Kirk Girard is the owner of TPoint Consulting, advising organizations on climate mitigation initiatives. He served for a combined 20 years as a County Planning Director, first in Humboldt and then in Santa Clara County, where he developed expertise in grant supported affordable housing projects. He is a licensed Civil Engineer and has an Environmental

George Williamson is a land-use and community planner. He is Principal and majority owner of Planwest Partners Inc. — the Arcata-based consulting business he started in 1997. Planwest provides contract community planning and environmental services to municipalities, special districts, non-profit organizations and private sector clients. George implemented a succession plan for the firm, transitioning his

Gregory Orsini has lived in Humboldt county for over 30 years. He moved to McKinleyville shortly after arriving in the north coast with his family. All three of his children were raised in McKinleyville and attended grade school in Arcata and high school in McKinleyville. He has been an employee of McKinleyville Community Services District

Patty Berg moved to Humboldt County January 1, 1974 with her husband Patrick Murphy MD. Through the Center for Community Development at Humboldt State University, she was influential in the startup of the Humboldt Senior Resource Center in 1975. From there she moved to the Public Health Department where she developed California’s first K-12 comprehensive

Marc Chaton has been a Humboldt County resident for over 40 years having been transplanted from Southern California. He has started numerous businesses including photography, a coffeehouse, a Mexican restaurant and a computer store. For the last 20+ years he has been in IT Management and recently retired as the Network Administrator at Redwood Capital

JoAnn Schuch has been a resident of Humboldt County for over 30 years, working as a custom furniture and cabinetmaker and designer. She has been active in organizations like the Humboldt Woodworkers Guild and Redwood Coast Village. I became interested in the issues of aging after being the primary caregiver for three adults in my

Enticed by friends and searching for eternal spring, Pat Girczyc packed up her experiences as a nurse, educator, and public health professional, left Chicago and moved to Humboldt County in 1980. Along with raising her daughter and son, she worked part time as nursing faculty at Humboldt State University (HSU) while returning to school to

Ann Lindsay MD was Humboldt County Public Health Officer from 1993 to 2011. She and her husband, Alan Glaseroff MD, shared a family practice in Arcata for 28 years and raised their two children here. They were recruited to Stanford University in 2011 to establish a primary care clinic for Stanford employees and dependents and