John is a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Francisco; he also teaches at the University of California, San Francisco. He has been a resident of Marin County for over 25 years. John's initial contact with FSA occurred more than 20 years ago when he gave a talk to the clinical staff on brief psychotherapy. Aware of Family Service Agency's important missions, and desirous of a longer-term relationship with the Agency, he joined the Board.
Barrett is a real estate and business attorney at DeMartini & Walker LLP in San Rafael. A Marin native, Barrett has served on the Board of a television station and most recently has held positions in the Marin County Bar Association and San Rafael Chamber of Commerce. Barrett has a B.A. in Psychology from UCLA and a law degree and MBA from Santa Clara University. During his legal career, Barrett has worked in the legal department at online auction company eBay, Inc. and at the downtown San Francisco law firm of Philips, Spallas & Angstadt. Barrett joined the Board in May of 2007 and enjoys using his unique set of skills to benefit FSA and the FSA community.
Peter was raised in San Francisco and currently lives in Tiburon with his wife Yvonne and three children. Peter has spent most of his career in the financial services industry, starting his career as a CPA with Price Waterhouse. He received his MBA from Columbia University in New York City and then spent eight years in Investment Banking with firms such as Lehman Brothers, UBS, and Deutsche Bank.
Dino is a life-long resident of the Bay Area. Born and raised in Richmond, he has also lived in Vallejo, Albany and Sunnyvale, and he currently resides in Fairfield. Dino is a Commercial Loan Officer and Assistant Vice President at Bank of Marin, which he joined in 1999 after spending the prior four years as a residential mortgage lender. Altogether he has 17 years' experience in banking and lending. Dino has a B.S. in Accounting from Cal State Hayward (now Cal State East Bay). He has served on the Boards of Directors of The Partnership Foundation (a nonprofit dedicated to promoting compassionate communication), The North Bay Software and Information Technology Association (a trade group), and Napa Valley Football Association (a youth football and cheer program). Dino is also a volunteer for the American Cancer Society, and is in his second year as a member of the planning committee for the organization's annual Novato Relay for Life fund raiser. He is honored to have the opportunity to assist FSA in achieving its mission.
Beth and her husband, John, have lived in Marin for twenty-seven years. They raised two children, Lily, a teacher, and Nick, who is in college. She trained and provided services as a registered intern on the Family Child Team at FSA. Beth is now a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She also provided counseling to the Dominican University community while completing her M.S. in Counseling Psychology there. This training, coupled with her years at FSA, has given Beth a breadth of experience, including work with families and individuals dealing with communication and intimacy problems, ADHD, sexual abuse, substance abuse, depression and anxiety issues. In a prior life, Beth earned a M.A. in political science at U.C. Berkeley and worked as a political consultant to a S.F. firm with development projects in Africa. During her tenure at FSA, Beth was impressed with the profoundly positive effect the services to clients had, and is looking forward to working with the Board.
Beth, a resident of Greenbrae, has lived in Marin off and on for 60 years, and has worked at the Independent Journal as an editor, feature writer and columnist for more than 30. The mother of five sons, grandmother of nine, great-grandmother of two, she received her degree in journalism and political science from Stanford University. She has previously served on the boards of Marin Education Fund, Whistlestop, and the Red Cross. Her greatest inspirations in life are her family, her job, her friends and her travels. She has been an exchange editor in Moscow, a "foreign expert" on China Daily in Beijing and a feature writer on USA Today in Washington, D.C. She has traveled to more than 80 countries including (in the past three years) Afghanistan, Iran and Libya. She is delighted to serve on the Family Service Agency and hopes to make a worthwhile contribution.
Nancy Belza is a 25-year veteran of the financial services industry and lives in Mill Valley, California with her husband of 15 years, Paul, and their 7 year old son Ryan. She is currently a Divisional Vice President with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, responsible for 13 western states and five investment product areas.
Nancy first became a friend of FSA Marin while working with the Junior League of San Francisco. She is passionate about helping others and has held numerous volunteer positions during her eight years in Marin, including three years on the board of the Southern Marin Mothers group, where she co-chaired the first fundraising position for the board; raising over $15,000 for the Susan G. Koman Foundation. Currently Nancy is den-mother for her son's Boy Scout den, is actively involved in the Mill Valley school district, and is helping the On Your Feet Foundation mentor women on career advice.
Kate has been involved in civic organizations since she moved to San Rafael with her husband, Jeff, and their two children in 1996. She is currently a San Rafael Planning Commissioner. She has co-chaired numerous City of San Rafael citizens’ committees including the Green Ribbon Committee (developing a city-wide carbon reduction plan) and the General Plan 2020 (provides framework for city land use decisions). She participated in San Rafael’s Critical Facility Committee as well as the Citizen Advisory Committee to the Redevelopment Agency. Outside of her participation in San Rafael organizations, she has been an active parent in her children’s school, running the school’s online auction one year and organizing the school SCRIP program another year. When her children were younger, she participated on the board of the Ross Valley Mother’s Club and organized the annual fundraiser for Pixie Park. Kate is a graduate of Dartmouth College and earned a M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She worked in advertising and consumer marketing prior to moving to San Rafael. Kate joined the FSA board in 2008.
Jennifer was born and raised in Marin County. She attended U.C. Santa Barbara where she obtained a B.A. in sociology in 1999. She started her career working for United Way of the Bay Area. In 2000, she switched into the for-profit dot-com world, but wanted to continue doing charitable work for the community. She joined a local San Francisco charity group, Chicks, Cheers, and Charity, and assisted in planning and hosting the group’s quarterly events. Each event designated a Bay Area charity to which all the event’s proceeds would be donated. In 2002, Jen began doing medical marketing for HealthSouth surgery centers in the Bay Area, and in 2004 started the night program at Golden Gate University School of Law. She is now an attorney for Rogaski, Preovolos, Weber & Patterson in Vallejo, doing a combination of medical malpractice defense and estate planning. Jen is thrilled to have the opportunity to serve on the FSA board and give back to her community.
Randy and his wife Teresa have lived in Greenbrae since 1976, and raised two sons, Alex and Adam, who have completed advanced degrees and are now working in the motion picture and music industries. A native San Franciscan, Randy was raised in Oakland, graduated from U.C. Berkeley, and has worked in a variety of information technology and financial management positions with Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Touche Ross and Visa International, retiring to part-time consulting work in 2003. His community service work has included eighteen years on the Kentfield School District Board of Trustees, a term on the United Way Board of Directors, and prior service on the Family Service Agency of Marin Board of Trustees, 1977-1983 and 1991-1995. He has continued to be a supporter of FSA and is delighted to be returning to the Board.
Louise is a private consultant and trainer in the fields of management, capacity building and change. She has more than 20 years of senior management experience in the non-profit sector including Executive Director of the International Center for Attitudinal Healing, and her clients include Sutter Healthcare and Kaiser Permanente. She has consulted and counseled people worldwide facing life’s most difficult circumstances including Bosnian refugees, health care professionals and parents who have lost children. Previously she ran a successful advertising business, and is proficient in all areas of communications and public relations.
Kramer is a videographer who owns his own video production company specializing in documentaries. He is a fourth generation Marinite. His grandfather was the first elected mayor of San Rafael. Kramer has a long history of service to the community, having served on numerous boards of directors. These include Marin Alano Club (six years; four as president), an organization providing a safe house for alcoholics to have meetings. St. James Recovery (six years; four as president), which operated two residential treatment programs, one for men and one for women, as well as a van to pick-up homeless adults twice a week and provide them with a meal. Kramer produced Video AA, airing on Comcast for 8 years, the second longest running locally produced show on Comcast. He was the founder of Feed My Lambs, serving on the board for 10 years. Kramer's latest passion is volunteering for and producing a film about a San Quentin program, No More Tears, which uses role-playing strategies to give inmates practical guidance on how to manage once they are released from prison in order to prevent recidivism. Another of Kramer’s passion projects was producing "The Lost Art of Ipu Pawehe Tattooed Gourds of Hawaii," which plays every Wednesday at the Hilo Palace Theater in Hawaii.
Roger and his spouse Stephanie Moulton-Peters have lived in Mill Valley for 15 years. They have 2 sons, Steve (13) and Dave (10) and a rescued dog named Brillo. Roger was born and raised in Woodland, California (north of Davis) and went to UC Santa Cruz, graduating in 1972 with a B.A. in Economics. He received an MBA from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and his law degree from the UC Berkley Boalt Hall School of Law. Roger worked at PG&E in various legal capacities for 29 years. In 1997 he became PG&E's General Counsel and served in that capacity through the energy crisis of 200-01, PG&E's resultant bankruptcy, and its exit from bankruptcy and its financial restoration. Roger retired from PG&E in October 2006. He remains active in energy, environmental and sustainability issues, and enjoys the greater opportunities to be with Stephanie, Steve and Dave. Roger served on the FSA Board from July 1994 to October 2000 and is pleased to be able to rejoin the Board and contribute to the special work that is the hallmark of FSA in Marin.
Married to Donald Feurzeig, a SF tax and estate planning attorney, Mary has lived in Marin County since 1973. With a 25 year career in health care and service, she has a UCSF Master's Degree in Nursing and has been an organ transplant and cancer nurse, and an educator and Director of Nursing in several Bay Area facilities. Mary is a certified Geriatric Clinical Nurse Specialist and is currently working on the concept of "aging in place" which circumscribes plans for seniors to be able to remain in their own homes. Mary is currently on a church governing board, a Sausalito senior housing board, a member of a San Francisco diocesan commission, is a Master Gardener and regularly contributes to "Age Song" FSA's own senior gathering and on-going discussion program. Mary is a mother and a grandmother and has the highest regard for the mission and work of the Family Service Agency in Marin County.
Sandra has represented and advised school districts in all areas of the law since 1978. She began her career as in-house counsel for the Oakland Unified School District. In 1980 she joined the education law firm of Breon, Galgani, Godino & O’Donnell, the predecessor to her current firm, Miller Brown & Dannis. Sandra is a shareholder in the firm and is chair of the firm’s Labor Employment and Personnel (“LEAP”) practice group. She specializes in the areas of labor and personnel, special education, and school board issues for school districts and county offices of education. She has represented school district and county offices of education in a variety of important lawsuits involving teacher layoffs, wrongful termination, student issues and special education. She is a frequent presenter at workshops for school administrators and board members. Sandra graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1977), State University of New York at Stony Brook (M.A., cum laude, 1970), and Bowling Green University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1968); she also attended the University of Madrid, Spain (1966), and is fluent in Spanish.
Joycelyn moved to Marin County from Texas in 1991 with her daughter Raphaelle and her Toy Poodle - Jordan. She has a 20+-year career in Strategic Business Management and Information Technology with extensive travel across the U.S. and Internationally. She was with MCI until the company moved their IT functions outside the Northern California area and she chose to stay in San Francisco. While deciding what was next, Joycelyn took the opportunity to re-acquaint herself with the community and again become a hands-on volunteer. She has been a board member at FSA since 2004. She is now working at Kaiser Permanente as Strategic Business Consulting Leader and National Program Manager in HR. Joycelyn cherishes her relationships at FSA and welcomes the opportunity to be of service with an organization that is so vital to our Marin community.
