Kristi Denton Cohen

Kristi Denton Cohen is the founder and creative force behind Peloton Productions, based in Marin County.  Her most recent project is Staying Put or Moving On, a series of short films and other information about where and how we’ll live as we grow older. She produced the narrative feature film, The River Why, based on the acclaimed novel of the same name. Starring Zach Gilford, Amber Heard, Kathleen Quinlan, Dallas Roberts, William Devane and William Hurt, it won several awards, screened at film festivals and on cable and internet venues around the world, including Netflix, Showtime, Amazon, Hulu, and Blockbuster.

Kristi produced, directed and co-wrote the documentary Vertical Frontier about the history of rock climbing in Yosemite. Narrated by Tom Brokaw, it won “Best Film on Climbing” at the prestigious Banff Mountain Film Festival in 2002 among numerous other prizes at national and international film festivals. Following its broadcast on Public Television, it had a long run on the NBC Universal Sports Channel.

She also produced and directed Funding Peace (about the Ploughshares Fund) which screened at the Slamdunk Film Festival and featured Michael Douglas and Nancy Pelosi; and Climb for Life (about ovarian cancer), narrated by Vicki Mabrey. In addition, she has done award-winning work for her corporate and non-profit clients.

Susan Kolb

Susan Kolb was born in Berkeley and raised in Los Angeles where she attended University High School and UCLA. Following her college graduation, she moved back to the Bay Area and has lived in the same Strawberry home for 56 years.

Throughout her nearly four decade career in Marin County Real Estate, she developed a reputation not only as a creative and innovative agent who consistently ranked among the top producers in the County, but also for her trustworthiness, kindness, empathy, and humanity.
Susan has always been fueled by and known for her passionate community activism. She has served in countless leadership roles, including the Board of Directors for the Jewish Community Federation, and as past-president of the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center. She most recently served as the president for the Jewish Family and Children’s Services for San Francisco and the Bay Area.

Early in her philanthropic activities, Susan was awarded the prestigious Dinkelspiel Award. Now Susan is turning her attention and efforts to the water crisis facing Marin County. Susan believes the time has come for a more intentionally-focused strategic plan that features actionable solutions for a sustainable future.
Susan and her late husband, Dr. Felix Kolb, raised two children, Lisa and Marc, both of whom live in Mill Valley with their respective families. Susan has three grandchildren, Kolby, Felice, and Oscar.

Steve Isaacs

Steve was brought up in New York City, spent one very long winter in Chicago and wisely decided to come West. He and his wife Leslie have lived in Marin for over 50 years and have two daughters and two granddaughters.

Professionally, Steve has been involved in marketing and promotions and founded his company in the early 80's helping his clients manage their promotional expenditures. His volunteer involvements have been numerous including in Larkspur, the Northern California Golf Association, the Marin Civil Grand Jury, Angel Flight, Court Appointed Special Advocates and the Marin JCC.

Water became important in 2021 when it was clear the current Board of Directors of MMWD were asleep at the wheel and the three incumbents up for re-election needed to be replaced. Happily MCWS helped elect new members of the Board and there is a new energy to the agency, and policies ensuring we have a guaranteed water supply going forward are being implemented.

Wendy Stovell

Wendy has lived in the Bay Area for more than 30 years. She has spent her entire professional career in marketing for tech companies primarily focused on communications for innovative solutions.

She came from a land of plentiful water so was surprised to encounter directions about how and when to flush toilets upon her arrival at Stanford as a freshman in the 80s.  After numerous El Nino and La Nina cycles over the ensuing 30 years, she thinks she has figured it out.

Wendy and her family escaped San Francisco for the calmer waters of Marin just before the Covid lockdown. As Covid and the drought wore on, Wendy was again surprised, this time to learn that her adopted home of Marin only had a 4 month supply of water by the Summer of 2021. She is now trying to contribute to the long-term innovative solutions for the Marin Water problem.

Chuck Ballinger

Chuck Ballinger is a 35–year Strawberry resident active in development and infrastructure issues. After earning a degree in Urban Planning from NYU, he embarked on a 40–year career in building and design contracting.

His volunteer work includes being a 14–year member of the Strawberry Design Review Board. He also served as a member of the Marin County Regulatory Improvement Committee and the Strawberry Community Association. Further afield, he’s an advisor for KPIX Consumer Watch.

In years past he wrote for numerous national magazines and authored the book “An American Underwater Odyssey - 50 Dives in 50 States.”

Bob Mittelstaedt

Bob was a trial lawyer for 50 years with Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro and then Jones Day.  He's a native Californian, served in the Peace Corps in Micronesia after college, and has lived in Marin for most of his life.  Most recently, he has been active in co-founding E-Bike Access, a Marin-based non-profit advocacy group on e-bike issues that works closely with the Marin Water board and staff.  In the course of that work, he has been exposed to the broader water issues faced by Marin Water and its customers including his family and him, and his garden.

https://www.ebikeaccess.org

Paul Deuter

Paul had a 40+ year career in software development, most recently at Zendesk. Paul moved to Marin in 2021 and now makes his home in San Anselmo. Paul is an avid hiker and mountain biker and loves spending time in the Mt. Tam watershed.