The GoLocal Board

Philip Beard, Ph.D.

Emeritus professor of German at Sonoma State University, Dr. Beard co-designed and from 2000 to 2005 co-coordinated the Global Studies B.A. program there. His interest in complementary economics stems from his extensive study of the roots of violent behavior. Since the early 1990’s, Dr. Beard has collaborated on various projects aiming to design and implement robust, sustainable mutual credit programs at the regional level. The current design, “Sustaining Capital,” forms an important part of the Sonoma County GoLocal Cooperative’s long-term plans. Dr. Beard is a co-founder of GoLocal.

Derek Huntington

Derek graduated from San Diego State University in 2005 with a B.S. in corporate finance and a minor in international politics, and is a level 2 candidate for the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Working as a socially responsible financial advisor brought the realization that for investing to be truly socially responsible it must also be locally responsible.  Since that epiphany Derek has been working to design and implement community-friendly credit and financing structures, culminating in the development of the Sustaining Capital model.  Derek is the President of Sonoma County GoLocal and the managing member of Sustaining Technologies, LLC - the company providing web development services and the GoLocal Rewards Card to the cooperative.

Bruce Kunkel

As co-founder of the Santa Rosa Integral Salon, Bruce is active in local integral community organization. He is managing partner of Bruce Kunkel - Integral Human Capital, providing organization development, executive search and integral coaching/consulting. Bruce founded and ran Dovetail, Inc., a high-tech Silicon Valley-based executive search firm, and Zenbod Corporation, an innovative “mass customization” fashion apparel company. Bruce has been a successful high-tech organizational consultant and has been a manager and advisor for non-profit and community service groups. He has coached and counseled individuals and businesses through integral change, and has taught university-level statistics and experimental design. In his “spare time,” Bruce composes, records, and performs music. A co-founder of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Bruce has recently released a CD, Kunkel & Harris. Look for it at kunkelandharris.com.

Scott Leonard

Scott is CEO and Co-founder of Indigenous Designs Corporation, a leading premium organic apparel brand and producer of hand-crafted fair trade clothing. An ardent advocate about the positive power of business for the benefit of people and the planet, Scott has worked for over twenty years in bringing together organizations around the world and helping to create numerous collaborative initiatives. Scott's passion and dedication have firmly established him as a leader in the areas of fair trade, organics, environmental practice and the sustainability movement.  Always at the forefront, Scott brought Indigenous Designs in as one of the original five, first business leaders to have their company adopt and become a B-corporation. Scott also serves on the Advisory Council at Bainbridge Graduate Institute.

Chris Mann

Chris is the Chairman of the Gourd for Guayaki Sustainable Rainforest Products, a Sebastopol-based importer and marketer of Guayaki Yerba Mate and other rainforest products. Guayaki grows its products sustainably within the South America's Atlantic Rainforest and currently sustains and/or restores nearly 20,000 acres of rainforest, 34 indigenous families and over 300 bird and mammal species. Chris earned a BA in Economics from Harvard University but quickly realized that economics conveniently forgot about sustaining the environment and protecting people. Through his experience with Guayaki and previously with Natural Flavors, a 100% organic, vegan restaurant that employed 25 people and 60 local farmers, Chris is finding that by recognizing common purpose, seemingly disparate groups can integrate social justice, environmental restoration and economic success.

Tanya Narath

Tanya is the Executive Director, CEO and a Fellow of the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy.  Tanya is a member of the Steering Committee for the annual Sustainable Enterprise Conference.  She is also active in her community and chairs Santa Rosa’s Community Advisory Board. In 2009 she was honored by the National Women’s History Project as one of 100 women “Taking the Lead to Save our Planet”.   Tanya holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of New Mexico, an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and an Executive Certificate from Dominican University’s Green your MBA Program. 

Andy Schexnaydre

Andy says "I'm a professional gambler and would rather bet on Main Street than on Wall Street".  Also a Rotary member (Santa Rosa East Rotary Club), Andy serves on the Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation's Board of Directors.

Tom Scott

Tom Scott is the Vice President, General Manager of Oliver's Markets, which locally own and operate three supermarkets in Sonoma County. Oliver's specializes in carrying a broad variety of natural and conventional groceries, focusing on high quality perishables and locally produced products. A thirty year Sonoma County resident,  Tom received his MBA at Sonoma State University in 2005.

David Williams

David is VP of Communications at Community First Credit Union, a 12,000-Member Sonoma County-based financial cooperative.  He has helped developed special savings programs for teens, and has personally visited scores of Sonoma County classrooms to deliver a “Financial Literary” lecture he developed.  David has worked in financial services for 28 years.  A 15-year resident of Windsor, David has served multi-year stints on the Town’s Recreation and Planning Commissions. After coaching youth baseball and (finally) giving up on his dream of playing centerfield for the Giants, he now enjoys pedaling his bike on the County’s many rural roadways.

The GoLocal Team

Derek Huntington (see above)

Terry Garrett

Terry is primarily focused on organization development and strategic implementation to grow GoLocal's capacity in reaching our mission.  For the past 10 years he has been developing models based on the transformation of local media ecosystems and local economies.  He's a member-partner in Sustaining Technologies developing a news media and business web platform, which is used as this GoLocal web site. Essentially the content management system combines a journalism model with a new business model that uses the web as the hub.  His organizational development work has centered on creating heterarchal management structures and decision making processes to make organizations more successful by ensuring that multiple voices are represented in organizational governance.   GoLocal embraces such a structure for long term planning and day-to-day operations. Contact: t.garrett@golocal.coop

Barbara Lyon

Barbara brings a long history of cooperative work and environmental activism to GoLocal and is passionate about supporting sustainable food and economic systems.  She has worked with many alternative agriculture and food-based businesses over the past 20 years, including a stint as produce manager at a natural foods store, a production worker at an organic food coop, a market-garden farmer and volunteer with the Northeast Organic Farming Association.  She comes to GoLocal after working as a wine club manager where she developed and oversaw events and honed her customer service skills meeting with wine lovers from around the world.  Barbara is enthusiastic about her work with GoLocal and loves working with like-minded peers in a progressive, change-making organization.  She is an avid gardener with a Horticulture degree and a Permaculture certificate, as well as modern crafter and mom to two teens.  She finds trying to maintain her creative groove amid the daily demands of professional and family life her most rewarding challenge.   Contact: b.lyon@golocal.coop

Janeen Murray

Janeen is glad to contribute experience from both the education and business worlds to the GoLocal team.  After earning a degree in Biology, she taught junior high and high school science, health and environmental education in Sonoma County schools for 7 years.  She focused her next 8 years of work at two Sonoma County locally owned businesses, assuming the role of Operations Manager, and then delving into Marketing and Communications at a local manufacturer. Through her years spent in both education and small business, Janeen is impassioned and inspired to help to strengthen localization for sustainable communities, and to build awareness for all ages. You may also find her wailing on her accordion around the county with the Hubbub Club street band.  Contact: j.murray@golocal.coop