District Management & Board

General Manager

Ed Fortner
General Manager

Board of Directors

Sukey Robb-Wilder	Vice President	Elected: 2010 Re-elected Dec. 2018 Term expires: Dec. 2022

Tim Lipinski	Director	Elected: 2012 Term expires: Dec. 2020
Larry Spillane	Director	Appointed: Feb, 2020 Term expires:Dec. 2020
Gaylord Schaap	Financial Coordinator	Elected: 2006 Re-elected Dec. 2018 Term expires: Dec. 2022
Gaylord Schaap is serving his second full term as a SSWD Director. He is a life long resident of Monte Rio and Guerneville and currently has two children attending Guerneville School. Besides Sweetwater, he is active in the Monte Rio Chamber of Commerce, local civic and youth athletic associations, and is a member of the Russian River Chamber of Commerce. He has a Business Management degree from Sonoma State University, is the General Manager of the Northwood Golf Club in Monte Rio, and maintains an income tax planning and preparation business in Guerneville.
Rich Holmer	President	Appointed: June 2011 Re-elected Dec. 2018 Term expires: Dec. 2022
Rich Holmer was appointed to the Board in June 2011. Rich presently lives in Villa Grande where he has owned his home since 1979. He graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelors degree in Environmental Health Sciences and did one years post graduate study in Environmental Health Sciences at University of California, Berkeley. Rich worked for the County of Sonoma for 32 years before retiring in 2004. He started working with the County in the Public Health Department and most recently worked in a management position at the Permit and Resource Management Department, a position which he held for 10 years. Rich also serves as President of the Board of Directors of the Friends of Villa Grande, a non-profit corporation which owns and manages Patterson Point Preserve in Villa Grande.

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