Board of Directors

Shelley Laurel is the SVP/Regional Manager of Merchants Bank of Commerce. She heads up a team of 16 experienced business bankers including relationship managers and business development officers. Shelley has been in the business banking industry for more than 30 years, and her experience includes being an integral part of the start-up team of the Bank of Sacramento in 1998. She takes pride in being a Business Banker at a Community Bank where she is able to help small to medium sized businesses be successful. Shelley holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration Accounting.

Doug Aguiar is Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Golden 1 Credit Union, the nation’s sixth largest credit union with $13 billion in assets. Doug has more than 30 years of executive level strategic marketing and communications experience. As CMO, he leads the cooperative’s marketing, communications, and community relations strategies. In 2016, he led the launch of Golden 1 Center, a historic naming-rights agreement with the National Basketball Association’s Sacramento Kings.

Chuck is managing partner of Nicholson/Olson CPA’s. He is a Certified Public Accountant and earned his BA from Humboldt State University. Chuck has managed his business with the same partner for over 40 years, nurturing and growing the firm during that time.

Geraldine Jimenez serves as the Director of Investment Strategy and Risk and is responsible for implementing and monitoring CalSTRS overall investment portfolio’s strategy and risk profile. Her focus is on the strategic portfolio positioning to meet the long-term liabilities and serves on the CalSTRS Asset / Liability team reviewing and setting the strategic asset allocation. For shorter-term tactical portfolio positioning, Geraldine chairs the Risk Allocation Committee and is part of the CalSTRS leadership team managing the $240 billion California Teac

As CEO, System Mental Health and Addiction Care at Sutter Health, John brings many professional accomplishments to his service with Stanford Sierra Youth & Families. John is passionate about mental health and addiction care advocacy and has built the Mental Health & Addiction Care department at Sutter Health from the ground up. John holds both a Doctorate in Psychology and Master of Health Administration. 

Mac’s passion is empowering institutions, associations, and non-profits to communicate online and better connect with their users while teaching them how to build measurable and sustainable business value. In addition to founding and continuing to lead his own technology company as CEO, Mac’s top professional accomplishments are being named “Best Place to Work” by the Sacramento Business Journal, invitations to the White House to advocate for small business issues, and serving as Chair of the 2019 Capitol-to-Capitol program and 2018 Small Business of the Year, respectively.

Bob has been an active part of the construction industry in Northern California for more than 40 years. A graduate of Stanford University in Civil Engineering with an MBA from Pepperdine University, he is a licensed Civil Engineer. A long-time commercial general contractor, following the sale of the business, Bob founded Earl Consulting Co., which provides consulting services to the real estate and construction industries.