Meet The Board Members

Rob Kautz - Chairman
Rob Kautz is President of Sugar Bowl Ski Corporation and serves on the board of directors of the National Ski Areas Association. www.sugarbowl.com

Patti Boxeth
Patti spent her entire career in the financial services industry, retired from Bank of America Investments and moved to Lake Tahoe 4 l/2 years ago. She cares about helping others so being involved with the Truckee Tahoe Community Foundation is a great fit! She's active in several organizations, including the Rotary Club of Tahoe City, and is currently President of the Club's Foundation.

Linda Brown
Linda, a former Tahoe Truckee High School teacher, is a founding board member and past chairman of the Truckee Tahoe Community Foundation. She is a founder and former board member of the Tahoe Truckee Excellence in Education Foundation. www.davidbrownrealestate.com

Dick George
Richard George is a seasoned executive and educator in the financial services industry. Before starting a consulting business, he had a 29 year career with Citibank in the United States and internationally. Dick is an adjunct professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/george.html

Steve Gross
Steve Gross is a firm shareholder at the Law Offices of Porter Simon. He concentrates in the areas of public agency representation, homeowners associations, management-side employment and labor law. He serves as the City Attorney for the City of Portola and City of Loyalton. Steve also serves as general counsel for several local public agencies, including the Truckee Donner Public Utility District, M-S-R Public Power Agency, Sierraville Public Utility District, Tahoe Forest Hospital District, Eastern Plumas Healthcare District, Truckee-Donner Recreation and Park District and Nevada County Transportation Commission. His favorite pastime is making wine under his private label, Bearstone. www.portersimon.com

Pamela Hurt-Hobday Pam is the founder and CE0 of Pamela Hurt Associates, a 26 year management consulting firm. Her firm specializes in organization effectiveness through strategic business planning, organization redesign and leadership development and training. She has been a trustee for Sierra Nevada College, an advisor to the Lake Tahoe Music Festival and is actively involved in the Queen of Hearts.

Fred Ilfeld - Vice Chairman
Fred Ilfeld is a psychiatrist, community activist, and philanthropist who has had a home in Squaw Valley since 1979 and has been a full-time resident since 1999.

Roger Kahn - Secretary /Treasurer
Roger has lived in Tahoe City for over 47 years. He is the former owner of Porter’s Ski and Sport, one of the largest locally owned businesses in the region. Roger has served as President of the Tahoe Truckee Excellence in Education, North Lake Tahoe Resort Association and North Tahoe Public Utility District boards. Currently he is a Tahoe Forest Hospital elected board member.

Julie Maurer
Julie Maurer, vice president of marketing and sales for Northstar/Booth Creek Resorts, has been a Truckee-Tahoe community member since 1982. www.boothcreek.com

Scott Ryan
Scott is Principal of Ryan Group Architects in Truckee. He is a founding board member and past President of Tahoe Truckee Excellence in Education Foundation and is past president of the Truckee Donner Land Trust board of directors. www.ryangroup.net

Tom Watson
Tom is the principal of Truckee River Associates, a real estate development management firm in Truckee. www.truckeeriverassociates.com

Trinkie Watson
Trinkie is Owner-Broker of Chase International. Her interest in continuing education has earned her five real estate designations, and she has held the top leadership positions in the Tahoe Sierra Multiple Listing Service and Incline Village Board of Realtors. She is also Board President of the Lake Tahoe Music Festival. http://chaseinternational.com/

Jim Porter - Chairman Emeritus
Jim was the founding Chairman of the Board of Truckee Tahoe Community Foundation. The senior shareholder of the Law Offices of Porter Simon, Jim has practiced in the Truckee area for 30 years. His principal areas of expertise include real estate, construction, business and land use law.Jim's weekly newspaper law column appears in the Sierra Sun. www.portersimon.com