Mark Horick has been a resident in Marin County since 1965. He is a member of the North Bay Leadership Council Working Group and serves on the Novato Fire Protection District Board of Directors. Mark received his BA from San Francisco State University in Industrial Organization and his Masters Degree from University of Phoenix in Organizational Management. Mark has worked at Lucasfilm Ltd. for 23 years in the Operations Department and currently serves as the Fire Chief for Skywalker Properties LLC.

The North Bay Leadership Council is a coalition of the senior executives from 30 select employers in Marin and Sonoma counties, who share a commitment to civic leadership and regional collaboration. Members represent a broad spectrum of industries, professional services, non-profit employers and educational institutions. Together, North Bay Council members support policies and initiatives that contribute to healthy, sustainable communities, a strong economy, and the quality of life in the North Bay.

Garry is a Mill Valley City Councilmember and the appointed representative for the Marin County Council of Mayors and Councilmembers. A native and life-long resident of Marin, Garry has served as Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Councilmember for the City of Mill Valley, President of the League of California Cities North Bay Division, President of the Board for Sewage Agency of Southern Marin, and President of Artisans Art Gallery (an educational non-profit arts organization in downtown San Rafael).

A management consultant for 35 years, Garry is currently CEO of Lion Associates, a management consulting firm specializing in the integration of business strategy and information technology (www.LionAssociates.com). He earned a BS in engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, and completed Advanced Management College at Stanford University.

Garry has been active in both the Mill Valley and Sausalito Chambers of Commerce. He recently retired (due to re-election to the City Council) from the Board of Directors of the Mill Valley Chamber, where he had served as President-elect and Chair of the Government Affairs, Technology and Green Business Forum Committees. His company, Lion Associates, was elected "Business of the Year" by the Sausalito Chamber of Commerce for 2003. He is currently leading a Business Task Force in Mill Valley to "study Mill Valley's local retail business community and recommend ways to encourage a healthy, vibrant local business community with an appropriate mix of resident-serving business, while also preserving the City's unique character and heritage."

Marilee Eckert is the representative for The Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership of Marin, an association of human service nonprofit organizations. She has been a resident of Marin County since 1986. She has taken an active role in the Marin community for the past 18 years and has four children attending public schools in Marin County. Since 1992, Marilee has been the Executive Director of the Marin Conservation Corps (MCC), one of Marin's largest non-profit organizations, which provides year-round employment for over 100 people. Marilee currently serves as a Board Member of the Center for Volunteer and Non-profit Leadership of Marin and the Environmental Education Council of Marin. Additionally, she served for 8 years as a Board Member and is the current Board Chair of the National Association of Service and Conservation Corps. She is also the Treasurer of the California Association of Local Conservation Corps. Previously she served on the Board of Directors of Fire Safe Marin for 4 years and on the Steering Committee for the Human Rights Roundtable on Hate Violence for 3 years.

The Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership of Marin promotes volunteerism, strengthens nonprofit organizations, and enhances community leadership in Marin County through a broad range of services and resources. Its mission is to inspire, educate and coordinate volunteers and nonprofit professionals for an effective nonprofit sector that meets community needs. The Center strives to develop a healthy and engaged community dedicated to building and preserving the quality of life for all residents.

Established in 1988, the Marin Council of Chambers is an organization of representatives from the prominent Chambers of Commerce in Marin County (Sausalito, Mill Valley, Corte Madera, Novato, San Rafael and Hispanic). Their mission is to represent Marin County's Business Community, increase communication and interaction amongst the County's Chambers of Commerce, share ideas and information on Chamber organization and management to increase professionalism, and communicate joint positions on common issues to the public.

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The Housing Leadership Alliance for Marin is a group of various housing advocates within Marin County who meet regularly to discuss housing issues and act as advocates for low and very low income housing for the workforce, seniors and disabled persons.

The Marin Builders Association was founded in 1958 to encourage excellence in the quality of service provided by the building industry in Marin County, to maintain high professional and ethical standards among members. The Association enables its 1,100 member firms to receive medical, dental, vision and workers compensation insurance at reduced premiums. The Association is committed to increasing public awareness of the importance in building a better and stronger Marin County through the cooperative efforts of the public and the construction industry. Its members often donate time and materials to non-profit service providers and public agencies for the betterment of Marin County.

Phil Kranenburg, Environmental Organizations Kranenburg Funds

Managing Director of the Kranenburg Fund -- growing clean technology-based businesses. He has expertise as a "hands-on" corporate manager; a tax, accounting and business valuation professional; and, an investment manager. At Gemplus, a $1.1 billion company, he managed the product lines, which generated $100 million in revenues. At Xcert International, he increased revenues significantly leading to the sale of the company to RSA Security. At Shearson Lehman, he managed portfolios and at Price Waterhouse he was responsible for various audit and consulting engagements, including clients such as Hewlett Packard. He is a College of Marin Trustee focused on "greening" the campuses through a $249.5 million facilities bond. In addition, he is a graduate and member of the Environmental Forum of Marin as well as a member of the Marin Conservation League and the Sierra Club. Mr. Kranenburg earned his BA in Human Biology from Stanford University.

There are many environmental organizations in Marin, ranging from localized, targeted-issue groups to broad-based advocacy and education organizations. The environmental representative on the Marin Economic Commission is recommended by, and a representative of, one of the environmental organizations

Kay Moore has been a Realtor with Coldwell Banker since 1990. She currently sits on the board of directors of the Marin Association of Realtors and has been a member of its board since 1999. Kay was named by MAR as its 2004 Realtor of the Year, and was president of the association in 2001.

In 2004, she served as the chair of a seven-county region of Realtor associations in Northern California and been a director of the California Association of Realtors (CAR) for the past seven years. Kay is a past chair of MAR's Governmental Affairs Committee and former member of MAR's Affordable Housing Task Force. She is a member of the Strawberry Design Review Board and is the CAR legislative liaison to California State Assemblyman Joe Nation. Kay is married and has lived in Mill Valley since 1988 after moving to California from New York City.

The Marin Association of Realtors is the local trade association for the over 1,400 real estate professionals in Marin who are Realtors. The Association provides educational programs for its members, is active in political advocacy on behalf of the consumers and enforces the Code of Ethics through the National Association of Realtors' professional standards and grievance process. The Association operates a Realtor store, administers the local lockbox program, and handles the needs of its members in representing their clients.

Constance Washburn, a resident of West Marin for over 24 years, has worked as the Education Director at the Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) for the past 12 years, managing MALT's outreach, education, and volunteer programs, which reach thousands of adults and children each year. She has built relationships with ranchers, farmers, environmentalists, educators, health care providers, mother's groups, food service providers, and chefs to help build a community that supports farmers and the economic viability of local agriculture. She co-founded the Marin Agriculture and Education Alliance, which she also chaired for eight years, an organization that promotes agricultural literacy in support of a sustainable food system. While raising her two young sons, she also co-founder and chaired the San Geronimo Valley Community Alliance. She has a MA from New York University and a B.A. from Hampshire College in Education and Theatre, and also studied Environmental Science and Range Management at the University of Arizona.

Marin Agriculture's gross product value is about $52 million a year: 61% Diary, 20% Beef , 14% hay, silage, and row crops, and 5% aquaculture. Marin has primarily grazing agriculture because of our maritime climate and hilly terrain. Fifty percent of Marin's land is in productive agriculture. The economic value of Marin's agriculture goes well beyond the dollar value of the products. The farm and food related jobs created by agriculture multiply by 3 or 4 times the gross product value. Marin's farms also attract visitors and residents because they are a large part of what makes up the scenic beauty and environmental quality of the county.

Bill Scott has been a resident of Marin County since moving here in 1976 from Memphis, Tennessee where he received a BA from Memphis University . He is a member of the Sheet Metal Workers Union Local #104 and retired after 30 years. Currently Bill is the Business Manager of the Marin County Building and Construction Trades Council and also sits on the College of Marin Over-site Committee.

The North Bay Labor Council, AFL-CIO, represents over 40,000 members of 59 affiliated local unions and constituency groups in Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino, and Lake Counties. The Council represents the collective interests of its affiliated unions and working people throughout the North Bay.