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CAN Advisory Groups 

CAN would not be so successful without our trusty array of hardworking volunteers – especially our advisory groups who donate their time, expertise, and passion to our cause every year.

CAN Policy Council (CPC)
CAN Regional Partners Network
Advisory Body to the State Attorney General
Quality Reporting Task Force


CAN Policy Council (CPC) 

The CPC is an independent group of community, grantmaking, and academic leaders who convene to shape public policies so they benefit and respond to California nonprofits and their communities. Seven current or former CPC members have been elected to public office or to serve on statewide or national commissions. CPC members include:

Brian Bolton
Executive Director
Volunteer Centers of California
Sacramento

Mary Lester
Executive Director
Alliance for Technology Access
Petaluma

 

Liz Callahan
Director
The CBO Center
Concord

 

David Levitt
Attorney
Silk, Adler & Colvin
San Francisco

CJ Callen
Director of Effective Philanthropy
Northern California Grantmakers
San Francisco

Peter Manzo
Director of Strategic Initiatives
The Advancement Project
Los Angeles

 

Linda Davis
Chief Executive Officer
Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership of Marin
San Rafael

 

Jane Parker
ACTION Council of Monterey County
Salinas

Patricia Gardner
Executive Director
Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits
San Jose

Bill Pickens
President & CEO
The Foundation for Educational Achievement

San Diego

 

Florence L. Green
Executive Director
California Association of Nonprofits
Los Angeles

Bruce Pomer
Executive Director, Health Officers Association of California
Legislative Advocate, Public Health Foundation Enterprises
Sacramento

 

Kacey Herbst
President and CEO
Community Health Charities of California
Sacramento

Dan Quigley
Director, Corporate Contributions
Pacific Gas and Electric
San Francisco

 

Roccie Hill
Owner
Roccie Hill Nonprofit Solutions
Cathedral City

Judy Ross
Executive Director
Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership
Long Beach

 

Ruth Holton Hodson
Director, Public Policy
The California Wellness Foundation
Sacramento

Peter Shack
Attorney
Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, LLP
Sacramento

 

Yezdyar S. Kaoosji, CFRE
Consultant to Philanthropy
Fresno

Keith Umemoto
Executive Officer
Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board
Sacramento

 

Debbi Lerman
Administrator
San Francisco Human Services Network
San Francisco

 

Joseph Valentine
Santa Rosa

Find out more about CAN’s Public Policy Program.


CAN Regional Partners Network

The Regional Partners network is a powerful coalition of local advocacy organizations statewide. The network shares knowledge and resources for local advocacy and represents 77 percent of filing nonprofits in California. They have made major policy wins for nonprofits on the local level and connect CAN to legislative field offices throughout the state. CAN Regional Partners include:

Contra Costa
Mariana Moore
Executive Director
Contra Costa Contractors Alliance
(707) 334-2477

Napa Valley
Bob Orser
Executive Director
Napa Valley Coalition of Nonprofit Agencies
(707) 252-6301

 

East Bay
Liz Callahan
Executive Director
The CBO Center
(925) 602-6760

Sacramento
Ann Lucas
Executive Director
Nonprofit Resource Center
(916) 264-2786

 

Fresno
Kate Henry
Executive Director
Fresno Nonprofit Advancement Council
(559) 264-1513

 

San Diego
Douglas Perkins
Executive Director
San Diego Association of Nonprofits
(619) 886-5354

Humboldt County
Irene Bartley
Coordinator
Northern California Association of Nonprofits
(707) 442-2993

San Francisco
Debbi Lerman
Administrator
San Francisco Human Services Network
(415) 668-0444 

 

Long Beach
Judy Ross
Executive Director
Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership
(562) 290-0018

 

San Gabriel Valley
Gerald Solomon
President & CEO
PHFE Management Solutions
(562) 699-7300

Los Angeles
Regina Birdsell
President/CEO
Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management
(213) 623-7080

 

San Mateo
Carilee Pang Chen
Program Coordinator
THRIVE - The Alliance of Nonprofits for San Mateo County
(650) 766-1162

Marin
Linda Davis
Chief Executive Officer
Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership of Marin
(415) 479-5710

 

Silicon Valley
Patricia Gardner
Executive Director
Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits
(408) 260-3915

Mendicino and Lake Counties
Michael Kisslinger
Catalyst Community Support Services
(707) 462-2596 x. 111

 

Sonoma
Eunice Valentine
Volunteer Center of Sonoma County
(707) 573-3399

Monterey
Sue Parris
Coordinator
Nonprofit Alliance of Monterey

 

Ventura
Chuck Watson
Director
Community Commission for Ventura
(805) 320-1408

Find out more about CAN’s Public Policy Program.


Advisory Body to the State Attorney General

This body is an independent group of 15 sector leaders who represent nonprofit concerns in proposed regulations. It includes:

Kathy Ann Anderson
Executive Director
Shasta Regional Community Foundation

 

Barbara Ryan
Senior Managing Director, Government Affairs Advocacy
Children’s Hospital and Health Center

Pamela Davis
President
Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance of California

 

Thomas Silk
Partner
Silk, Adler and Colvin

Florence L. Green
Executive Director
California Association of Nonprofits

 

Peter Shack
Attorney
Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, LLP

Roccie Hill
Executive Director
Leakey Foundation

 

Gayle Whittemore
Partner
Green Hasson and Janks, LLP

Geralyne Mahoney, CPA
Partner
Burr, Pilger and Mayer

 

Mark Williams
President
Community Health Corporation

Michael O'Neill
Professor
University of San Francisco

 

Find out more about CAN’s Public Policy Program.


Quality Reporting Task Force

This task force is a group of experts on nonprofit accounting and reporting. They are charged with devising cutting-edge solutions to the reporting burdens that perplex so many nonprofits – and going to bat with public and private funders for meaningful changes to streamline administrative processes. Task force members include:

Gale L. Case, CPA, CFE
Task Force Chair
Rothstein, Kass & Company, P.C.

Richard Larkin
Director
BDO Seidman, LLP

 

Peter Brinckerhoff
Corporate Alternatives, Inc.

Bill Levis
Project Manager
Uniform Guidelines for Grant Budgeting and Financial Reporting

 

Tana Davis, CPA
Davis & Dash, an Accountancy Corporation

Christine L. Manor, CPA, MBA
Accounting Consultant to Not-for-Profit Organizations
Author, QuickBooks for Not-for-Profit Organizations

 

Howard Donkin, CPA
Jacobson Jarvis Certified Public Accoutants

Jeanne Peters
Senior Consultant
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

 

Julie Floch
Partner and Director, Nonprofit Services
Eisner, LLP, Accountants and Advisors

Debra L. Ruegg
Principal
Public Services Group

 

Florence L. Green
Executive Director   
California Association of Nonprofits

Kay Sohl
Executive Director
Technical Assistance for Community Services (TACS)

 

Erin Hardwick
Executive Director
South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations

Alan Strand    
Director of Financial Services
California Association of Nonprofits

 

Betsy Johnson
Executive Director
Washington Council of Agencies

Gayle M. Whittemore
Partner
Green Hasson & Janks, LLP

 

Linda Lampkin
Research Director
Economic Research Institute

 

Adrienne Wittenberg
Program Officer
S. Mark Taper Foundation

Find out more about the National Nonprofit Financial Reporting Initiative and the Unified Chart of Accounts (UCOA).