Mr. Vaughn has 25+ years experience in the waste industry and
held management positions overseeing a variety of duties. Prior to his current
position with Yuba-Sutter Disposal, Inc., Dave was formally the General Manager
of South Valley Disposal & Recycling, Inc., as well as a Special Projects
Manager for Norcal. Dave also has worked in the publicly traded sector of waste
management for Waste Connections as District Manager of Northern California. He
holds a Bachelors of Arts in Management from the University of Phoenix.
He serves on the Board of Directors of the Peach Tree Golf & Country Club
and on the Board of Trustees of Sutter North Medical Foundation, and is a
member of the Yuba City Rotary.Mr. Vaughn continues a second consecutive term as Chairman of the the Chamber's board in 2010.
The Chairman of the Chamber Board presides over monthly meetings of the Board and its Executive Committee.
Mr. Gabel has over 30 years of experience in accounting and
financial management within the construction industry. He started his
professional career in 1975 in Fresno
as an accountant with the Robert G. Fisher Company. He held progressively
responsible positions within the firm and ultimately became the Vice President
and Controller. Rich moved to Yuba
City in 1985 after accepting the CFO position at Frank
M. Booth, Inc. FMB is a mechanical contracting firm that was founded in
Marysville in 1912 and routinely employs 240 and works on
construction projects throughout Northern California.
Rich has passed the CPA exam but his focus on private industry accounting
preempted his desire to pursue public accounting and become a licensed CPA.
Rich is a member of the Construction Financial Management Association and a
past President of the Rotary Club of Marysville. He has served on the
Marysville Joint Unified School District Budget Advisory Council and presently
serves on the Workforce Investment Board of the North Central Counties
Consortium.
Christi Dutcher is currently employed as the Business Services
Representative for the Yuba County Office of Education with the Yuba County One
Stop. Christi works closely with local work businesses in addressing the
skills that are lacking by focusing on employer needs, and providing a highly
skilled workforce for our community. Her role as Business Service
Representative involve on-site visits for business analysis, representing the
Yuba County One Stop as a Chair with Yuba Sutter Colusa Employer Advisory
Council, Rapid Response Team Lead, Yuba Sutter Business Consortium, Marysville,
Business Improvement Districts, Yuba Sutter Interagency Council, and working
with the Yuba Sutter Economic Development Corporation. Christi attended college
at University of Phoenix
in Sacramento,
CA. receiving a bachelor's degree in Business Management/Human Resources. She
is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Business Management/Human Resources
at University of Phoenix,
Roseville
campus.
Bob Harlan has
served as Chairman of our board of directors for three separate terms, 1989,
2000, and 2006-2007.He has been General
Manager of KUBA Radio since 1982, and although recently he has “retired” from that
position Bob certainly remains a community ambassador. He is currently Chair of the Chamber’s
tourism committee, and is chairman of several community organizations including
the Business and Community Healthcare Partnership, Looking Out for Our Kids
(LOOK), and The Acting Company.Bob and
his wife Robyn live in Yuba City.About the Chamber, Bob says, “This truly is
the premier business organization in the mid-valley, providing member services
that far surpass their annual membership fees.It’s an honor to have been associated with the Chamber since 1982.”
Vice Chair, Marketing and Retention
Bruce Dickinson, PIP Printing & Marketing Services
The Chamber of Commerce recruits and attracts a broad range of community leaders for its board so that it may represent the local business and non-profit community as widely as possible. The Chamber seeks men, women, small and large business owners, the private and public sector, people living and working on both sides of the river, the non-profit community, and diverse business sectors. The 2010 board, as always, is a talented and capable group committed to the Chamber's mission of nurturing conditions conducive to enticing and growing business, understanding that a happy community relies on a healthy economy.
Laura Nicholson
has been the Executive Director/CEO at the Yuba-Sutter Chamber of Commerce
since July 2003.She serves on the board
of the Yuba-Sutter Economic Development Corporation and the Yuba City Rotary
Club. She is a member of the Yuba-Sutter Business Consortium and assists
business-related groups in the community such as the Yuba-Sutter Employer
Advisory Council. She has been a member of the Yuba City Rotary Club since 1999,
serving as President in 2006-2007. She is also the immediate-past President of
the Covillaud Elementary School Site Council, and continues to serves as a
Community Representative. She has worked with the Beale Joint Land Use Study,
Operation Save Beale and Help Ellis Lake Prosper. She comes to the Chamber from the Appeal-Democrat, where she worked for 11 years, including four years as Editor.
Shaylene Minard Lewelling, Membership Director
Shaylene Minard Lewelling is the Membership Director of the Yuba-Sutter Chamber of Commerce. She previously worked for four years in Senior Business Development at the Roseville Chamber of Commerce. Shaylene has the unique set of skills this job demands: she is very outgoing and she enjoys working with people, she understands the purpose and how a Chamber of Commerce works and is familiar with the needs of a membership-based group. And, she is from the area and knows the community very well. Shaylene is the newest member of the Chamber's staff, beginning work here in September of 2009.
Evelyn Cosner, Office Coordinator
Evelyn moved to Yuba City in
1977 for a position teaching vocal and classroom music for Yuba City Unified
School District.She then worked for several years for Pratt
& Lambert/Universe Paint in Marysville and then in the job placement department
at Yuba College where she performed local labor
market analyses for CalWORKs.She has
been at the Chamber since 2000.Her
husband is a small business owner.She conducted
the very first choir at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, served on the board of
the Acting Company, started a for-profit children’s music theater with Pedro Award winner
Pat Hill and Andrea Berkstresser, and now serves on the board of Hands of Hope: Resources for Homeless
Families.She has played piano for many
local musicals over the years.
Caprice A. Jones, Office Assistant
Caprice came to the Yuba-Sutter Chamber of Commerce as a
temporary employee through The Plus Group (formerly known as Archer Personnel)
in March 2002.Prior to that, she lived
and worked in Winnemucca, for two and a half years working in a property management
office. She was hired at the Chamber permanently three months later and has
been the Office Assistant since then.Caprice is a continuing student at Yuba College,
through the aid of the Chamber’s Workforce Development Award, and will graduate
in 2010 with two AS Degrees in Administrative Assistant and Word Processing. Among her many duties, Caprice maintains the information on
the Chamber’s newest community and visitor resource, www.visityubasutter.com.
The Chamber of Commerce is also blessed with the energies and enthusiasm of a part-time office volunteer, Anne Wentland. Her dedicated assistance makes much of our personal contact with members possible.
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Evelyn moved to Yuba City in
1977 for a position teaching vocal and classroom music for Yuba City Unified
School District.
