ANDREA HAUGHTON KLADDER
ANDREA HAUGHTON KLADDER was born in Northern California and raised in the Pacific Northwest. After stints in the Mountain West, the Southeast, the Northeast and the Midwest, she was delighted to return to her California roots and make Healdsburg home with her husband Dean in 2013. Her family joined the THS community in 2019 and she […]
COURTNEY COCHRAN is a marketing communications leader with over 20 years’ experience driving success and reputation for food, beverage and technology firms. She is the principal of STUDIO SOIF, an independent agency delivering branding and communications to the beverage-alcohol, specialty food, and better-for-you CPG space. Prior to founding her agency, Cochran was head of brand and […]
EVAN WELTY is a California native and mother of one fifth grader and two alumni of The Healdsburg School. She is also the Chief of Staff for the Boys & Girls Club of Sonoma-Marin. She is passionate about serving children and seeing good governance transform organizations. In 2009, Evan and her husband, Matt, returned from Washington, […]
GABRIEL FROYMOVICH provides financial analysis and planning and grape price forecasting to the wine industry through his firm, Vineyard Financial Associates. Originally from Indiana, he drove through Healdsburg as a young man on a road trip in 2005 and decided he never wanted to leave. Gabriel began working in the wine industry and obtained an […]
JAMES DRISCOLL and his wife Joanne Tsai moved to Sonoma County from Texas in 2010 and are proud parents to 3 children, including 2 current THS students and 1 THS alumnus. James is a physician with board certifications in Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicine. His prior leadership positions have included being […]
NICHOLAS PEAY has been serving as co-owner and vineyard manager for the Sonoma Coast vineyard and winery he founded with his brother, Peay Vineyards, since 1996. Both before and after that founding Nick served in seasonal and full-time positions in small wineries both in California and Australia, after having spent four years doing graduate work […]
CATALINA MARIN, born and raised in Chile, is the owner and founder of TREKO, a line of luxury textiles handcrafted in a southern island in Chile, whose mission is to preserve and share the work of master artisans, honoring the region’s traditions and people. Before moving to Sonoma County with her family ten years ago, […]
MICHELLE BLAKE is a native of Marin County who attended college at UC Santa Barbara where she earned a BA in Business Economics in 1985. Michelle worked for Coopers & Lybrand in San Francisco for 6 years, earning her CA CPA license. In 1993 she became a founder of Provident Funding Associates, a bay-area headquartered, […]
SANDI PASSALACQUA, EdD, Founder, has served Sonoma County as a dedicated educator for over 55 years. Mrs. Passalacqua’s roles have ranged from classroom teacher to consultant, tutor, curriculum developer, principal, founder and founding head of The Healdsburg School. She has designed and implemented ESL and Title I programs and foreign language curriculums. She holds a Master of Education from Sonoma […]
LAURA KIRK LEE, Board Chair, is a Marketing and Sales leader who has been working in the wine industry for 22 years. Originally from Oregon, Laura and her husband Brian moved to San Francisco for “an adventure” shortly after getting married in 2001. Inured to the sunshine, they stayed in Northern California, making their home […]