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
Lee Alderman
Community Volunteer

Vice Chair
Mark Soiland
Soiland Company

Treasurer
Julianna Graham
Wells Fargo Bank

Secretary
Elisabeth Wade
Sonoma State University

Immediate Past Chair
Cindy Gillespie
Amy’s Kitchen

Luisa Beck
Jackson Family Wines

Brad Davis
Santa Rosa Junior College

Vince Figueroa
Figueroa CPA

Louis Ganzler
Sonoma County Office of Education

Katie Greaves
Sonoma County Workforce Investment Board

Leyla Hashemi
Keysight Technologies

Priscilla Jaworski Quintanilla
Redwood Credit Union

Erica Torgerson
Sonoma Clean Power

Hector Velazquez
Nexo Media Inc & Red LatinX The Hub

Arif Virji
Carle Mackie Power & Ross LL

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