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

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