Leadership

The Leadership Novato mission is to identify and nurture existing
and potential community leaders, to increase their knowledge
of the community, and enhance individual leadership skills.


In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
~ Eric Hoffer

Welcome to the NCOC Leadership Novato and Leadership Novato Alumni Association Web Site


Click Here To Access The Alumni Database!



Among top organizations and businesses whose owners and employees participate and otherwise support Leadership Novato include:

  • Judy Arnold, Marin County Board of Supervisors
  • Ashe Cosgrove Inc.
  • Bank of Marin
  • Buck Institute for Age Research
  • Buck Institute for Education
  • City of Novato
  • College of Marin
  • County of Marin
  • CSW/Stuber-Stroeh Engineering
  • Hennessy Funds
  • Homeward Bound
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Marin County Free Library
  • NCOC Ambassadors
  • Northbay Family Homes
  • Novato Fire Protection District
  • Novato Police Department
  • Novato Sanitary District
  • Novato Unified School District
  • Novato Youth Center
  • Novato Water District
  • Pacific eDocument Solutions
  • SolarCraft
  • Winans International
  • and more

Valedictorians

  • 1998 Bill Cope
  • 1999 John Williams
  • 2000 Susie Brown
  • 2001 Kenneth Harth
  • 2002 Linda Millerick
  • 2003 Eliot Hurwitz
  • 2004 Sonia R. Tanner
  • 2005 Lieutenant Jim Laveroni
  • 2006 Anne-Jeanne Rothchild
  • 2007 Paul D Hutcheson
  • 2008 Brian Finnegan
  • 2009 Regina Bianucci Rus
  • 2010 Cheryl Paddack

Ed Stark Achievement Award

  • 2005 Sheryl Braum
  • 2006 Veronica Valero
  • 2007 Eric Luncan
  • 2008 Jenay Cottrell
  • 2009 Bill Tyler
  • 2010 Laurie Loeffler

Leadership Advisory Committee

  • Vance Ashe
  • Jayne Belote
  • Regina Bianucci Rus
  • Jenay Cottrell
  • Mike DiGiorgio
  • Liz Dunn
  • Jennifer Goldfinger
  • Andrei Jigalin
  • Laura Levin
  • Jerry Peters
  • Kathy Kormos
  • Eric Nickel
  • John McCarthy
  • Donna Mettier
  • Randy Stemmer
  • Harry Thomas
  • Carol York

Leadership Novato 2010 Scholarship Donors

  • Ashe Cosgrove Inc., Vance Ashe
  • County of Marin, Judy Arnold, Marin County Board of Supervisors, 5th District
  • Suburban Area Land Trust (SALT), Clark Blasdell
  • Hennessy Funds, Neil Hennessy
  • Pacific eDocument Solutions, Jared Milligan
  • Rotaract, Ryan Olson
  • Winans International, Ken Winans


A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
~ HENRIK IBSEN