Board of Directors

District Memberships

• Chair, Building and Operating Committee
• Vice Chair, Rules, Policy and Industrial Relations Committee
• Member, Golden Gate Transit–Amalgamated Health and Welfare Trust and Retirement Board-District Appointee

Occupation/Professional Experience

• Secretary-Treasurer, San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council, retired
• Business Representative, Ironworkers Local Union 377
• Organizer, Ironworkers Local Union 377 
• General Foreman, Romak Iron Works

Public Service

• Past Member, Workforce Investment San Francisco Board
• Past Vice Chair, Citizens Bond Oversight Committee, San Francisco Unified School District
• Past Commissioner, San Francisco Building Inspection Commission

Community Service and Organizations

• Past Member, Executive Board, San Francisco Labor Council
• Past Member, Executive Board, California State Building and Construction Trades Council
• Past Vice President, Young Community Developers
• Past Member, Executive Committee, San Francisco Housing Action Coalition 
• Member, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

Education

• B.A., Liberal Studies, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM, 1978
• Journeyman, Ironworkers Local Union 377 Apprenticeship (Apprentice of the Year 1985)

Contact Michael Theriault

Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
P.O. Box 29000, Presidio Station
San Francisco, CA 94129-9000
415-923-2223

District Committee Memberships

• Chair, Governmental Affairs and Public Information Committee
• Member, Building and Operating Committee
• Member, Rules, Policy and Industrial Relations Committee
• Member, Finance-Auditing Committee
• Member, Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Retirement Investment Trust Board

Occupation/Professional Experience

• Retired Assessor, Del Norte County 1970-2006

Public Service

• Former Veterans Service Officer, Del Norte County
• Former President, California Assessors’ Association 1979
• Former Chairman, Sutter Coast Hospital Board of Trustees 1991-1996 
• Former Member, State Board of Equalization Timber Advisory Committee 1976-2006 
• Former Member, Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 2002-2006 
• Former Member, Rural Human Services Board of Directors 1987-2004 
• Former Member, Humboldt State University President’s Advisory Board 1983-1996

Community Service

• Member, American Legion
• Member, Crescent City Rotary
• Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars

Awards/Special Recognition

• Life Time Achievement Award, Crescent City - Del Norte County Chamber of Commerce 2005
• Rotarian of the Year, Crescent City Rotary Club 1997-1998
• Outstanding Public Service, Del Norte Taxpayers League 1994
• Young Man of the Year, Crescent City JayCees 1972

Military

• United States Air Force January 1961 - November 1964
• Service in Tachikawa, Japan
• Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon, Republic of South Vietnam
• Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

Education

• Humboldt State University, California

Contact Gerald Cochran

Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
P.O. Box 29000, Presidio Station
San Francisco, CA 94129-9000
415-923-2223

District Committee Memberships

• Member, Transportation Committee
• Member, Governmental Affairs and Public Information Committee
• Member, Rules, Policy and Industrial Relations Committee

Occupation/Professional Experience

• Certified Bicycle Safety Educator, Expert Witness, Video Producer, Bicycle Commuter Services
• IT Manager, Project/Field Cost Engineer, Data Base Administrator; Bechtel Corporation

Public Service

• Chair, San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee
• Member, Caltrans District 4 Bicycle Advisory Committee
• Member, Transit Effectiveness Project, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)

• Member, SF Vision Zero Task Force

Community Service

• Member, California Association of Bicycling Organizations Board of Directors
• Member, Livable City Board of Directors
• Member, Housing Action Coalition Executive Committee
• Member, Education Committee, League of American Bicyclists
• Member, Spectrum Federal Credit Union Board of Directors

Awards/Special Recognition

• National Education Award, League of American Bicyclists
• Golden Wheel Award, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

Education

• B.A., Business (Labor Economics and Urban Development), University of Washington, Seattle

Contact Bert Hill

Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
P.O. Box 29000, Presidio Station
San Francisco, CA 94129-9000
415-923-2223

District Committee Memberships

• Chair, Rules, Policy and Industrial Relations Committee
• Vice Chair, Transportation Committee

Occupation/Professional Experience

• Member, Marin County Board of Supervisors, District 5, since 2006
• Co-Chair, Covid-19 Marin Economic Recovery Committee
• Member, Legislative Advocacy Subcommittee for the Board of Supervisors

Public Service

• Member, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART)
• Member, Marin County Transit District
• Member, Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM)
• Chair, Community Development Block Grant Priority Setting Committee
• Member, Marin Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO)
• Member, Novato City Council 2004-2006

Community Service

• Co-founder, Marin Economic Forum
• Former Member, League of Women Voters

Education

• BA International Relations, University of Kansas

Contact Judy Arnold

County of Marin Board of Supervisors
3501 Civic Center Drive, Suite 329
San Rafael CA 94903
415-473-7331

OCCUPATION/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Assistant United States Attorney/Director of External Affairs, United States Department of Justice, Northern District Of California
• ​Counsel and Director of External Affairs, San Francisco 49ers Stadium Project

PUBLIC SERVICE

• Executive Director, Director of Regional Planning & Chair Bay Area SUASI (Super Urban Area Security Initiative),
• ​Office of Emergency Services/Homeland Security, Department of Emergency Management, Bay Area SUASI  (2004-2007)
• Executive Director, Treasure Island Development Authority (1998-2004)
• Former Member, San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1992-1995)

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• U.S. Department of Justice, National Co-chair, Law Enforcement Coordinators’ Working Group
• San Francisco Fire Commission, former Vice President
• San Francisco County Transportation Authority, former Commissioner
• San Francisco Police Commission, former Commissioner
• African American Art and Culture Complex, Vice President, Board of Directors
• Coro, Member, Board of Directors
• San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon Women’s Steering Committee, Member
• California Cities Gang Prevention Network, Steering Committee
• San Francisco County Task Force to Reform the Juvenile Justice System, former Member
• Partners Ending Domestic Abuse, past President
• San Francisco Legal Auxiliary, past President
• International Association of Chiefs of Police, Member
• National Women’s Political Caucus, former Advisory Council Member
• San Francisco Women’s Political Caucus, former Member
• Mayor’s Summit for Women, former Member, Steering Committee
• Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr., former Member, Senior Policy Advisory Group
• Mayors Frank Jordan, Willie L. Brown, Jr., and Gavin Newsom: Transition Team Member
• Committee to Save Our Giants, former Co-Chair
• Committee to Rebuild the San Francisco Zoo, former Co-Chair

EDUCATION

District Membership

• Member, Building and Operating Committee
• Member, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Board-District Appointee

Occupation

• President, Marin Sanitary Service, Marin Recycling Center and Marin Resource Recovery Center, 2000 to Present
• Company Development and Human Resources, Marin Sanitary Service, Marin Recycling Center and Marin Resource Recovery Center, 1987-2000
• Special Education Teacher, Marin County Office of Education, 1976-1987

Public Service

• Chair, Marin County Board of Education
• Member, County of Marin AB939 Task Force, since 1993
• President, California Refuse Recycling Council, 2000-2002

Community Service

• Board Member, Marin Association for Retarded Citizens (renamed Lifehouse), 1984-2015 (serving twice as board chair)
• Board Member, Marin Conservation League, 1990-1997

Awards/Special Recognition

• Citizen of the Year, City of San Rafael, 2008
• Winner, Women in Business Award for Environmental Service, North Bay Business Journal, 2007
• Inductee, Marin Women’s Hall of Fame, 1999

Education

• M.S., Special Education, Dominican College
• B.A., Special Education, Dominican College

Contact Patty Garbarino

Marin Sanitary Service/Marin Recycling & Resource Recovery
565 Jacoby Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
415-485-5648

District Memberships

• Member, Finance-Auditing Committee
• Member, Rules, Policy and Industrial Relations Committee
• Member, Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Retirement Investment Trust Board
• Chair, Suicide Deterrent System Advisory Committee

Occupation/Professional Experience

• Attorney, Neyhart, Anderson, Flynn & Grosboll
• Adjunct Professor, Hastings College of the Law (2013-2016)

Public Service

• Past Commissioner and Chair, San Francisco Parking and Traffic Commission
• Past Member, San Francisco Charter Revision Committee
• Past Member, Mayor’s Committee on Commissioners for Mayor Agnos

Community Service

• Board Member/Past President, North Beach Citizens (homeless/low-income support)
• Former Chair, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (Board of Directors)
• Past Co-Chair, ACLU-NC Pro-Choice Task Force (1980’s)
• Past Board Member, SF Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation (1992-1995)
• Past Committee Member, State Bar of California Human Rights Committee (1990’s)
• Past Board Member, San Francisco Tomorrow  (1984-1993)
• Mentor, Mission High School Mentoring Program (Bar Association of SF) (2004-2005)
• Past Member, Noe Valley Library Capital Campaign Committee (2004-2006)
• Past President, District One Political Action (1980’s)

Contact Dick Grosboll

Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
P.O. Box 29000, Presidio Station
San Francisco, CA  94129-9000
415-923-2223

OCCUPATION/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Mayor, Council District 3, City of Rohnert Park
• Owner, Sally Tomatoes, Rohnert Park

PUBLIC SERVICE

• Economic Development Committee
• Education Committee
• Mayors’ and Councilmembers’ Association of Sonoma County Legislative Committee (Mayors & Councilmembers)
• Sonoma County Transportation Authority/Regional Climate Protection Authority (SCTA/RCPA)TBD
• Rohnert Park Planning Commission

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Director, Social Advocates for Youth
• President, Rotary Club of Rohnert Park-Cotati
• Director, SOMO Events
• Board Member, Rohnert Park Chamber of Commerce

EDUCATION

• City College of San Francisco
• Novato High School

District Committee Memberships

• Member, Rules, Policy and Industrial Relations
• Member, Governmental Affairs and Public Information

Occupation/Professional Experience

• Business Representative, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union 6
• Contract Compliance Officer, SF Electrical Construction Industry

• CA State Certified Inside Wireman Electrician

Public Service

• Former Member, San Francisco Human Rights Commission Citizens Advisory Committee
• Former Member, San Francisco Mayor's Task Force on Construction Contracting

Community Service

• Member, Board of Business Representatives, San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council
• Member, Executive Board, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, Washington, D.C.
• Member, IBEW Electrical Workers Minority Caucus
• Member, Golden Gate Women’s Committee of IBEW Local 6
• Member, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, San Francisco Chapter
• Member, Coalition of Labor Union Women
• Member, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
• Member, Pride at Work

Education

• Lowell High School, San Francisco
• B.A., Ethnic Studies/Pre-Med, San Francisco State University
• Journeyman Inside Wireman Electrician, San Francisco Electrical Industry Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee

Contact Sabrina Hernández

Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
P.O. Box 29000, Presidio Station
San Francisco, CA 94129-9000
415-923-2223

District Committee Memberships

• Member, Transportation Committee

Occupation/Professional Experience 

• Director of Auxiliary Services, Mendocino College (1980-2011)

Public Service

• Member & Co-Chair, Mendocino County Democratic Central Committee (2002-Present)
• Member, Hopland Fire District Board (2016-Present)
• Member & Chair, Mendocino Transit Authority Board (1993-2019)
• Member, California Transit Association Executive Committee (2003-2019)
• Mayor, City of Ukiah (1998-2000)
• Councilmember, City of Ukiah (1993-1998)
• Planning Commissioner, City of Ukiah (1981-1986)

Community Service

• Former Chair, Ukiah Players Theatre Board
• Former Chair, Mendocino Co. Economic Development and Financing Corp.
• Former President, Ukiah Community Center Board of Directors
• Former President, West Company
• Former President, Mendocino College Management/Confidential Employees
• Former President, Mendocino College Classified Employees Association
• Former Chair, Mendocino County Hate Crimes Policy Council
• Former Co-Chair, Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee
• Former Member, Pride Alliance Network
• Former Member, Mendocino County Hunger Task Force
• Member, Founders Circle, Community Foundation of Mendocino Co.
• Former Board Member, Mendocino Solid Waste Management Authority
• Former Member, Russian River Watershed Council

Education

• Santa Rosa Junior College
• Mendocino College

Contact James Mastin

P.O. Box 332
Ukiah, CA 95482
707-468-8809

District Committee Memberships

• Ex Officio Member of All Committees

• Vice Chair, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Board-District Appointee

Occupation/Professional Experience

• Associate Superintendent, Napa Valley Unified School District, retired
• Adjunct Professor, Chapman University/Brandman University, retired
• Adjunct Professor, Pacific Union College, retired
• Owner, Translating Company, Precision Translations

Former and Present Public Service

• FEMA Task Force
• Immediate Past President, American Association of University Women
• Immediate Past President Napa County Retired Teachers Association
• RM3 Napa County Facilitator
• City of  Napa Civil Service Commission
• Napa County Wildlife Conservation Commission
• Original City of Napa Open Space Committee
• Original City of Napa General Plan Review Committee
• State Dairy Council Advisory Board

Community Service

• Garden Facilitator and grant writer for Napa Valley Food Bank and Latinos Unidos of Napa Valley sanctuary gardens growing free food
• Raise funds for women and girls scholarships through American Association of University Women (AAUW)/Napa Valley Branch yearly Author’s Forum
• Commercial Kitchen Manager specializing in small start-up artisans
• Together Napa Valley (member) - glean food from large Napa Valley events
• Board Member, Napa Community Acupuncture Practice
• Board Member, Wilkinson School, El Granada, CA
• Member, Covenant Presbyterian Church Governance Board 

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, Iowa State University
• Master of Arts, Sonoma State University
• Ed.D., Educational Policy/Curriculum and Instruction, University of Southern California

Contact Barbara Pahre

Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
P.O. Box 29000, Presidio Station
San Francisco, CA 94129-9000
415-923-2223

District Committee Memberships

• Chair, Finance-Auditing Committee
• Chair, Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Retirement Investment Trust Board
• Member, Transportation Committee
• Member, Building and Operating Committee

Occupation/Professional Experience

• Member, Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, County of Sonoma
• Architect, Business Owner

Public Service

• Chair of the Board, County of Sonoma, District 2, since 2011
• Former Vice Mayor and City Councilmember, City of Petaluma
• California State Association of Counties (CSAC)
• Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission
• Association of Bay Area Governments Community Advisory Board
• Member, San Francisco Bay Water Transit Authority
• North Bay Water Reuse Authority
• Sonoma/Marin Area Raid Tranist II Board of Directors
• Alternate, Local Agency Formation Commission
• Member, Building Economic Success Together (BEST)
• Sonoma County Transportation Authority
• Sonoma County Employee Retirement Association
• Member, Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District

Community Service

• Co-Founder, SHAKE-Support Healthy Active Kids in Education
• Past PTA President, McNear Elementary School
• Former Board Member, Southern Sonoma County Tomorrow’s Leaders Today
• Former Board Member, Sonoma County Alliance Soccer Club
• Former Board Member, Petaluma National Little League

Education

• University of Oregon, BArch (5 year, professional degree), 1980-1985

Contact David Rabbitt

Board of Supervisors/County of Sonoma
575 Administration Drive
Room 100 A
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
707-565-2241

Occupation/Professional Experience

• Member, Marin County Board of Supervisors, District 4, since 2017

Public Service

• President, Marin County Transit District
• Member, Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM)
• Member, Marin Telecommunications Authority
• President, Marin County Open Space District

Acknowledgement and Awards for Community Service

• The “Mount Vision Award” from Coastal Health Alliance
• The “West Marin Senior Services Award” for leadership on the Assisted Living Facility
• The “Sis Arndt Award” for Protection of the Tomales Bay Watershed
• The “Department of Interior Partners in Conservation Award” for the Giacomini Wetlands
• Accommodation: Resolution of Appreciation from North Marin Water District for 21 years of service

Education

• BA Economics, California State University, Chico

Contact Dennis Rodoni

County of Marin Board of Supervisors
3501 Civic Center Drive, Suite 329
San Rafael CA 94903
415-473-7331

Occupation/Professional Experience

• Government Relations Director, Operating Engineers Local 3 (2019-Present)
• District Representative, Business Representative & Organizer Operating Engineers Local 3 (2006-2018)
• Dredge and Marine Construction Deckhand/Operating Engineers Local 3- Cooper Crane and Rigging/Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (2003-2005)
• Able Bodied Seaman/Inland Boatman’s Union- Golden Gate Ferry System & Blue and Gold Fleet in the San Francisco Bay. (2003)
• Able Bodied Seaman/International Longshoreman Association Local 333-Moran Towing and various tug and barge companies in New York Harbor and Eastern Seaboard. (2000-2002)
• Seafood processor, fisherman & crabber- Aleutian Lady and various commercial fishing in Alaska and Russia. (1994-2000)
• Certified Nursing Assistant- various nursing homes. (1992-1994)

Public Service

• Sonoma County Workforce Development Board & Executive Board
• Sonoma County Transportation Committee Citizens Advisory Board
• Sonoma County Economic Development Board, Strategic Sonoma Advisory Committee

Community Service and Organizations

• Elected Officer, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 3
• Chair, Credentials Committee of the California Labor Federation
• Member, North Bay Building and Construction Trades Council
• Member and Past Secretary-Treasurer, North Bay Central Labor Council
• Member, Sonoma County Democratic Central Committee
• Elected, Delegate 2016 Democratic National Convention
• Past Board of Director, Sonoma County Alliance
• Past Member, San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council
• Past Member San Francisco Central Labor Council
• Past Member, Alameda Construction and Building Trades Council
• Past Member, Alameda Central Labor Council
• Past Member, San Mateo, Building and Construction Trades Council
• Past Member, San Mateo Central Labor Council

Education

• Harvard University, Harvard Law School Labor & Worklife Program Graduate
• Bachelor of Arts Political Science & Pre-Law Minor, California State University East Bay
• Hunter College, CUNY New York City
• U.S. Coast Guard certified Merchant Marine licenses: 200 ton Masters, 500 ton Mate & Abled Bodied Seaman Limited, Lifeboatman
• Associates Degree Deck Engineering, Seattle Maritime Academy
• Anoka Technical College, Certified Nursing Assistant Program
• Anoka-Ramsey Community College

Contact Chris Snyder

Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
P.O. Box 29000, Presidio Station
San Francisco, CA 94129-9000
415-923-2223

OCCUPATION/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Supervisor, District 2, City and County of San Francisco
• Former Deputy District Attorney, Contra Costa County

PUBLIC SERVICE

• Member, Board of Supervisors
• Vice Chair, Rules Committee
• Vice Chair, Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee
• Member, San Francisco Transportation Authority
• Member, Treasure Island Mobility Management Agency

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
• Homeless Prenatal Program
• Emerge California

EDUCATION

• St. Mary’s College, Moraga CA
• McGeorge School of Law

CONTACT CATHERINE STEFANI

San Francisco City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
415-554-7752

District Committee Memberships

• Member, Transportation Committee
• Member, Building and Operating Committee

Occupation/Professional Experience:

• Mayor, Town of Tiburon
• Vice Mayor, Town of Tiburon
• Tiburon Town Councilmember (2017-Present)
• San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee, 13^th AD (multiple terms served)
• Attorney
• Judge Pro Tem, San Francisco Superior Court
• Owner, The Thier Group LLC, a San Francisco certified LBE and CUCP certified DBE

Public Service

• Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District Board of Directors
• Association of Bay Area Governments
• Marin Clean Energy
• Marin Emergency Radio Authority
• Marin Community Development Block Grant Priority-Setting Committee
• Tiburon Diversity Inclusion Task Force Chair
• Belvedere-Tiburon Joint Disaster Advisory Council
• Tiburon Peninsula Traffic Relief Joint Powers Agency
• Downtown Revitalization
• Use of Technology Standing Committee
• Tiburon Parks, Open Space and Trails Commission
• Paths and Open Space Access
• Tiburon Budget Committee
• Tiburon Town Manager Performance Evaluation Committee

Selected Past and Current Community Service

• Past President of the League of Women Voters of San Francisco
• California Democratic Party Resolutions Committee
• Consumer Attorneys of California
• San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary
• Parent Teacher Association Volunteer
• Reed Union School District (RUSD) Student Site Council
• RUSD Superintendent’s Facility Task Force
• Foundation for Reed Schools Auction Co-Chair and Board member
• Graduate CORO San Francisco City Focus Civic Leadership Program
• Jewish Community Relations Council
• National Women’s Political Caucus
• Statewide Spokesperson Against Proposition 227, Ron Unz Initiative to Abolish Bilingual Education

Education

• University of California, Hastings College of the Law-JD
• Associate Managing Editor, Communications and Entertainment (COMM/ENT) Law Journal
• University of California, Davis-BA, Political Science, BA, International Relations,

Graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Societies

Graduated with Honors and Departmental Citations for Outstanding Achievement