Management - Board of Directors

KVIE's board of directors is composed of community and business leaders throughout California's Central Valley.

Alicia Arong
Community Volunteer
Co-chair, KVIE San Joaquin Advisory Board; Board Member and Past Board President, San Joaquin County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Board Member, Mexican Heritage Center, Inc; Board Member, Dolores C. Huerta Foundation; Board Member, Stockton Arts Commission; Board Member, American Heart Association. She is retired and worked for over 30 years for Macy’s.

James Beckwith (Board Secretary)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Five Star Bank
Board member, Valley Vision; board member LEED (Linking Education & Economic Development); board member, KVIE Public Television; board member, Sacramento Metro Chamber; and board member, Community Bankers of California. Mr. Beckwith received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting from San Francisco State University. He is also a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington.

Jane Einhorn
Senior Vice President
Runyon Saltzman & Einhorn, Inc.
Jane Einhorn joined RS&E in 1982 and became an owner of the firm in 1984. With a broad range of experience that spans all aspects of the communications field, Jane manages her accounts with a hands-on approach and level of dedication that make her a true partner in every sense of the word. As the supervisor of several large accounts, Jane has developed marketing strategies that embrace multi-faceted approaches to social and conventional communications through advertising, public relations and community-based outreach. Whether she's spearheading a new branding campaign or developing strategies for a new social marketing campaign, Jane approaches her work with successful, measurable results in mind, and more often than not, achieves them.1

Dr. Viva Ettin
Attorney/Physician
Law Offices of Viva Ettin, M.D.
Bio coming soon

Sharon Gerber
President
Six Degreez, Inc
Bio coming soon.

Matthew Harmon
President
HP Property Group, Inc.
Board Member, Seniors First; Board Member, KVIE Public Television; Vice President, Western Care Construction Company, Inc.

Julia Jenness (Board Vice Chair)
Attorney/Shareholder
Boutin Jones Inc.
Former Chair, Board of Capital Public Radio; Director, Capital Public Radio Endowment Board; Director, Wells Fargo Bank Community Advisory Board; Oregon Law Review, Managing Editor, 1986-86 & Associate Editor, 1984-85. Ms. Jenness received her A.B. in Political Science from Stanford University, and her law degree from University of Oregon, School of Law, where she was Managing Editor of the Oregon Law Review.

Ellwood Jones
President
Capital Region Financial Group
Ellwood Jones has more than 25 years of experience in the financial industry. Ellwood specializes in working with the owners of privately held businesses, addressing planning issues that are unique to them. Ellwood has received many industry awards including Sacramento Magazine's Best Financial Planner, 2003 and a Certificate of Appreciation from the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber. He served on the Executive Committee of the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and several other non-profit boards.

Kathy McKim
Vice President, External Affairs
ATT
Board Member, St. John’s Shelter Program for Women and Children; Executive Committee, Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce; Board Member, KVIE Public Television; Sr. Fellow, American Leadership Forum, Mountain Valley Chapter. Kathy McKim heads AT&T’s local government and community affairs activities in the Sacramento area which includes offices in Sacramento, Redding, Stockton, Modesto and Fresno.

Clinton Myers
President
Myers Homes
Board Member, Myers Homes; Board Member, C.C. Myers; Board Member, Discovery Space and History Museum; Member, Urban Land Institute; USC Mentor Program: Shea Homes

Richard (Dick) W. Osen
Shareholder and Attorney
McDonough Holland & Allen PC
President and Managing Shareholder (1992 - 2001); Chairman of the Board, McDonough Holland & Allen PC; Member, American Bar Association; Member, State Bar of California; Member, Sacramento County Bar Association; Board of Directors, State Capital Law Firm Group; Board of Directors, Chairman, Sutter Medical Center Foundation; Board of Directors, Families First; Board of Directors, Chairman, Capital Public Radio, Inc.; Board of Directors, Chairman, Capital Public Radio Endowment, Inc.; Board of Directors, Sierra Adoption Agency; Board of Directors, Sacramento United Way; Board of Directors, American Heart Association; Board of Directors, Sacramento Downtown Rotary; Recognized as a 2004 Northern California Super Lawyer®; Humanitarian of the Year, Sacramento County Bar Association, 1998.

James Paul
Partner
Downey Brand
Bio coming soon.

Larry S. Raber, CPA
Partner, Assurance Services
Perry-Smith LLP
Larry Raber has served over 27 years in various audit and consulting capacities all related to Financial institutions. He is affiliated with American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; California Society of Certified Public Accountants; Institute of Internal Auditors; Junior Golf Associate of Northern California (Associate Director); Susan G. Komen Foundation (Past Director Sacramento Chapter).

Randall Reynoso (Board Chair)
EVP, Division Manager
Wells Fargo Bank (California Business Banking)
Has served on several philanthropic boards and volunteers his time to: Non Profit Resource Center; Families First; The Stanford Home Foundation; Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce; CARES; and Sacramento Children’s Museum and the Sacramento Red Cross Chapter; American Leadership Forum chapter board chair; and Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce board treasurer. He is a graduate of California State University, Sacramento with a B.S. in Finance.

Robert Sparks, MD
Retired physician, administrator
Senior Associate, California Medical Association Foundation—Sacramento; Advisor, Quincy Foundation for Medical Research—San Francisco; Former President Emeritus and Senior Consultant, W. K. Kellogg Foundation—Battle Creek, MI; Former Board Member (81-93), Chair (89-90), and Treasurer (86-88), National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence; Member, President Reagan's Board of Advisors on Private Sector Initiatives (85-89); Former Member, Board of Directors, Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra; Bachelor's and medical degrees—University of Iowa, Iowa City. Graduate medical education—Charity Hospital, New Orleans, and Tulane University School of Medicine (specialty—internal medicine and gastroenterology.)

Gary Strong
Senior Vice President, Finance
The Sacramento Bee
Gary is Senior Vice President of Finance for the Sacramento Bee. Prior to that he was Controller of the Los Angeles Times and Audit Manager for Ernest and Young. In the latter position, his clients included KCET Public Television in Los Angeles. Gary graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a B.A. in Business and Economics. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor.

Mary Weaver
Consultant
California Department of Education
Mary Tobias Weaver is a retired educator and presently pursuing creative projects with textiles and fibers. She has had an achievement-filled career that spanned 35 years, 26 of which were at the California Department of Education (CDE). Ms. Weaver is a volunteer at the Casa Garden Restaurant, a fund-raising venue that supports the Sacramento Children’s Home. She has been a supporter of KVIE for over 20 years. She is also a member of the Sacramento Center for the Textile Arts and the Sacramento Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild.

Nancy Weaver Teichert
Writer; Retired News Reporter
A retired journalist, she covered social issues and investigative stories for the Sacramento Bee for nearly 25 years. While a reporter for the Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger, she won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for public service for coverage of inadequate public schools in Mississippi. Also a former reporter for the Denver Post, she has won other numerous national journalism awards. In Sacramento, she has been honored by the California First Amendment Coalition for the best use of public records to uncover neglected child abuse; the American Society of Aging for stories about aging issues; and the World Hunger Award for coverage of poverty. She is a graduate of Indiana University. She is an active member of and writes for the Sacramento Pioneer Association. With her husband Fred, she is involved in many community activities and a supporter of California Lectures. She is an avid viewer of KVIE.

Henry Wirz
President and Chief Executive Officer
SAFE Credit Union
Prior to being president of SAFE Mr. Wirz served as President and Controller of SAFE Federal Credit Union; Credit Union Direct Corporation board chair; XCU Capital Corporation board member; Sacramento Valley Chapter of California Credit Union League board member; member of Public Advocacy Committee of California Credit Union League; member of CUNA Disaster Recovery Task Force; "Credit Person of the Year" by the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the International Credit Association (1993); Sam Walton Business Leader Award (1998); Distinguished Service Award from the California Credit Union League (2003); Award of Excellence from the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the CCUL; Co-Op (CU ATM Cooperative System) Founders Award (2004); Mr. Wirz earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California at Davis, and a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley. He attended the Michigan State University Advanced Management Institute, and the Stanford University Executive Development Program. Mr. Wirz is a Certified Public Accountant.