Staff & Board

Foundation Leadership

Name

Title

Phone

Email

Tim Schroepfer

President & CEO

(916) 324-8859

[email protected]

Megan Villapudua

Chief Operating Officer

(916) 365-9294

[email protected]

Karen Bradley Follette

Chief Development Officer

(916) 445-8255

[email protected]

Melanie Alvarez

Director of Events

(916) 900-2317

[email protected]

Martin Caestecker

Director of Railroad Operations

(916) 706-0112

[email protected]

Jennifer Colindres

Director of Finance

(916) 365-9306

[email protected]

Tom Grenache

Director of Retail Operations

(916) 324-5718

[email protected]

Belen Koch

Executive Assistant and Board Liaison

(916) 445-5527

[email protected]

Board Officers 2026

Name

Title

Jeff Gibeling, Ph. D.

Chair

Cynthia Ward Escott

Vice Chair

Todd Aquilina

Immediate Past Chair

Stephen Zhou

Treasurer

Dawn O'Conner Rowe, Ph. D.

Secretary

Gina Mattern

Executive Committee Director-at-Large

Ryan Doyle

Executive Committee Director-at-Large

Board Directors

Dale Andrews

Constantine Baranoff

Jaron Brandon

Paul Helman

Richard Pan, M.D.

John Pappas, MBA

Mark Pisano

David Seward

Ruth Todd, M. Arch

The Honorable Brian Van Camp

Carol A. Wieckowski, EMBA

David Yee, M.D.

John Zach

Wei Zhang, Ph. D.


General Inquiries

For general inquiries please email us at [email protected] or call us at (916) 445-5995, Monday-Friday, between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:00 pm. We try and respond to each call and email within 48 hours.