children's museum of the north bay

Collette Michaud, President and Project Manager
collette@childrensmuseumnb.org
Ms. Michaud has over 20 years of experience working in software design as an artist, animator, game designer, art director and project leader. For more than ten years, she was a key innovator for Lucas Learning and LucasArts Entertainment Company. Ms. Michaud has written, designed, and led production for several award-winning educational software products launched by Lucas Learning LTD. By 1996 Ms. Michaud was managing 60 artists and she was featured on the cover of USA Today as one of the hardest workers in the Bay Area tech industry.

Bernice Callahan, Vice-president
bernice@childrensmuseumnb.org
Ms. Callahan has more than 30 years experience as a primary school teacher, a parent educator, and family counselor. She holds a Master's Degree in Special Education and has served as a consultant to the California State Department of Education. Ms. Callahan is the founder of the California Parenting Institute, a non-profit family education agency now located in Santa Rosa. As program administrator in that agency she conducted community needs surveys, recruited and trained personnel, instituted administrative and accounting procedures, and created a successful public relations and fund-raising campaign.

Douglas S. Kay, Treasurer
doug@childrensmuseumnb.org
During his 24 years experience in the entertainment and technology industry, Mr. Kay has played major roles in the development, production, and business practices in several companies that produce graphics, video, web-content and CD-ROM products for children. He was the chief technical officer at LucasArts Entertainment and in 1985 he founded the computer graphics department for the well known Industrial Light and Magic Co. By 1994 he was managing a staff of 150 and he is the recipient of an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Technical Achievement award. He has a Master's in Computer Graphics from Cornell University and has lectured for the entrepreneurship programs at both Cornell and Stanford Universities.

Joe Horak, Board Member
jhorak@sonomacounty.com
Mr. Horak currently works for Pacific Gas & Electric Copany as an Account Manager. He was previously in charge of Marketing for the Sonoma County Tourismm Bureau and before that a manager for the Sonoma County Economic Development Board. Mr. Horak has also worked in community relations for Cisco Systems and has extensive experience in corporate communications and media relations. He recently completed his degree in Public Administration at Sonoma State University.

Bryan Neill, Board Member
bryan.neill@printing-mailing.com
Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Goode Printing and Mailing in Rohnert Park.

Julia Grimsrud, Secretary
julia@childrensmuseumnb.org
Mrs. Grimsrud has over 10 years experience in corporate development, financial planning and analysis, and strategic planning. Her background includes experience with various types of corporate development deals including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, alliances, stategic partnership investments as well as divestitures. She held several roles at the California State Automobile Association during her tenure there - most recently as the Director of the Travel Division. Julia has a BA from the University of California at Davis and an MBA from the University of Rochester's William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.

Bruce Codding, Board Member
Mr. Codding entered commercial real estate in San Francisco in the late 80's working for a multi-family real estate investor who employed an innovative business model that coupled a well-researched property valuation with an aggressive acquisition campaign. In order to experience a more community-oriented side of commercial real estate however, Mr. Codding joined one of Sonoma County's most successful commercial brokerages where mastering the different microclimates of information was key to a successful brokerage transaction. In 2004 Mr. Codding started Codding Commercial to offer his clients more personalized attention and customized solutions for their real estate needs. Mr. Codding is locally active on a variety of boards and commissions.

Theresa Giacomino, Volunteer Coordinator and past Board Member
theresa@childrensmuseumnb.org
Ms. Giacomino has 19 years of experience working with children in pre-school and after-school programs. She completed her teaching units in Early Childhood Education at the College of Marin and Santa Rosa Junior College. Her early training as a docent for the acclaimed Terwilliger Nature Education Center made a lasting impact that inspires her ability to help children connect with the world of nature.

Amanda Bull, Advocate and past Board Member
Ms. Bull has a successful 15-year career in interactive design and has developed and tested educational software for companies such as Mattel, Sony and Broderbund. She runs her own consulting company and recently worked on a NIH-funded project for struggling readers.

Kathleen McGill, Advocate and past Board Member
Ms. McGill is a certified public accountant with 25 years of accounting and office administration experience. Her work has included performing audits for wineries, retail businesses and non-profits. She is currently a self-employed consultant to small businesses and an active member of the Petaluma Mother's Club.

Melanie Lamoureux, Advocate
Melanie Lamoureux worked for seven years at Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation in research and design for children's educational software development. She also worked for four years at LucasLearning LTD where she conducted testing to understand how children related to the products being designed.

Council of Advocates

Margaret Potts, Kindergarten Teacher, McNear Elementary School, Petaluma
Janet McBeen, Retired Kindergarten Teacher, Petaluma
Denise Toll, 4th Grade Teacher, Mary Collins at Cherry Valley, Petaluma
Emily Kirkpatrick, Assisant Principal, Roseland Elementary School, Santa Rosa
Janet Petitpas, Interim Exectutive Director, Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausolito
Gina Moreland, Founder/Executive Director, Habitot Children's Museum, Berkeley
Nancy Vogl, Director of Programs and Outreach, CHOPS, Santa Rosa
Karen Johnson, Director, Schultz Museum, Santa Rosa
Michelle Gervais, Gervias and Associates, Santa Rosa
Chris Riche, Founder/Executive Director, Nevada Discovery Museum, Reno, NV
Linda Rosen, Non-Profit Assistance Group, Santa Rosa
Kristen Berger, Donor Relations Manager, Sonoma Volunteer Center, Santa Rosa
Grace Ormsby, Director of Hospitality Redwoods Estate, Santa Rosa
Doug Hilberman Architect, AXIA, Santa Rosa