BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Board of Directors Bios

Dave Reisenauer brings over 16 years of non-profit leadership to the Morgan Hill Community Foundation. Prior to his involvement with the Morgan Hill Community Foundation, he worked with regional homeless shelter programs, high school and college mentoring programs and with the United Way.

A graduate of Santa Clara University’s Engineering Management Master’s program, Dave has over 20 years of engineering and technical management experience. He began his career as an engineer at IBM and in January, 2003 joined Hitachi as the Director of Global Information Technology Operations. Dave and his family have lived in Morgan Hill for 7 years.

Linda Wieck is a Senior Vice President with Aon Consulting where she leads the health & welfare consulting practice in San Jose. She has over 25 years group insurance experience.  Linda has participated in service projects for Junior Achievement, The Giving Tree, Children’s Shelter of Santa Clara, Second Harvest Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity and other charitable giving programs.

Linda enjoys Morgan Hill and has a deep interest in seeing her community and its people thrive and prosper.  One way she feels she can be an integral part of enhancing her community, for current and future generations, is by serving on the board of the Morgan Hill Community Foundation. 

Linda is a graduate of the University of Redlands Management program. She and her family have lived in Morgan Hill since 1991.

Jeff Perkins is a Senior Vice President with South Valley National Bank in Morgan Hill. Jeff manages the Commercial Banking Group for both the Morgan Hill and Gilroy offices. Jeff has 27 years banking experience, having spent 23 years with Bank of America before joining South Valley in 2001.

Jeff is also a Board Member of the Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce, the Chairman of the City of San Jose Federated Employees Retirement System and a founding Trustee of the Mariposa High School Grizzly Scholarship Foundation.

Jeff and his family have lived in Morgan Hill since 1996.

Bob Lipscomb is a professional civil engineer with extensive experience in the construction and maintenance of utility infrastructure.  He has held a number of increasingly responsible positions, including performing work on the gas transmission pipeline from Canada to California.  His proven leadership and experience has served him well for many years in Santa Clara County.   In June of 2008, Bob retired from Pacific Gas and Electric as a Senior Director.  He is presently employed by Gas Transmission systems in Northern California.

Bob and his family have lived in Morgan Hill since 1993.  He has been involved with local church and youth activities in our community for the past 15 years.  He has also been engaged in Morgan Hill sports and classroom events for elementary, middle and high school levels of education.

Mario Banuelos works with geographic information systems for the City of San Jose. He has lived in the south bay for over forty years attending school locally and earning a BA in Mathematics from San Jose State University. Over the years, he has been active in various community organizations and currently serves on the South County Dayworker Committee.

Mario and his family have lived in Morgan Hill since 1988.

Martha Bell is the Disability Program Navigator for work2future, the Office of Economic Development with the City of San Jose . work2future addresses the workforce and economic development needs of our local area, in collaboration with small and large businesses, educational institutions and community-based organizations.

Martha has lived in the Bay Area all of her life. She and her husband have resided in Gilroy since 1991.

Linda Sanborn brings over 20 years of tax and accounting experience to the Board. Recently, relocating from southern California, she has reestablished her business in Morgan Hill.

Linda has a long track record of volunteer community service. She is currently a Rotarian and served as Past President, Treasurer, Chair and Co-Chair of the Fundraising Committee for 5 years. She was active in the PTA; served as Secretary and Vice President of the Central California Chapter of Enrolled Agents, and is a graduate of the Morgan Hill Leadership program.

Sherry is a graduate of the 2006 Leadership Morgan Hill class and has served on their Board of Directors and co-chaired the Alumni Committee. She has been involved in other community endeavors including chairing a community Health Fair and helping a local social service agency plan their fundraising luncheon program and holiday giving program.

Sherry is a graduate from the University of Chicago and earned her Master's Degree in Social Service Administration. She has lived in Morgan Hill since 2002. Her interests include exercising, outdoor activities, attending cultural events, reading, being with her grandchild and her dogs, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

John Tarvin has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech and an MBA from the University of Dallas . He served six years on the Mt. Madonna YMCA Board of Managers; two years on the Morgan Hill Chamber Board of Directors; and, five years on the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Morgan Hill.

John and his wife have lived in Morgan Hill since 1979 and raised two children. His passion is helping seniors in our community.

Anita Woodson is owner of Woodson Administrative Services that provides office administration and management, customer service, accounting, and tax services. She has extensive experience in convention, trade show, event planning, database management, website/marketing, and technical analysis. As Scholarship Committee Member of Air Systems Foundation Inc. she has designed and implemented scholarship and grant application processes.

Anita and her family have resided in Morgan Hill for over 28 years. She enjoys riding her Harley Davidson, reading, cooking, and watching old movies.

Amy Whelan is a public relations professional with extensive experience in high technology for both consumer and business-to-business products and services. Her public relations skills include media relations, events and promotion, and employee communications. Her community involvement includes coordinating events, promoting children's programs and the arts

She earned an M.A. in Public Relations from the University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill, and a B.A. in both International Affairs and Art History from Florida State University .

Pamala Meador is a Realtor in Morgan Hill , specializing in the South County . She is also VP of Business Development for Duovu Interactive which delivers virtual selling tools for homes, hotels, automobiles and collectibles over the internet. Pamala is a member of the Library Culture and Art's Commission appointed by the City of Morgan Hill and is President of the El Toro Culture and Arts Foundation.

She has a B.A. in Sculpture from San Jose State University , attended Gavilan Jr. College and is a Live Oak High School graduate. She has lived her entire life in Santa Clara County and her family has been in Morgan Hill for 6 generations.