Viveka Rydell, Esq |
Graduated from UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) in 1997, and received her B.A. with honors from UCLA in 1993. Before joining PDI, Ms. Rydell worked for eight years as a litigator, with Bingham McCutchen, and Coblentz Patch, Duffy & Bass, in San Francisco. In 2001, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights (LCCR) awarded Ms. Rydell the Keta Taylor Colby Award in recognition of her commitment to the community and concern for the disadvantaged, for providing direct pro-bono legal services and working with non-profit organizations (donors and staff) to increase the number of services available to underserved communities. Ms. Rydell is a former board member of the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco (SACC-SF), and a current board member of Village HopeCore International, a Healdsburg-based non-profit providing micro-financing in Kenya. She also serves on the Steering Committee of Sonoma’s Healthy Kids (a Children’s Health Initiative). |
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Louis
Ponick |
Served as the Americorps*VISTA Member for PDI prior to becoming Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Ponick has a Bachelors Degree in Political Science from Sonoma State University, and graduated from Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa. |
Wendy Lopez |
Previously worked with the Calistoga Family Center to enroll and maintain insurances for children. Ms. Lopez moved to the United States from Mexico in 1995, and is bilingual and bicultural. Ms. Lopez has worked with families from Lake and Napa Counties, and understands the struggles families have finding quality and affordable dental services for their children. |
Kerri Freschet |
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