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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Katie Crecelius, President, lives in Novato and is a long-time Marin resident. She has worked locally in the affordable housing field for over thirty years, completing 20 low-income housing developments for various nonprofits, most serving persons with disabilities. She has a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh and is a licensed real estate broker. Katie is a founding member of the Marin Environmental Housing Collaborative, chair of the Novato Housing Coalition, and former chair of the Marin Economic Commission. She is the recipient of the 2004 Beryl H. Buck Award for individual achievement from the Marin Community Foundation. Katie played a major role in MSW's site search, building rehabilitation project, and move into our new facility in Greenbrae. |
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Jerri Meacham, Vice President, a marketing specialist has nearly 30 years of experience directing, managing and implementing successful marketing and communications programs for a variety of media, sports, Internet, retail, educational and professional services companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Previously, she held corporate positions as Senior Vice President of Marketing for Heald College, Vice President of Marketing for Golden Gate Productions, Marketing Director for KGO Radio, Marketing Director for Bay Cable Advertising, Advertising and Promotion Director for Viacom Cable, and Special Events Manager for the San Francisco Giants. Jerri also had her own consultancy business for many years. A long-time Marin resident and active member of the community, Jerri also volunteers for Bread & Roses, Centerforce and Hopalong Animal Rescue. |
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Susan Shipley, Treasurer, joined the Board of MSW in 2009, having been an active volunteer and supporter for several years. Before retiring in 2007, she held executive positions with such companies as Capital One Financial and Levi Strauss & Co. with a primary focus on corporate real estate, facilities and procurement. She holds an undergraduate degree from Rollins College and an MBA from the Wharton School. She is on the board of a private REIT and previously served on the Board of the Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage. She lives in Tiburon with her husband, Craig Allison. |
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Nancy Freitas Lambert, Psy.D.; Secretary, is a psychologist who specializes in the treatment of trauma and addiction. Nancy began her graduate studies at Dominican University in 1998 with a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology. She received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The Wright Institute in Berkeley in 2005. She completed her pre-doctoral internship in 2005 with the Community Institute for Psychotherapy working primarily with individuals with a history of trauma and abuse. In October 2006, she completed her post-doctoral internship with Marin County Mental Health, where she continued her focus of working with trauma survivors. She is currently a licensed Clinical Psychologist . She has a private practice in San Rafael and Point Reyes Station. She is on staff at the Jeanette Prandi Children’s Center where she works with children who have a history of abuse and neglect. She is also currently the Director of Ritter Center Outreach Program where she provides weekly supervision to the interns who provide counseling services to the clients. |
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Vicki Marti, MA, has more than 20 years of experience specializing in substance abuse treatment. She spent much of her professional career at Marin Services for Women, starting with designing and implementing MSW's first Outpatient Treatment Program. Vicki serves as a State Commissioner on the California Medical Assistance Commission, a position she has held since her appointment by the Governor of California in 2003. Vicki holds a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology from John F. Kennedy University School of Professional Psychology.
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Talley M. Henry ,
a litigation attorney with Nixon Peabody, LLP, focuses onintellectual property matters, government investigations, white-collar criminal defense,and complex civil litigation.Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Henry served as a prosecutor, defense counsel, and as in-house counsel in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the U.S. Navy and served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. While serving as in-house counsel at the U.S. Naval Academy, Ms. Henry worked extensively with the Congressionally mandated task assigned to address issues of sexual violence and harassment against women at the military service academies.
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Allan Whitescarver was born and raised in Marin County. Currently he is director of public relations at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, a global law firm.His previous professional experience includes posts as chief communications officer at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, director of communications at Clifford Chance LLP and director of communications at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP. He has two children, Jack (8), and Anna (7). |
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Georgia B Wright, a Senior Systems Administrator in the Information Technology Department of the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District. Georgia is a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in New Genres. She has also attended College of Marin, Santa Rosa Junior College, and City College pursuing her current career objectives in Information Technology. Georgia comes to us as an Alumna of Marin Services for Women, has served in the officer positions of Secretary and Co-President of the Alumna Association. She currently holds other service positions in the recovery community and is a resident of San Rafael.
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Janet Fletcher, née Attaway is a successful finance executive with over 30 years in private industry. She is an entertainment veteran with experience in publishing, video gaming, feature film post-production & exhibition, technology, consumer electronics, marketing and consulting. Before launching Attaway Business Consulting, Janet served as both CFO and COO for Palace Press International, a publishing house with three successful imprints. She worked at Lucasfilm, Ltd for 12 years as the Divisional Controller for the THX Group’s suite of businesses and as Director of Operations for Professional THX. She was Director of Finance & Administration at Stormfront Studios, an award winning video game developer and she served as CFO at King Brown Partners, a market research firm in Sausalito. Janet lives in San Anselmo with her husband Scott and her son Connor. |
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Jacqueline Janssen is the Director of Transition Services at the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership in San Rafael California. Prior to this position, she was principal of Janssen and Associates, an executive search firm. She is the co-founder of Leaving Light LLC, providing end-of-life planning services based on the award winning book she co-authored with Marilyn Geary “Leaving Light”. |
