Board of Directors

Governance

The Make-A-Wish Foundation^® of Sacramento and Northeastern California’s Board of Directors represents our diverse area and helps chart the Foundation’s course. They contribute a vast array of experience and skills that helps maintain our status as the nation’s largest wish-granting organization. Board meetings are held every month.

As a whole, the board determines the Foundation’s mission and vision. It selects, evaluates and supports the president and chief executive officer. The board also protects the Foundation’s assets, enhances its public standing, ensures accountability, maintains legal integrity and assesses its own performance.

In addition, there are ad-hoc task teams and Board Committees organized around specific areas of the Foundation operations. There are currently Regional Advisory Boards or Steering Committees in Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties and the Redding area. These groups represent the chapter in their cities and surrounding counties.

Chair
Diane Koellen
White Star Construction

Vice Chair
Jack Ross Williams
Smog ‘N Go

Secretary
Don Ball
Vision Service Plan

Treasurer
Les Passuello
Vision Service Plan

Directors

Russ Abbott
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Craig Burress
CB Richard Ellis

Chris Chediak
Weintraub Genshlea Chediak

Jennifer O’Brien Cooley
Mark III Developers

Ed Crane
Clear Channel

Jay Farquhar
Minuteman Press- Redding

Sarah Krevans
Sutter Health

Sean M. Mullin
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

Scott Myers
Wells Fargo Commercial Banking

Azad Sheikh, MD
Sutter Children’s Specialists

Susan Sherman
Kaiser Foundation Hospital