STAFF | BOARD OF DIRECTORS | ADVISORY BOARD
STAFF
Darlene Weide, MPH, MSW, Executive Director
(415) 920-3820 x105 | dweide@communityboards.org
Darlene is the Executive Director of Community Boards. Darlene has worked in the nonprofit sector- primarily in HIV prevention, women’s health and youth community-based programs– for nearly twenty years. Her current work focuses on enhancing the effectiveness and impact of organizations. At Community Boards, she collaborates with the Board of Directors, staff, and volunteers to build on Community Boards’ tremendous track record. Darlene is the author of Safe Schools for Everyone: Responding to Anti-LGBTQ Bias in the Classroom & on the Playground, as well as Conflict Resolution Skills for the Jossey-Bass textbook Foundations for Community Health Workers. She is an experienced mediator, trainer and teacher. She is also a faculty member at City College of San Francisco in the Health Education and Community Health Studies Department where she teaches public health courses and Conflict Resolution in the Workplace.
“As a parent, I am passionate about ensuring that all people have conflict resolution skills. This is a tough challenge, but so crucial for healthy kids, schools, workplaces, and homes. I believe that Community Boards is doing a tremendous job helping improve the climate and culture here in San Francisco.”
Cordell Wesselink, Mediation Program Manager
(415) 920-3820 x109 | cwesselink@communityboards.org
Cordell Wesselink works as Community Boards’ Mediation Program Manager. He has been passionate and involved with conflict resolution, mediation, facilitation, and community engagement for the past five years through Community Boards and the Esalen Institute. His passion was sparked through discovering Nonviolent Communication as developed by Marshall Rosenberg and working with Gestalt Process as taught at the Esalen Institute. He completed his master’s degree in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding at California State University Dominguez Hills.
Cordell recently moved to San Francisco from Big Sur, where he spent four years working and living at the Esalen Institute. While at Esalen, he facilitated multiple community meetings, was an active participant in the Esalen Facilitator’s Group, hosted numerous open mics, helped form a Community Council to unify the community’s voice, and served as the Community Representative to the Board of Trustees.
“I am very excited and honored to be filling Liora’s shoes as the Interim Mediation Program Manager. Going forward, I hope to utilize my background to both sustain what Community Boards has begun, while also looking for ways to improve our processes and procedures in a caring and compassionate way.”
Arnold “Mac” McGilbray, Case Development Manager
(415) 920-3820 x103 | mac_mcgilbray@communityboards.org
Arnold “Mac ” McGilbray, our Case Development Manager, joined our staff in 2005. He comes to us with a background in law, marketing, contracting , negotiation and EEO compliance. Mac is responsible for all contact and coordination with the disputing parties following the initial intake. He also manages most aspects of our low-cost Specialized ADR Services.
“I am a passionate advocate for mediation and in particular for the Community Boards mediation mode where the goal is a win/win for all parties and where they are the ultimate decision makers.”
Jim Garrison, Public Education & Communications Manager
(415) 920-3820 x104 | jgarrison@communityboards.org
Jim has been associated with Community Boards in various capacities since 1988. Jim’s primary responsibilities are managing our website, producing all e-communications, and designing and producing all information, outreach and marketing collateral pieces. He’s very happy that Community Boards’ new volunteer-run Community Outreach & Education Committee has become such a valuable asset in getting the word out about the broad range of its programs and services.
“Community Boards continues to prove that when folks are given the simple opportunity to talk sincerely — and to listen, without judgment — about a mutual problem, they almost always find some type of workable solution.”
Liliya Shilman, Finance Manager
(415) 920-3820 x106 | lshilman@communityboards.org
Liliya has been with Community Boards since 2002. She is the former accountant for the Recreation Center for the Handicapped. Liliya is responsible for maintaining and filing all financial records pertaining to the DRPA contract. She also prepares the monthly invoices for MOCJ and weekly updates for the Executive Director on Community Boards’ finances.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tracy Lemmon, President
Tracy has been a certified mediator since 1992. Tracy has taught several mediation classes, including “Effective Strategies for Lawyers in Mediation” and “Handling Third Parties in Mediations.” Tracy regularly teaches at Community Boards’ Basics of Mediation and Advanced Mediation trainings. Tracy serves pro bono as a panel mediator for the San Francisco District Court, San Francisco Superior Court, and San Francisco Bar Association, directing 100% of her fees to Community Boards. Tracy is the principle at Lemmon Law & Mediation. She has extensive litigation experience both representing employees and defending employers in employment-related disputes, as well as general and insurance coverage litigation. Tracy has worked as an associate at prominent San Francisco and Los Angeles law firms, including Chubb, Howrey & Simon and Morgenstein & Jubilirer. Tracy earned her JD at UCLA School of Law in 1997 and her BA at Duke University in 1994.
Bob Bailey, Treasurer
Bob joined the CB Board in January 2010. Much of his professional career and community service has been devoted to dispute resolution – including thirteen years as a prison ombudsman in Connecticut, four+ years as staff director of the Berkeley Police Review Commission, and six years as past President and board member of Berkeley Dispute Resolution Service & East Bay Community Mediation (now SEEDS). Bob is currently Director of HR & Administration for the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund in San Francisco. Previously, he was Acting & Associate Director of HR at the Tides Center for six years, and a senior Assistant to the Berkeley City Manager for four+ years where his work focused on organizational and staff development. Bob’s community service also includes six years board experience with Resource Media, a strategic communications non-profit organization serving the environmental movement. He received his Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School and undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut.
Kelley Berg, Co-Secretary
Kelley manages the Donor Relations group of Schwab Charitable Fund, a national donor-advised fund based in San Francisco. In that capacity, Kelley has the privilege of facilitating the charitable activity of an inspiring and ever-growing group of donors. Prior to joining the Fund, Kelley spent several years at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. In the early ‘90’s, Kelley participated in a CB mediation training and went on to become a volunteer mediator with a focus on the LGBT community. These experiences had a deeply positive impact on her life. Searching for a dynamic and meaningful board on which to serve, Kelley was delighted to join the CB board early in 2010.
Lindsay Hower
Lindsay has managed the major gifts program at Rare, an international conservation organization, since 2005. Recently relocated to San Francisco, Lindsay has taken on the task of expanding Rare’s supporter community along the west coast. Additionally Lindsay oversees all of Rare’s major donor outreach programs including events, field visits, and other opportunities to engage Rare supporters in its work. Prior to joining Rare, Lindsay worked on Capitol Hill with the Democratic Staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Resources Committee, and the International program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Since 2000 she has worked and studied abroad in Kenya, Guatemala, Argentina and Costa Rica. Lindsay earned a B.A. in International Development from Cornell University, and an M.A. with Distinction in Global Environmental Policy from American University.
Dan Landy, Vice President
Dan is a freelance software engineer in San Francisco, specializing in developing new products for startup companies. His previous experience includes co-founding GetActive Software (later acquired by Convio), a provider of tools and services that enable charitable organizations to do online advocacy, fundraising, and membership management. Dan also serves as a volunteer mediator for Community Boards.
Dan’s interest in serving on the board stems from his belief that Community Boards provides a unique and valuable service to the residents of San Francisco by offering them a way to resolve conflicts in a manner that is both peaceful and much more satisfying than the traditional alternatives. He hopes to help spread the word about Community Boards so that everyone is aware of this great local resource.
Elisa Tang, Co-Secretary
Elisa manages telecom vendor relationships for Wells Fargo. She has an MBA in Telecom Management from Golden Gate University and B.S. in Accounting. In addition to being a Board Member at Community Boards, she is also a volunteer mediator. She has a passion to promote peacemaking via community efforts and a strong supporter of educating children to learn mediation as conflict resolution tool which will benefit the child for the rest of he/her life. Her experience spans from telecom network management , contract negotiations , collaboration to problem resolution and strategic planning and optimization. Elisa is also the Co-chair of Diversity Focus Council for Technology Infrastructure Service and Risk and Governance Compliance Group in 2010.
ADVISORY BOARD
- Terry Amsler
- Fred D. Butler, Esq.
- Kathleen Coogan
- Karol Denniston
- Irene Dick-Endrizzi
- Jon Eldan
- David Kirp
- Bill Hafferty
- Eileen Hansen
- Ajdrzej Kozlowski
- Barbara Proctor
- Joseph Ragazzo
- Donna Salazar
- Raymond Shonholtz
- Teri Sklar
- Susie Wyshak