Chip and his wife Jeanne moved to Sonoma from Oakland in 2000. In the ensuing years Chip became involved in many of the civic organizations in the community, including the Vintage Festival, the Chamber of Commerce, the Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory committee, Sonoma League for Historic Preservation, and the Rotary Club of Sonoma Valley. In each of those organizations Chip participated in the board and served as president. In addition to participating in these local civic organizations Chip maintained his law practice serving the estate and business planning community. Chip and Jeanne also enjoyed raising puppies for Canine Companions for Independence. Chip and Jeanne enjoy traveling and exploring new places. They have recently embarked on a new career of investing in multifamily (apartments) properties.

Mary is a licensed Real Estate Agent working at CENTURY 21 Wine Country, focusing on residential real estate since 2009. She earned her A.A. from College of Marin and worked as a Certified Dental Assistant in the Bay Area for 4 years before moving to Sonoma in 1988 with her husband, Mike, to raise their two children. She was drawn to the rural and historic town of Sonoma and joined the League in an effort to do what she can to help others appreciate and preserve these properties. She has been the bookkeeper for her husband's construction business since 1994 and was also a bookkeeper for a local attorney from 2011-15. Szykowny worked as the Health Tech at Flowery School from 1995-96 and from 1990 until 2005, served as a volunteer at Presentation School and in the Sonoma Valley Unified School District, serving on various boards and fundraising committees at both.

Upon their retirement, Linda and her husband, Hewitt, moved to Sonoma in 2015. Having been raised in northern Minnesota, Linda knew nothing about the history of Sonoma. Immediately falling in love with her new community, she immersed herself in learning about Sonoma’s colorful past, its early inhabitants, and the charm of the old structures being preserved for all generations to discover and enjoy. In the past six years, Linda has enjoyed absorbing the history, the architecture, and learning about the people that fought for and built this thriving community: the General, the Count and the Adventurer, to name a few. The cold winters of Minnesota brought Linda to San Francisco in 1982. Her 40-year career remained focused in financial services, including commercial property risk management, project management, and executive recruiting management with one of the three largest international executive search firms. Linda graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Interior Design. Her keen interest in architecture, construction, and interiors, especially historic properties and all things ‘antique’, drive her thirst for discovering more of Sonoma’s important past. Linda enjoys giving back to her community by volunteering for various non-profits, including F.I.S.H. (Friends In Sonoma Helping) by organizing the volunteers for the annual holiday food basket program, Sonoma International Film Festival in venue management, Vintage House events participation, and Sonoma Valley Hospital assisting the head of community relations.

Sharel moved from Ohio to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1977. She was drawn to a passion for historic architecture after living in a cottage behind an exquisite 1872 Victorian house in San Francisco’s Cow Hollow neighborhood. After a 35-year career, spent mostly in the software industry, Sharel moved from Petaluma to Sonoma in 2017 with her mini chocolate poodle Jack. When she’s not walking Jack or working in her home garden, Sharel can be found at Sonoma Garden Park. She’s always been a strong supporter of sustainability and lives by the motto: “always be mindful of the greater good.”

Robert Sanders has lived in Sonoma Valley for over 40 years. Together with Michele they have raised and educated their family in Sonoma. Robert’s interest in architectural history and preservation dates back to living in a historical family home in midtown Atlanta. Robert’s career experience includes city planning, marketing and design consulting, and ownership of Robert Sanders & Co., a custom architectural signage company. His company has completed projects for the City of the Sonoma signage and wayfinding, and many of his signs appear on local historical buildings. Projects through the years have included the Native Sons Building in Santa Rosa, Christian Brothers Greystone Mansion in St. Helena, and many other historical buildings, wineries, storefronts, churches and community locations in Northern California.

Robert’s education includes degrees in history, business, city planning and studies in architecture. He participates in local governmental and community committees and was on the Advisory Board of the Downtown Sonoma Historical Preservation Guidelines. He has toured and studied many historical landmarks in America and Europe. Appreciating and visiting the works of Frank Lloyd Wright, he is a member of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

 Robert believes in the vision of protecting and furthering the experience of our unique Sonoma heritage.

Robert Demler had served as a Director and President of Sonoma League for Historic Preservation prior to becoming Executive Administrator in September 2019. Previously he served as the Sonoma City Historian and is Director Emeritus and Founding Member of the Blue Wing Adobe Trust. Mr. Demler was the Chairman of the General Vallejo Monument Committee who was responsible for the Vallejo Statue in the Sonoma Plaza. He is also a member of the Sonoma Sunrise Rotary Club and is the Vice President of the Sonoma Sister Cities Association. Demler and his wife, Leslie, spent over 15 years as the owners/caretakers of the historic Demler-Jones-Vallejo Adobe, now called the Vallejo-Casteñada Adobe in Sonoma.

Trained as an architectural historian and historic preservation planner, Alice specializes in evaluation, recordation and inventory of historic resources, and provides consulting services through her company, APD Preservation, to satisfy cultural resource compliance requirements at the federal, state and local levels. Architects, contractors, and home owners retain her when they have a vision for their property and can't wait months or years of trying to navigate the complex business of city planning and environmental compliance.