San Anselmo Chamber

3rd Quarter 2015 • SanAnselmoNetworkSuccess 2 MembersintheNews 2015 Executive Board President/CEOConnieRodgers San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce (415) 454-2510 SanAnselmocChamber.org Chair Greg Davison CareerTechnologyTeacher Sir Francis Drake High School (415) 458-3484 TamDistrict.org/Drake Vice Chair Benedetto Cico San Anselmo Inn (415) 455-5366 SanAnselmoInn.com Treasurer Joyce Brown Elan Health & Fitness Center (415) 485-1945 ElanFitness.com Secretary Danielle Dinnerman D. R. Dinnerman Insurance Services (415) 479-9881 DRDinnermanInsuranceServices.com Chair Ex Officio Kris Kelson State Farm Insurance Services (415) 721-0121 KrisKelson.com Chief Legal Counsel Jay Luther Law Offices of Jay W. Luther (415) 456-6197 LutherLaw.com 2015 Board of Directors Dr. Adam Cantor Cantor Chiropractic Center (415) 454-8699 CantorCC.com Vance Frost Frank Howard Allen Real Estate (415) 459-5901 LiveinMarin.com Gisele Martin Union Bank (415) 259-2721 UnionBank.com Connie Pelissero, MS Ed. Master Gardeners Association Doug Kelly Town Council Liaison (415) 432-0630 2015 Ambassador Committee Chair Danielle Dinnerman D. R. Dinnerman Insurance Services (415) 479-9881 DRDinnermanInsurance Services.com Co-Chair Janal Stewart Director of Events & Conference Services San FranciscoTheological Seminary (415) 451-2830 jstewart@sfts.edu Alea Chedekel Intern Sir Francis Drake High School Lawrence Frauens Pinnacle Capital Mortgage (415) 990-7990 lefrauens@yahoo.com Royce Kakar San Anselmo Optometry (415) 747-8191 SanAnselmoOptometry.com Patti Mangels Patti's Personalized Baskets & Gifts (415) 902-1834 PattisGiftBaskets.com Maria McKellips Advertising Account Executive Marinscope Newspapers | Ross Valley Reporter (415) 328.8343 Mmckellips@marinscope.com Denise Montalvo Realtor –Bradley Real Estate (415) 640-1850 info@denisemontalvo.com Gayle Permar Gayle Gilboy Permar,AIA (415) 482-8977 GGPHomes.com Judy Zimola Communications and Marketing, San Francisco Theological Seminary (415) 451-2841 jzimola@sfts.edu San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 2844 San Anselmo, CA 94979-2844 • (415) 454-2510 • (415) 258-9458 fax info@sananselmochamber.org • www.sananselmochamber.org Copyeditor: Julie Vader Design & Layout: James Anderson Delivered by: Submission Deadlines All Chamber members can submit business news and promotions for inclusion on our Facebook and Twitter pages and in our two publications,NetworkSuccess and Member News e-blasts. Mail all submissions to info@sananselmochamber.org. Submission deadlines are as follows: • NetworkSuccess: Q4 Issue: Deadline October 23, 2015 Free quarterly publication mailed to 5,500 residents, businesses and Chamber members in the San Anselmo community. • Member News: Send at least two weeks prior to when you want news published. • Facebook and Twitter: Email the chamber any time! FromaCountryFar,FarAway OnMay14theowneroftheSanAnselmoInn, Benedetto Cico, arranged for a large group of visitors staying at the Inn from Bologna, Italy, to visit Imagination Park. Many who are pictured belong to a Star Wars club. Benedetto certainly does his part showing off San Anselmo, our restaurants, boutiques, local points of interest and the Bay Area. SanAnselmoInn,339SanAnselmoAve. San Anselmo • sananselmoinn.com Guild Owner Highlighted in Marin Magazine Marin Magazine featured Desta Epicures Guild owner Emebet Bellingham Korn in their July 2015 issue. e article discusses Emebet's childhood in Ethiopia and love of creating herbal creations from her mother's garden, to studying fashion in San Francisco, mother of three children, to a businesswoman in San Anselmo where Desta Epicures Guild found its home. Enjoy reading Emebet's history by Marin Magazine at marinmagazine.com/July-2015/ e-Art-of-Tea/. Desta Epicures Guild, 417 San Anselmo Ave. San Anselmo • (415) 891-8495 • desta.com New Chief Program Officer at Sunny Hills Services MaryKayeGerski Mary Kaye Gerski, a visionary administrator with expertise in senior-level strategic planning, policy- making, and financial and program management, recently joined Sunny Hills Services as its new chief program officer. She is responsible for ensuring exceptional outcomes for clients, regulatory and contractual compliance, financial sustainability and the management and support of all program staff. Mary Kaye will oversee all Sunny Hills programs operating in five Bay Area counties, and will be based at the agency's San Anselmo location. She is a graduate (bachelor of arts) of California State University, and earned a master's degree in human resource management from Keller Graduate School of Management. Sunny Hills Services, founded in 1895, is a child welfare agency with a full spectrum of programs providing behavioral health, supportive housing, special education and youth development services for vulnerable school-age and transition-age youth. e

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