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January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006
Skip Fenner
Director |
Fenner is the 2nd generation owner of Worth Fenner Insurance, Inc. He has served over a decade on the Board and has held the office of President twice, in 1975 and 2000. Currently he is involved in the Finance and Golf Tournament Committees. A 53-year resident of Novato he finds his involvement on the Board and Chamber membership a great way to stay involved and contribute to the business community.
Worth Fenner Insurance
853 Richert Ave. Suite 1, Novato CA 94945
T 897-5111 F 897-7668
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Skip Tozzi
Director |
A native of California, born in San Francisco, Skip has been in the field of aesthetics for 35 years in Novato. He is co-owner of Spa de Novato with his wife Patricia. Skip has been married 26 years with four children and eight grandchildren.
Skip is an active member of the Novato Downtown Business Association (D.N.B.A.) and currently sits on the Board of Directors. Skip chairs marketing and promotion in the downtown for the past four years. He also hosts the Novato TV show, "Grant Avenue" with Denise Athas, Past President of the Chamber. As a new Chamber Board member, Skip looks forward to continue to work to help keep the Downtown Business Association and the Chamber a close family.
Spa de Novato
1305 Grant Avenue, Novato CA 94945
T (415) 897-4511 F (415) 898-9097
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Kim Kaselionis
Treasurer, Finance Chair |
Kim Kaselionis is the President and Chief Executive Officer for Circle Bank, formerly Novato Community Bank, in Novato. Kaselionis took the reins in 1995 when the Bank's assets were only $11M and has successfully increased assets to today's $100M. Circle Bank and its 18 employees believe in the strength of building relationships and contributing to the community. Kaselionis is a board member for Novato Chamber of Commerce, Novato Rotary Endowment, Marin Community Health Foundation, Building Better Citizen's for America and Rock'n Blues by the Lake. She is the mother of three children and resides in Novato.
Circle Bank
1400 Grant Avenue, Novato CA 94945
T (415) 898-5400 F (415) 898-3742
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Jayne Belote
Immediate Past President |
Jayne is the Associate Executive Director of the Novato YMCA at Hamilton. Before opening the "Y", she was the Membership Director of the San Rafael YMCA and has worked for the "Y" for the past 18 years.
Jayne is a graduate of the Novato Leadership program, Class of 2005 and has served on the Novato Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors for the past two years. She is currently Chair of the Membership Committee, a member of the Business Education Committee and is the Alumni representative on the Novato Leadership Advisory Committee. Additionally, she is active with the Rotary Club of Novato.
Jayne and her husband have lived in Novato for the past 17 years and have four children.
Novato YMCA at Hamilton
3 Hamilton Landing Suite 140, Novato CA 94949
T (415) 883-9622 F (415) 382-6945
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Rocky Cosgrove
Vice President |
Rocky works with innovtive organizations, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies that want to rapidly solve people and productivity challenges. Bovo-Tighe's clients include well-known companies such as Shell Oil, British Petroleum, PG&E, and Clear Channel Communications. Before joining Bovo-tighe, Rocky worked extensively in the media and marketing industries, including 15 years in sales management and business development with CBS.
He currently Chairs the Chamber's Buisness Education Committee, is a proud member of the Rotary Club of Ignacio, and belongs to the Bay Area Society of Television and Radio.
Rocky lives in Novato with his wife and has 5 children and a step-daughter
Bovo-Tighe For Business
P.O. Box 197, Oakley, CA 94561
T 1-888-268-6844 F
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Claudine Whitney
Director |
Claudine Simmons is in charge of Business Development and an Assistant Vice-President for Fidelity National Title in Novato. She is currently chair of the Ambassadors and has been a member for 3 years. She also served on the Novato Art & Wine committee and was instrumental in acquiring all of the wine in donations, and is looking forward to being involved again this year. Claudine is excited about being a director so she can be more involved in community affairs. The Chamber has provided Claudine and Fidelity National Title many business contacts through various events and the opportunity to give back to the community in Novato.
Fidelity National Title
1747 Grant Avenue, Novato, CA 94945
T (415) 898-7744 xt 202 F (415) 897-3521
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Phyllis Cope
Vice President and Relationship Officer |
Phyllis has been actively involved in the Chamber in various aspects over the last 18 years. She is a Leadership Novato alumnus, Class of 1996 and was on eof the original founders of the Women in Business group. She co-chaired that committee for two years. She has also served for nine years on the Membershi Committee.
Phyllis combines her job at Bank of Marin with her love of the community. Representing the Bank of Marin in Novato, she attends every Chamber function and her office has hosted more than one mixer. She and her husband, former Novato Mayor Bill Cope, have lived in this City for 24 years.
Bank of Marin - Grant Avenue
1450 Grant Avenue, Novato CA 94945
T (415) 899-7338 F (415) 899-7344
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Eileen Joyce
Director |
Eileen Joyce found that her experience as a homemaker, her volunteer work in the community and as a former Novato Chamber employee, prepared her well for what she calls her final career with Frank Howard Allen.
Now a seasoned professional with five years of experience in the residential real estate industry, Joyce serves on FHA's Advisory Council. She joined the Novato Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors four years ago and in 2004 was named Ambassador of the Year. A graduate of the Novato Leadership program, Class of 2004, Joyce expanded her leadership capabilities further by joining the Board of Directors of the Novato Youth Center in July, 2005.
Eileen thinks that Novato is the best-kept secret in the Bay Area and believes that anybody who's in business should belong to the Chamber.
Frank Howard Allen
915 Diablo Avenue, Novato CA 94947
T (415) 899-9263 F (415) 897-3067
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Paul Hutcheson
President |
Paul Hutcheson has been in the newspaper business for 25 years, most recently spending 14 years with the San Francisco Chronicle where he held a number of advertising management and circulation positions. He served as Director of New Business Development at the Chronicle before becoming Publisher of the Advance last year.
Prior to his years at the Chronicle, Hutcheson worked for newspapers in Contra Costa County.
Under his direction the Novato Advance was selected as the Novato Chamber of Commerce's Small Business of the Year for 2005. In 2004 and again in 2005 the Advance received the California Newspaper Publishers Association award for General Excellence in a competition against newspapers of similar circulation.
Hutcheson and his family reside in Terra Linda.
Novato Advance
P.O. Box 8
T 415-892-1516 F
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Vance Ashe
Director |
Vance Ashe is a Senior Technical Consultant with the Ashe Management Group. He and his brother, Mark, are co-owners. Ashe Management Group brings affordable computer systems, software and netwok support to small business owners. Ashe acknowledges that being actively involved with the Chamber has helped his business grow. He hopes that one day Novato's entire downtown will be a wireless 'hot spot" for computer users modeling after others cities that already offer wireless technology.
Vance has been active in Chamber activities since the summer of 2003. He graduated from the Chamber's Leadership Novato Program in 2006 and serves as a Chamber Ambassador. In his personal life, Ashe is engaged to be married later this year.
Ashe Management Group
P.O. Box 1967, Novato, CA 94948
T 707-328-3568 F (707) 237-9559
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Gary Joseph
Educational Services and Development Manager |
Gary Joseph was born in San Francisco and raised in Kentfield, but as a newly wed in 1970, he (and his wife Judi) chose to purchase their first home in Novato. As enthusiastic youth and community volunteers ever since, they've happily raised their two children here. Gary is the Development Manager for the Novato Youth Center, where he also manages the tutoring programs. Prior to joining NYC 4 years ago, Gary spent 35 years in the Trust Department and Wholesale Banking Department of Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco. Gary is a member of the Novato Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and a graduate of the Novato Leadership Class 2005. He serves on the Chamber's Art, Wine and Music Festival Committee, Business Showcase Committee, Golf Committee and the Leadership Novato Alumni Committee. He also is a volunteer for the Novato Police Departments DARN group. Gary's always been proud to call Novato his home, and he feels privileged to be able to live - and now work - in the community he loves and honored to have the opportunity to contribute, in a small way, to Novato's special spirit.
Novato Youth Center
680 Wilson Avenue Novato, CA 94947
T (415) 892-1643 x225 F
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Mike DiGiorgio
Manager |
Originally from New York, Mike has been a resident of Novato for 20 years. Mike has quite a variety of careers under his belt including foreign trade, worked on Bart with Kaiser Sand & Gravel, stockbroker, worked for Di Giorgio Corp, ran a commuter airline, worked for aircraft speculators, and owned a video store. His political career took off in 1993 when he became a member of Novatos homeless commission. He has since become a member of the Hamilton Advisory Committee, been elected to City Council from 1995-2003, been Mayor twice, been President of Marin County Council of Mayors and Councilpersons, Board member of Downtown Business Association from 2005-2007, represented Novato on the Congestion Management Agency (now TAM) for eight years, Member of the Board of Novato Sanitary District, Member of the Labor Negotiation Committee and Solid Waste Committee, original SMART Board Member, Board Member of the Marin Association of Realtors, and Chair and Treasurer of Government Relations Committee. Mike is a 1996 Graduate of the Novato Leadership Program and was a Leadership Program Chair in 2004. He is presently a Real Estate agent and manager of Avatar Novato, has one son, and lives in Novato with his wife Donna of 31 years.
Avalar Real Estate Alliance
881 Grant Avenue Novato, CA 94945
T 415-246-5599 F
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