Board and Leadership

A Word

From the CEO

“The CTE Foundation board and staff are dedicated to innovating the education to career experience for our local students so they are prepared to enter rewarding careers that strengthen their lives, the community and the economy.”
- Kathy Goodacre

Leadership and Board of Directors

Chief Executive Officer
Kathy Goodacre

Chair
Mark Soiland
Soiland Company

Vice Chair
Elisabeth Wade
Sonoma State University

Treasurer
Julianna Graham
Retired, Wells Fargo Bank

Secretary
Priscilla Jaworksi Quintanilla
Redwood Credit Union

Immediate Past Chair
Lee Alderman
Retired

Kelly Bass Seibel
Sonoma County Tourism

Luisa Beck
Jackson Family Wines

Brad Davis
Santa Rosa Junior College

Louis Ganzler
Sonoma County Office of Education

Cindy Gillespie
Retired

Merrilee Roscoe Alvarado
Hansel Auto Group

Erica Torgerson
Sonoma Clean Power

Hector Velazquez
Nexo Media Inc & Red LatinX The Hub

Arif Virji
Carle Mackie Power & Ross LLP

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