Our Leadership
Executive Committee
Board Chair
Chadi Chazbek
Kimley-Horn
Chair-Elect
Deneen Wohlford
Kaiser Permanente
Immediate Past Chair
Danielle Cagan
CSAA Insurance Group
Legal Counsel
Shayna van Hoften
Hanson Bridgett
Leadership Development
Vic Baker
Equitify
Communications
Ann Notarangelo
Martinez Refining Company
Finance
Andrew Bodisco
Comerica Bank
Membership
Jim Brandt
Wells Fargo Advisors
Events
Peggy White
Diablo Regional Arts Association
Water, Energy & Environment
Jackie Zipkin
East Bay Dischargers Authority
Health
Lyanne Mendez
Sutter Health
Infrastructure
Letitia Moore
Holland & Knight
“EBLC is a microcosm of what the world should be: collaborative, inclusive and stubbornly hopeful.”
Chadi Chazbek, EBLC Board Chair 2025-26
Board of Directors
Board Chair | Chadi Chazbek, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
Chair-Elect | Deneen Wohlford, Kaiser Permanente
Immediate Past Chair | Danielle Cagan, CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer
Ted Angus, AssetMark
Jared Asch, Capstone Government Affairs
Ernie Avila, Contra Costa Water District
Brett Badelle, Pacific Gas & Electric
Andrea Bailey, Chevron
Victor Baker, equitiFy LLC
Brandon Baranco, AT&T
Arthur Bart-Williams, GRID Alternatives, Bay Area
Andrew Bodisco, Comerica Bank
Grady Bond, Travis Credit Union
David Bowlby, The Bowlby Group, Inc.
Jim Brandt, Wells Fargo Advisors
Bob Brown, Western States Petroleum Assn.
Nichol Carranza, Marathon
Erin Cervantes, Cemex
Ted Clement, Save Mount Diablo
Gary Darling, Darling H2O Consulting
Mel Davis, equitiFy LLC
Ed Del Beccaro, Tri Commercial Real Estate Services
Linus Eukel, John Muir Land Trust
Quentin Foster, H Cycle, LLC
Ella Gower, Miller Starr Regalia
Arielle Harris, Cox Castle
Sheila Hassell Hughes, Saint Mary's College of CA
Trece Herder, Brookfield Residential
Steve Hitchcock, Wells Fargo
Michael Jones, BART
Dave Kelly, Kelly & Associates, LLP
Devorah Levine, Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation
Bob Linscheid, Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce
Lynn Mackey, Contra Costa County Office of Education
Mike McGill, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Mojdeh Mehdizadeh, Contra Costa Community College District
Lyanne Mendez, Sutter Health
John Mercurio, East Bay Regional Park District
Bielle Moore, Republic Services
Letitia Moore, Holland & Knight
Ann Notarangelo, Martinez Refining Company
David S. Pearson, Brothers Smith LLP
Sharon Quesada-Jenkins, John Muir Health
Rebecca Rozen, Hospital Council-East Bay Section
Cathy Sandeen, California State University East Bay
Heather Schiffman, Contra Costa Association of REALTORS
Leo Scott, Gray-Bowen-Scott
Andre Shevchuck, BPM, LLP
Margot Stanford, F&M Bank
Anne Marie Taylor, John Muir Health
Debbie Toth, Choice in Aging
Kim Trupiano, KT Marketing Consulting, LLC
David Tucker, Alaska Airlines
Shayna van Hoften, Hanson Bridgett LLP
Peggy White, Diablo Regional Arts Association
Eric Zell, Zell & Associates
Jackie Zipkin, East Bay Dischargers Authority
Emeritus Board Members
Keith Archuleta
Emerald HPC International, LLC
Teresa Bowen
Past Chair
Angie Coffee
Past Chair
Patty Deutsche
Past Chair
William Gray
Past Chair
Mark Hughes
Philanthropy Awards Founder
Roger Hughes
Past Transportation Co-Chair
Peter McGaw
Past Chair
Ken Mintz
Past Chair
Beverly Lane
East Bay Regional Parks District
Edward Shaffer
Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP
George Smith
Past Chair
Ann Spaulding
Past Water Task Force Co-Chair
Rick Wise
Past Chair