Board of Directors

• Sandy Filby, President – is a retired manager from UC Davis. She has lived in Davis for more than 20 years and has served on the Davis Community Meals board since 2007. She is currently board president.
• Rohit Thomas, Vice President – is a graduate student in the Department of Mathematics at UC Davis. He has lived in Davis for four years and has served on the Davis Community Meals board since 2008. He is currently board vice president.
• Janet Lane, Secretary – teaches writing and ESL in the Linguistics Department at UC Davis. She has lived in Davis for more than 20 years and has served on the Davis Community Meals board since March 2006. She is currently board secretary and is past board president.
• Fred Anderson, Treasurer – is a retired executive from the electronics industry. He has lived in Davis since 2000 and joined Davis Community Meals in July 2009 as board Treasurer.
• Kathleen Bowers – is a consultant and writer whose work has focused on education, health and social justice issues. She has lived in Davis since 1992 and has served on the Davis Community Meals board since February 2008.
• Holly Burkett – works as an independent consultant specializing in program evaluation and return on investment. She has lived in Davis for 20 years and joined the Davis Community Meals board in July 2009.
• Hamza El-Nakhal – is a retired professor of microbiology. He has lived in Davis for 40 years and joined the Davis Community Meals board in July 2008.
• Mike Fitzgerald – has worked in applied social research at both UC Davis and CSU Sacramento as well as for several public agencies. He has lived in Davis for more than 20 years and has been on the Davis Community Meals board since July 2008.
• Carlos G. Matos – is a retired Yolo County Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Clinician. He served for 10 years on the City of Davis Human Relations Commission and on the Yolo County Housing Authority. He serves on the Davis Police Department Community Board and has been on the Davis Community Meals board since November 2009.
• Walt Sherwood – is a former ESL teacher and division dean at Sacramento City College. He has lived in Davis since 1975 and joined the Davis Community Meals board in 2008.
• Karena Schmitendorf – is an artist and teacher. She has lived in Davis since 2002. She has been volunteering at the Davis Community Meals Resource Center and joined the board in September 2009.

Executive Director

• Bill Pride – came to California to go to law school and practiced law for 16 years. He began working with Davis Community Meals in 1993 as a volunteer at the Saturday meal. He lived in Davis for more than 20 years and currently resides in Woodland. He has been the executive director of Davis Community Meals since March 2001.