Paola is a community ecologist working to protect and restore native ecosystems and endangered species.  She is passionate about community-based conservation and restoration and currently serves as the Salmon Protection And Watershed Network's (SPAWN) Conservation Program Director where she helps build volunteer-led education, monitoring and restoration projects to restore and protect endangered coho salmon in the Lagunitas Creek Watershed.

In 2006 she helped launch SPAWN's Rainwater Harvesting Program that was recognized as a "Bay Area Success Story" by the State Water Resources Control Board. She also launched their new volunteer-run Native Plant Nursery that supports watershed restoration projects in West Marin. 

Paola received the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin's 2008 Peter Behr Steward of the Land Award for her efforts to protect and restore streams in West Marin. 

She has lived in Fairfax with her husband for four years where they have worked together to decommission half of their driveway (the remaining bit is permeable) turning it into a vegetable garden that is irrigated with rainwater collected off a shed roof and stored in cisterns. 

She holds a B.S. in Marine Biology from U.C. Santa Cruz and a M.S. in Ecology from the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies and San Francisco State University.

Stacy Weinberg-Diève is an international trade attorney with a passion for environmental conservation, toxic chemical reduction and civil rights issues.  She has worked with a wide range of non-profit organizations, including the Ecology Center of Ann Arbor, National Campaign for Fair Elections, South Brooklyn Legal Services, B'nai Brith Youth Organization, Israel Network of Women, and Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.  She has worked on numerous political campaigns doing fundraising, voter registration drives and volunteer coordination.  Stacy also volunteers as an Election Protection attorney, documenting voting rights violations in national elections.   

Stacy is committed to advocate for change on policy issues impacting our health, our children and our environment, as well as ensuring that sustainability resources are accessible to the entire Sustainable Fairfax community.

Wendy Baker joined the board in 2009 and has lived in Fairfax most of the past 30 years. She has an M.A. from Harvard University, Graduate School of Design and a B.A. from U. C. Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design. Her career began as a Landscape Architect with National Park Service at Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) in S.F.

Wendy worked for several local Landscape Architecture firms, as a consultant to Rushton-Chartock Architects and as Community Planner for U.C. Berkeley where she hosted EIR and community meetings. Ms. Baker also worked in the economic development arena for four years with Alameda County and Joint Venture: Silicon Valley; she was Program Manager for a job-training center established through a $4-million grant that she wrote and managed.

In 1990, Ms. Baker attended the American Film Institute (AFI) in L.A. where she worked for Fox Studios, Frances Ford Coppola and Quentin Tarantino. Most recently, she worked as a Field Organizer in Reno, Nevada, and as an Elected Delegate to the 2008 Presidential Convention. She has served the Boards of the National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC), Marin Chapter, and Habitat for Humanity, Marin.

Wendy has an appreciation for the arts, appropriate design on the land, and learning about the environment through educational experiences. She believes in ‘giving back’ to the community. Her contributions include serving as Mayor of Fairfax in 1988, winning the Grand Award from the bay area’s Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for a county-wide carpool program, and leading Fairfax’s ban on Styrofoam.

(Her grad school project was recognized in Edith Wharton’s revised Italian Villas and Their Gardens.)

Rachel joined the board in November 2007. Her background is in customer service, first with Bank of America in Fairfax and now as a Realtor with Tam Realty in San Rafael, the First Green Certified Eco-Brokers in Marin.

Rachel is also happily married mother of two and has been battling Lupus for several years. This experience has made her a staunch health advocate not only for herself, but for others as well.

Ms. DeMicco is a member of the GreenerMarin Team at Tam Realty and has recently joined the Real Estate Council of Build It Green.

Rachel's many connections have let her share her passion for environmental and health issues with a wide range of like-minded people who support these values through their work and their life.

Kim was born and raised in San Anselmo.

As a lifelong resident of the Ross Valley, and a resident of Fairfax for the past seven years, Kim is dedicated to preserving this amazing community.  She so fortunate to live here, and hope that many generations will have the opportunity to enjoy life in this magical place.  Kim believes that sustainability is a necessity if this is to happen. 

Kim attended college at UC Berkeley and majored in Political Science.  After college a part-time job led to an Assistant Buyer position at the Pottery Barn.  Kim has worked in retail for the past twenty years in varying positions encompassing buying, product design and development, and sourcing.

She's currently in transition, planning to work within my industry to help make the retail industry more sustainable.  Kim also plans to pursue a certificate as a Nutrition Educator and start to transform my passion for organic foods and nutrition into a new career.

Renee joined the board in the summer of 2007. Combining the experience of her work as a whitewater guide and team building coordinator for Project Raft (Russians and Americans for Teamwork) with her Masters degree in Drama Therapy, Renee learned to listen, organize and activate people around common passions and goals most often in the outdoors and often in adverse conditions.

Ms. Goddard saw An Inconvenient Truth last year and was moved to bring her voice and her dedication to making a positive difference for the planet...home. She organized the ‘Inconvenient Group', a family based grassroots group with the deep belief that activating community and raising awareness to inspire individual and collective behavior was a way for her to contribute.

Working on Green Wednesdays with Sustainable Fairfax has reinspired her belief in what a community can accomplish with a clear mission, a dedicated team, and the desire to make change.

Elizabeth has been a resident of Fairfax for over 25 years. She enjoys participating in the local community to provide support and access to resources that helps us live on earth respectfully.

Elizabeth has been a volunteer at Sustainable Fairfax since 2005.  She has been a member of both the Center and Development committees.  She is a graduate of the Sustainable Forum of Marin, Regenerative Design Institute Permaculture Program and participated in the inaugural class in Organic Farming at Indian Valley College.  Elizabeth is enrolled in the Master Gardener Program for 2010. Her vision is to create an educational and supportive resource center for the community to understand the inter-relationship of food, watershed, health, environment and well-being for all.

Kathleen joined the Board as Center Chair in June 2007 and moved on to Secretary July of 2008. As co-owner of Oliver's Books in San Anselmo for many years, she realized the necessity and joy of having a gathering place for townspeople.She also learned the importance of being personally involved with one's community and developed a deep appreciation for the support and well being that one experiences with such a connection.

She brings to Sustainable Fairfax a desire to help educate and provide solutions to some of the most pressing issues of our time. Presently, Kathleen is working as the purchasing agent for Green Fusion Design Center, a store specializing in sustainably manufactured and nontoxic home furnishings and products in San Anselmo.She is a LEED Accredited Professional, received her Permaculture certification from the Permaculture Institute of Northern California, and is a member of Permaculture Marin.

Jennifer Livingston has been a resident of Fairfax for two and half years and has come to know and love this community very much.  She has a personal and vested interest in promoting and providing for the long term viability, livability and sustainability of this town and the world in which we live. Sustainable Fairfax is therefore a natural fit.  In service to Sustainable Fairfax Jennifer has much to offer. She earned a certificate in non-profit management from Portland State University and has been involved in charitable, educational and environmental activities working in paid and unpaid positions for organizations ranging from CO-PIRG, to local food co-ops, AmeriCorps and cooperative housing efforts.  She has also logged many volunteer hours doing wild lands restoration, outdoor education for school aged children, community education on environmental and health issues, and in home care for disabled persons.    

Jennifer is a Registered Nurse by trade and is currently employed by Villa Marin.  She is also a happy mother of a beautiful baby girl and is very interested in preserving a healthy and productive future for her child.  Jennifer will concentrate her volunteer efforts in assisting Sustainable Fairfax to be a well known and effective organization; demonstrating, teaching and facilitating, socially, economically and environmentally sustainable practices.    

Rebekah co-founded Sustainable Fairfax in 1999 and has been a major visionary and benefactor to the organization. She is a long-time activist organizing around the issue of global warming and is the founder of Marin CAN (Clean Alternative Energy Now).

Her background of growing up and working in an intentional community in Alaska with organic farming has provided her with a foundation in sustainable living. Ms. Collins lived overseas and worked on a diverse number of farms for several years in the Middle East and Europe.

In Marin, she studied horticulture at the College of Marin and operated a non-toxic gardening business for over 10 years. Rebekah left her position as President in early 2007 but has remained an advisor.