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2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers
Description of Business: Medic Ambulance Service provides emergency/non-emergency service to Solano County. County sole provider of all medic ambulance service. Description of Job: President of Medic Ambulance Service, Inc. Community Involvement: Member of the Vallejo Chamber of Commerce, Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce, Benicia Chamber of Commerce, and Marina Lines Club. Personal Information: Married for 29 years to Marilyn, two step kids (Kyle & Kristi), 3 grandchildren Hannah, Owen, and Ian.
Description of Business: RE/MAX Gold is the #1 Residential Real Estate Company in the City of Vallejo & the State of California, both in terms of production & transaction volume. Description of Job/Duties: Pippin Dew is committed to providing excellence in helping people buy and sell homes, and is on the cutting edge in understanding the needs inherent in today's economic climate. Community Involvement: Past Chair & member of ValNet, the Networking Committe of the Vallejo Chamber; graduate of Leadership Vallejo Year 3; Solano Association of Realtors co-chair - Special Events Committee; Relay for Life - Vallejo & Benicia; past team-captain Vallejo Ducky Derby. Personal Info: Pippin Dew was born in Walnut Creek, and has lived in the East Bay most of her life. She moved to Vallejo with her daughter in 2009. Attended UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business, Bachelor's Degree Program.
Description of Business: Favaro, Lavezzo, Gill, Caretti & Heppell is a full service law firm founded in 1973. As one of the oldest law firms in Solano County, Favaro Lavezzo is able to offer clients high-quality representation in a broad range of legal areas. The firm offers representation in areas such as Business and Commercial Transactions; Real Estate Law; Landlord Tenant Matters; Wills, Living Trust; Probate and Trust Administration; Trust Contests; Taxation and Tax Planning and Disputes; American with Disabilities Act Defense; Divorce and Family Law matters; Personal Injury; Criminal Defense; Civil Litigation; Land Use matters and Municipal Law and Public Agencies. Description of Job/Duties: Responsible for managing one of the top-rated law firms in Solano County, as well as facilitating the daily activities and operations of the offices in Vallejo and Fairfield. Community Involvement: Trustee for the Sutter Solano Charitable Foundation for the past two years. Chairman of the Political Advocacy Committee for the Vallejo Chamber of Commerce for the past two years. Personal Information: Married for 10 years to Mary Jo Coan. Two children, Christopher and Josephine (4 year-old twins). Born and raised in Vallejo. Graduated from St. Patrick St. Vincent’s High School in 1992. Graduated Sonoma State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Graduated Empire Law School with a Juris Doctor Degree in 2000.
Description of Business: Minuteman Press is a local printing and copying company providing a full range of products to fit anyone’s needs since 1991. We have a pleasant and personable staff that will make your experience with us the best it can be. Some of the services we offer include full color digital printing, graphic design, posters, promotional products, free pick-up and delivery and free consultation to help decide on the best way to achieve your printing needs. Minuteman Press is also committed to helping the community through donations and being involved in several local organizations. Minuteman Press has also been recognized as Best Printer in Solano County for 5 of the last 6 years. Description of Job/Duties: Marc Salvadori is the General Manager of Minuteman Press. He oversees the everyday workflow from scheduling printing and copying jobs to insuring jobs get delivered to the customers. Also, Marc handles the online marketing for Minuteman Press.
Divisional Vice Chairs
Description of Business: Vallejo Golf Club, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(4) corporation. The Club operates and manages two eighteen hole golf courses (East and West), golf range, retail shop, and Cafe for the City of Vallejo. The Club promotes and encourages the game of golf as a recreational activity for all players and skill levels. The Club offers a wide range of expertise from organizing golf events, fundraisers, and tournaments, offering business and women's golf leagues, middle and high school golf programs, and "Kids on Course" which was recognized by the Professional Golfers Association of America as the "Junior Golf Leader." The Club also offers a wide variety of instructional programs that are taught by PGA Golf Professionals. Description of Job/Duties: PGA General Manager, responsible for the overall management and operations of the City of Vallejo golf courses. Personal Information: Vallejo native for 50 years, married for 30 years to Michelle (Colson) Wade, two sons Tommy Wade Jr. (27) Firefighter Paramedic City of El Cerrito, Garrett Wade (25) Police Officer City of Napa.
Directors
Description of Business/Organization: First Bank is one of the largest family-owned banks in the country, and will celebrate their 100-year anniversary in 2010. Based in Missouri, they also have branches in Illinois, California, Texas and Florida. Description of Job/Duties: Responsible for business development for the Vallejo branch. Manages a staff of 10 in one of the largest bank branches in Northern California. Kathe has been with the bank since March 1981. Community Involvement: Member of the Rotary Club of Vallejo since 2005; Board Member - Vallejo Rotary (2006-2008); current member of Rotary Finance Committee (2009-2010); Member-Vallejo Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee (2009 – current); Graduate of Leadership Vallejo Program in 2009; Board Member – Leadership Vallejo (2009-2010); Board Member-Benicia Vallejo Humane Society (2008-2010); Committee Member – Vallejo Ducky Derby; previous Board Member-Vallejo PAL Gal Softball. Personal Information: Native Vallejoan still residing in East Vallejo. Attended Steffan Manor Elementary, Springstowne Jr High and Hogan High School. Mother of three daughters, Erin, Megan and Kelle. One grandson, Brenden, 2 yrs old. Started my banking career at Redwood Bank in Vallejo in 1972.
Description of Job/Duties: Manage 270 properties in Vallejo and Benicia. Included in my responsibility is to supervise a maintenance team, interface with renters and owners, regular inspection of all properties for any problems and show property to prospective renters. I have a real estate license which was required. When I first became employed we managed 130 properties and now have built our inventory to 280 properties. Community Involvement: Board of Directors and 8 year member of the San Joaquin Country Club, former president and 10 year member of the Rotary Club, former president and 4 year member of the South Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, former Chairman and 5 year member of the South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission, Chairman of the United Way of Tracy, CA, served on Civil Service Commission of Tracy, served on three Grand Juries of El Dorado and Solano Counties, Chairman of the Cancer Fund of Vallejo, spoke to schools and service clubs through the Management Speakers Bureau Pacific Telephone, and member of the Blue Rock Springs Golf Course Board of Directors. Personal Information: Over 30 years experience with AT&T from pulling cable, installing phones, managing business offices to District Marketing Managers for Central California. I managed all the marketing forces in Central California that sold PBX equipment, telephone key systems, local area networks and wide area networks. Upon retirement I became a communication consultant in the Fresno area for 10 years. Valley Wide Bank employed me for two years before they were purchased by WestAmerica Bank. I agreed to stay through the conversion and at the end Doug Barteau of Cal Fed Bank called and asked me to come to work for them as a Project Manager. I started employment in July of 1997 and worked as a Project Manager through the sale to Citi Bank in October of 2003.
Description of Job/Duties: Manage 270 properties in Vallejo and Benicia. Included in my responsibility is to supervise a maintenance team, interface with renters and owners, regular inspection of all properties for any problems and show property to prospective renters. I have a real estate license which was required. When I first became employed we managed 130 properties and now have built our inventory to 280 properties. Community Involvement: Board of Directors and 8 year member of the San Joaquin Country Club, former president and 10 year member of the Rotary Club, former president and 4 year member of the South Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, former Chairman and 5 year member of the South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission, Chairman of the United Way of Tracy, CA, served on Civil Service Commission of Tracy, served on three Grand Juries of El Dorado and Solano Counties, Chairman of the Cancer Fund of Vallejo, spoke to schools and service clubs through the Management Speakers Bureau Pacific Telephone, and member of the Blue Rock Springs Golf Course Board of Directors. Personal Information: Over 30 years experience with AT&T from pulling cable, installing phones, managing business offices to District Marketing Managers for Central California. I managed all the marketing forces in Central California that sold PBX equipment, telephone key systems, local area networks and wide area networks. Upon retirement I became a communication consultant in the Fresno area for 10 years. Valley Wide Bank employed me for two years before they were purchased by WestAmerica Bank. I agreed to stay through the conversion and at the end Doug Barteau of Cal Fed Bank called and asked me to come to work for them as a Project Manager. I started employment in July of 1997 and worked as a Project Manager through the sale to Citi Bank in October of 2003.
Description of Business: Georgia House Graphics, a full-service graphic design and marketing agency, develops, designs and executes marketing strategies and materials to create exciting, effective and award-winning print solutions for businesses and organizations. From a simple flyer or brochure to a major marketing campaign, GHG’s services include concept development, design, copywriting, illustration, photography, printing and mailing. Georgia House Graphics was named “Best of Solano County in Graphic Design” in 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010.
Description of Business: Miyoji Producitons has been in business since 1998 building web sites and web applications for individual artists, non-profit organizations, political campaigns, and businesses of all sizes. Miyoji Productions provides all the services you would expect from a web site design company, web site design, maintenance and hosting, e-commerce, search engine optimization and even custom content management packages. The core ideas of Miyoji Productions are that every business should have a web site, that web site should do something for the business, the owner of the company should understand what the web site is doing and companies should only need to call one phone number for help, advice or problem solving with any part of the web presence package. Description of Job/Duties: Anthony Shannon is the owner and founder of Miyoji Productions. He is also the designer, code writer and marketer of the business. He provides personal attention to each web site design and maintenance project.
Community Involvement: Miyoji Productions has been very involved in the Solano County communities, donating, time, and resources to many non-profit organizations. Deeply involved in the Vallejo Chamber, Miyoji Productions has been a member of Valnet since the olden days back at 2 Florida Street and the owner, Anthony Shannon sat as chair for one year. In 2006, Miyoji Productions earned the Benicia Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award for community service. After becoming established in the Benicia community, Miyoji Productions turned its attention to the Vallejo community and became involved in Vallejo Rotary. Personal Information: Anthony Shannon is a San Francisco Bay Area native. Born in San Francisco, raised in Concord, attending Diablo Valley Junior College and later graduating Cum Laude from San Francisco State University with a BA in Broadcast Communication Arts, Anthony has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area almost his entire life. He moved to Benicia and bought a home in 1990 with his life partner Gretchen. After working in video production, Anthony caught the internet wave. In 1998, web sites were out of the price range of many small businesses. Anthony Shannon started Miyoji Productions to provide reasonably priced web sites for businesses who could not afford to hire the large design firms. In 2004, Anthony's son Maximilian Rex was born. The three live in Benicia and are active in both the Benicia and Vallejo communities.
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