Board of Directors

  • Bev Barnes

    Bev Barnes

    Bev spent 30 years as an insurance broker. She began by handling programs for CPAs and lawyers and later specialized in the hospitality industry, insuring high end hotels in San Francisco and Los Angeles. She is an active member in the Rotary Club of Calistoga and currently serves as Collections Chair on the board of the Sharpsteen Museum.

  • Jim Barnes

    Jim Barnes

    Jim worked in the commercial insurance industry for 32 years. He is an active member of Rotary Club, is involved with the American Legion, and is co-founder of the Calistoga Veterans’ Memorial. Jim served as Calistoga City Council member and was a board member of Calistoga Family Center.

  • Anne Carver

    Anne Carver, Vice Chair

    Anne Carver has been deeply involved in community activities since her arrival in Calistoga in the early 1990s. She served as Napa County Commissioner for the First 5 California initiative and was a founding board member for Children’s Health Initiative. Anne spent seven years on the Napa Valley Community Foundation board and was co-founder of Calistoga Family Center, now known as UpValley Family Centers.

  • Aime Dunstan

    Aime Dunstan, PR and Marketing Chair

    Aime is founder and creative director of Dunstan Creative, specializing in luxury lifestyle wine club events and digital marketing for boutique wineries. A mother of three, Aime also serves as president and fund-raising chair for Calistoga Little League and is passionate about enriching the lives of Calistoga's youth.

  • Dick Englehard

    Dick Engelhard, Project Manager

    Dick worked with Castle & Cooke to help develop a 10,000-unit planned community, and was a VP at Trimont Land Company, where he was director of development and project manager for a 3600-Unit destination resort including ski area (Northstar-at-Tahoe). He developed a 5-acre commercial vineyard and specializes in development and management consulting.

  • Edie Engelhard

    Edie Engelhard, Secretary

    For 25 years, Edie has provided volunteer support and leadership to numerous community organizations in Calistoga. She is passionate about her community and providing opportunities for young people, and she is proud to help bring the vision of Brannan Center to life.

  • Marcela Hernandez

    Marcela Hernandez

    Marcela is co-owner of Grove 45 in Calistoga and leads business development for Illumination Technologies, an AI-based wildfire detection system. A supporter of Boys & Girls Club, Marcela is passionate about youth development and the arts.

  • Edward Kozel

    Edward Kozel

    Edward Kozel is an investor and tech advisor. He was previously the CTO/SVP Business Development of Cisco Systems and CTIO of Deutsche Telekom and has served on a number of boards for Fortune 100 companies. He served on the board of the Russian River Keeper organization in Sonoma County, and with other Brannan Center board members was an active volunteer at the UpValley Campus COVID Vaccination Clinics in 2020 and 2021.

  • Sara Kozel

    Sara Kozel, Chair

    Sara's professional career was spent at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Sun Microsystems, and Interop, where she specialized in general management and tech education for high tech/Internet companies. She has served on the board of the Santa Rosa Symphony since 2006. Sara's passion is to develop and support music appreciation and education for adults and children and to make classical music accessible to all.

  • Indira Lopez-Jones

    Indira Lopez-Jones

    Indira López-Jones has been a Calistoga resident since 2000. She is the Program Director for UpValley Family Centers, providing program oversight and development for the agency. Partially accredited by the U.S. Department of Justice, she assists those applying for immigration benefits with the Department of Homeland Security.

  • Erin Smith-Hagberg

    Erin Smith-Hagberg, Development Co-Chair

    Erin served most recently as the superintendent of the Calistoga Joint Unified School District and retired after spending 36 years as an educator. She is currently a board member and president for the Rotary Club of Calistoga.

  • Barbara Lencioni

    Barbara Lencioni, Treasurer

    Barbara manages finances for Dutch Henry Winery and has extensive experience managing high-end residential construction projects. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Calistoga and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Sharpsteen Museum as board treasurer. She volunteered at the Upper Valley Campus COVID Vaccination Clinic.

  • Timothy Wilkes

    Timothy Wilkes, Project Architect

    Tim is an architect and Chair of the Calistoga Planning Commission. A 30-year resident of Calistoga, he is the lead architect for the Brannan Center.