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Board of Directors
vcgoehring@frontiernet.net
687-7704
Vern Goehring moved to the Wilton area in 1983 with his family. He and his wife served as 4-H leaders, volunteer for Project Ride, and participated in many Elk Grove School District functions with their daughters. Vern currently serves on the Cosumnes Community Planning Advisory Council and recently completed three years as a public member on the California Veterinary Medical Board. Vern spent 26 years working for the State of California, much of that time as a legislative advocate for Caltrans and Fish and Game. He left the State in 1997 to start a consulting business in government relations, specializing in resource, land use, and transportation policy. Vern's wife is a registered veterinary technician at Bradshaw Veterinary Clinic. As a Board member, Vern contributes his significant knowledge of government, state laws regarding land use planning, environmental review, and political processes.
Genelle Treaster, Vice-President
Gtreaster@jps.net
687-7331
Born and reared in east Sacramento, Genelle Treaster has lived on acreage in rural Wilton for the past 12 years. She holds a degree in Liberal Studies as well as a multi-subject teaching credential. While she has studied and traveled abroad extensively, she always returns to the south county, which she believes is one of the best places on the planet because of its wildlife and open space. She has worked in a variety of professions, from journalism to wildlife conservation. She learned about the planning process as a newspaper reporter, when she was handed her first Environmental Impact Report to objectively decipher. Ignorance was bliss, she remembers. Since her awakening, she does her best to actively advocate for smart growth and compatible planning.
Mindy Cecchettini, Secretary
Mindyc@cwnet.com
354-1805
Mindy Cecchettini is a California native and has lived in the Sacramento/Elk Grove area most of her adult life. Along with husband Wayne, they have four children and seven grandchildren. She graduated from Hiram Johnson High School and attended Sacramento State with a major in Business Administration. She worked for Sacramento County Human Resources Department for 25 years, retiring in 1990. She currently manages the family ranch in Sloughhouse, raising cutting horses, and is a UC Lifetime Master Gardener. She has and currently serves on several boards and commissions, including the East County Open Space Study Steering Committee and the Cosumnes Community Planning Advisory Council. She strongly believes in preserving our natural elements to the fullest.
Mary Disken, Board Member
Medle8@yahoo.com
682-6925
Mary Disken graduated from Arizona State University and Arizona State University College of Law. She and her husband relocated to Elk Grove in 1989. In addition to her role as a director of SCCRG, she is president and director of Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth, a group addressing growth issues in the Vineyard/North Vineyard area. She represents SCCRG on the Central Sacramento County Groundwater Forum, a successor effort to the Water Forum convened specifically to address issues of groundwater sustainability and allocation in south Sacramento County.
Elizabeth (Liz) Zainasheff, Board Member
Eliz@citlink.net
684-7547
Liz was born in Sacramento but grew up in the central coast area of California. She is married with two children and has lived in Laguna for 14 years. She has a B.A. in Mass Media Communications and prior to becoming an at-home mother, she was an account executive for Qualcomm, Inc. and an operations analyst for E-Trade Securities. She is a volunteer for the Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge located in South Sacramento County and joined the board of SCCRG last year. She voted for city-hood with the belief that once Elk Grove was in control of its own destiny, run-away growth would stop. Unfortunately, the greed for developer money has clouded the vision of the first city council elected to serve Elk Grove. The city is putting its citizens' quality of life at risk as well as making poor financial decisions that could put the city in bankruptcy. I want to help SCCRG educate both the citizens and the city council of alternative solutions other cities have employed to curb growth while remaining financially healthy.
George Waegell, Board Member
judy@waegell.com
423-1771
George Waegell, 76,
has lived all his life, oops, ain't done yet, in the same farm house in
the Sunrise area. He and his wife Judy, a symphony cellist, have three
children and three grandchildren. He and his two brothers are retired
and have turned the farming over to the next generation. On their farm
they raised livestock, grain, hay and certified seed. George and his brothers
were instrumental in the introduction of rose clover into northern California.
In retirement, George mentored second graders in reading and writing for
six years at Florin Elementary School. His hobbies are planting acorns,
theatre, world travel, stained glass and donating blood. His interests
are population, water and garbage and their impacts on communities. "We
humans need to remember that there are only so many flushes in the aquifer
while we still have one." He is a founder of Morrison Creek Inc.,
a group dedicated to preserving and naming creeks in the region. He is
also a member of the Central Sacramento County Groundwater Forum, Aerojet
Citizens Advisory Group, and the Coalition For Alternatives to Keifer
Landfill (CAKL). He as researched landfills in such cities as San Salvador,
Guatemala City, Bangkok, Chang Mai and Tehran.
John Spitler
jspitler@farmprogress.com
Because his father
had grown up a farm kid, as a matter of family culture he saw to it that
John, too, became acquainted with Central California agriculture. By the
time he gradated from Turlock high school John had cut grapes for raisins,
picked peaches, apricots, and nectarines and harvested baby's breath.
In his junior year as a farm management major at Cal Poly, John was drafted
and spent the next three years as an officer in the U.S. Army infantry.
Upon returning to college he graduated in agricultural journalism.
After graduation, he partnered with his father in the cattle business
until high interest rates -- and beginner's mistakes -- forced them out
of business in the early 80s. After working as a reporter for two small-town
newspapers, John went to work as managing editor of the California Farm
Bureau weekly Ag Alert. Other media work he has done since then
include being a city reporter for the Sacramento Union, director
of communications for a San Francisco area sugar manufacturer and editor
of Western Dairy Business magazine. Currently he is beef editor
for Farm Progress magazines.
Phone 916-681-3381
P.O. Box 1924
Elk Grove, CA 95759