Advocacy Council

The Advocacy Council is authorized by the Board of Directors to study, analyze and establish positions on public policy issues and legislation affecting the business community.

Council Members then advocate for those positions on behalf of the Chamber.

These policies are based on the underlying principle that creating and promoting a pro-business political environment is critical to the health of our local economy. Membership on the Council is by appointment of the Chamber Board.

For more information, contact Ananda Sweet at (707) 636-3662.

Advocacy Council

Chair: Ali Kalia, Prosper Real Estate

Vice-Chair: Pauline Block, Cornerstone Properties

Mousa Abbasi, Transpedia Consulting Engineers

Lisa Badenfort, North Bay Association of Realtors

Alicia Benson, Keysight Technologies

John Bly, ECA

David Brown, Adobe & Associates

Rene Byck, Paradise Ridge Winery

Efren Carrillo, Burbank Housing

Che Casul, Circuit Rider

Dan Condron, United Way of the Wine Country

Mike Cook, Integra Planning + Landscape Architect

Harry Davitian, Entek Power Services

Joe Dietzen, Westamerica Bank

Evan Hershey, NBC Securities

Michael Hyman, Fulcrum Point Insurance

Kristin Kiefer

Jenni Klose, Generation Housing

Gary Lentz, loanDepot

John McHugh, Primerica

Vic McKnight, InterWest Insurance Services

Marcos Montes, Comcast

Troy Niday, The Press Democrat

Terry Sanders, Wednesday Night Market

Paul Schwartz, Corcoran Global Living

Ed Sheffield, Sutter Health

Kelly Bass Seibel, Sonoma County Tourism

Lisa Wittke Schaffner, North Coast Builders Exchange

Carolina Spence, Seniors, Inc.

Tina Wallis, Law Offices of Tina Wallis

Bill Williams, CertaPro Painters of Sonoma County