Our People
Foundation Leadership
Tim Schroepfer
President & CEO
(916) 324-8859
[email protected]
Megan Villapudua
Chief Operating Officer
(916) 365-9294
[email protected]
Melanie Alvarez
Director of Events
(916) 900-2317
[email protected]
Karen Bradley Follette
Director of Development
(916) 445-8255
[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
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.