member for the City of Larkspur
Greenbrae, CaliforniaMarin County needs new leadership to confront the challenges it faces in the coming years. Kevin has served his hometown of Larkspur as a member of the local Planning Commission and more recently, ... more »
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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, CaliforniaSusan 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 »
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Alex Kahl
San Rafael, California -
Justin Kai
San Rafael, California -
Amy Kalish
Activist for rational state housing policy
Mill Valley, CaliforniaI’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 »
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Maureen Keefe
Mill Valley, California -
Bingham Kennedy
Mill Valley, California -
Susan Kirsch
Catalysts, Founder and President
Mill Valley, CaliforniaSusan 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 »
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Kirk Knauer
Mill Valley, California -
Jeff Kroot
San Anselmo, California -
Meehyun Kurtzman
San Rafael, California -
Mary Larkin
San Rafael, California -
Susan Lattanzio
Novato, California -
Julia Lavaroni
Novato, California -
Christopher LeGras
Policy analyst, journalist, writer, and (recovering) lawyer
San Anselmo, CaliforniaI 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 »
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Josie Leiva
San Rafael, California -
Dotty LeMieux
San Rafael, California -
Gaetan Lion
Independent Researcher
Mill Valley, CaliforniaI 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 »
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Thomas Lord
unaffiliated
Berkeley, CaliforniaThomas 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 »
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Michael Macintosh
San Rafael, California -
Robert Martyn
Strawberry, California -
Ray McDevitt
Strawberry, California -
Mike McDuffee
Novato, California -
Royce McLemore
Marin City, California -
Tina G McMillan
Psychotherapist and Consultant
Novato, CaliforniaTina 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, CaliforniaBarbara 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 »
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Bernard Meyers
Novato, CaliforniaBernie 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 »
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Burton Miller, FAIA
Architect / Planner
Mill Valley, California -
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 -
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 -
Ana Pallas
San Francisco, California -
John Palmer
Real Estate Executive/Musician
Mill Valley, CaliforniaJohn 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 »
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John Parulis
San Rafael, California -
Linda Pfeifer
Sausalito City Councilmember
Sausalito, California -
Barry Phegan
Greenbrae, California -
Jim Phelps
Power Contractor and Utility Rate Analyst
Novato, CaliforniaJim 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 »
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Mike Popovich
Larkspur, California -
Marin Post
The Marin Post Staff
Mill Valley, CaliforniaThe 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 »
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Marin Post
The Marin Post
Mill Valley, CaliforniaThe 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 »
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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 -
Sharon Rushton
Mill Valley, California -
Nora Sawyer
Sausalito, CA, California -
Alan Schaevitz
Webmaster for the Marin Coalition
San Rafael, CaliforniaAlan 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 »
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James Schneider
Mill Valley, California -
Brad Sears
San Rafael, California -
John Sergeant
Fairfax, California -
Kristin Shannon
Sausalito, California -
Hal Sherley
San Anselmo, California -
Toni Shroyer
Realtor/Businesswoman/Mother
Novato, CaliforniaToni 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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Vicki Sievers
San Rafael, California -
Bob Silvestri
President, Community Venture Partners - Editor in Chief, The Marin Post
Mill Valley, CaliforniaBob 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 »
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Pat Soberanis
San Rafael, California -
Richard Tait
Mill Valley, California -
Joby Tapia
Mill Valley, California -
Danessa Techmanski
Cupertino, Colorado -
Suzanne Thompson
Health and science journalist
Mill Valley, CaliforniaSuzanne 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 »
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Patrick Torres
Eagle, Idaho -
Nancy Tubbs
Santa Cruz, California -
Hutch Turner
Business Owner & Consultant - Chemical Biomolecular Engineer
Novato, CaliforniaPrevious: 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 »
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Kenneth Wachtel
Mill Valley, California -
Nick Waranoff
Retired lawyer
Orinda, CaliforniaI 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, CaliforniaMimi 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 »
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Tiana Wimmer
Mill Valley, California -
Edward Yates
Larkspur, California -
Pat Zuch
Sausalito, California