Jeri Hansen
President and CEO
Napa Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday, February 15th at 5:30pm via Zoom
Jeri Hansen in the President & CEO of the Napa Chamber of Commerce. As the membership organization for business, the Chamber promotes our community's economic vitality and quality of life through leadership development, advocacy, facilitation, and education.
Most recently, she was Principal at Jeri Hansen Company, specializing in community engagement, public policy, and strategic planning. Prior to starting her own firm in 2020, Jeri was CEO of Sustainable Napa County a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that started in 2007 as an initiative of the Gasser Foundation to focus on energy, climate and natural resource policy and programs in Napa County. Before taking the reins of Sustainable Napa County, she was Public Affairs Manager for the Napa Valley Vintners.
She was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to the Napa Valley Exposition (25th District Agricultural Association) Board of Directors in 2014 and is currently President of the Board.
She is a member of the Board of Directors of Redwood Credit Union, which serves nearly 400,000 members in the North Bay region. She is Immediate Past-Chair of the Workforce Alliance of the North Bay, a Joint Powers Authority of Napa, Lake, Marin and Mendocino Counties focusing on workforce and economic development efforts and programs.
Jeri served as a member of the Napa County Planning Commission for four and a half years, appointed in September 2015, and served as the Chair of the Commission in 2017.
Jeri is Past-Chair of the Board of the Napa Chamber of Commerce. She is a graduate of Leadership Napa Valley (LNV) Class 15.
Her other professional and management experience includes serving as founding Executive Director of the Lodi Conference and Visitors Bureau, a public-private partnership between the City of Lodi and the Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Commission. Prior to that she served as Program Director for the San Joaquin Farm Bureau.
Jeri is Past-State President of California Women for Agriculture, the state’s largest all volunteer agriculture organization and served for six years as a member of the University of California President’s Advisory Commission for the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
In 2017 she was recognized by California State Senator Bill Dodd as Senate District 3 Woman of the Year for Napa County. In 2008, she was named one of North Bay Business Journal’s Forty Under 40. In 2007 she was awarded the Common Threads Award recognizing women in agriculture who are also active in philanthropic and community service.
Jeri enjoys traveling, especially exploring the beauty of her own community and region; gardening; photography; golfing (badly); reading; entertaining; a variety of music genres and concerts; and spending time with her partner, John and their families, friends, and their Australian Cattle Dogs Zoey and Lexi.
Leadership Napa Valley is excited to partner again with Napa Valley College to bring you Board PICK 2023. This event is open to the public and LNV class members and alumni can forward this email to friends, colleagues, and family.
Board PICK offers a unique opportunity for Napa Valley community members to demonstrate their Passion, Interest, Commitment, and Knowledge (their PICK) by meeting directly in one place with the leadership of a number of Napa based 501c3 nonprofit organizations to learn how to get involved as community members serving on the boards of directors for these organizations.
Board members and staff of non-profit organizations working in the environment, health and human services, animal welfare, education, youth empowerment, libraries and more will be on hand to meet community members and share information about their organizations' mission, services, activities, and board expectations.
To register a non-profit organization for this event, please use this Google Form: https://forms.gle/KakQeRNbdeMytXxD7
Information for Attendees:
When: Wednesday, February 22nd, 4-6pm
Where: Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center, Paul Ash Lobby, Napa, CA
Cost: It’s FREE!
We encourage individuals interested in serving on a non-profit board to bring a basic resume to the event.
For more information, email: info@leadershipnapavalley.org.
Class 36 Information Session #1
Join Leadership Napa Valley to learn about our program and mix and mingle with current class members and other leaders in the community. This session will give you a flavor of what the Leadership Napa Valley class experience is like and answer all your questions about the application process and the program.
This event is open to anyone interested in learning more about Leadership Napa Valley, but registration is required and will be open until venue capacity is reached.
Alumni members are encouraged to share this invitation with colleagues and friends.
Class 36 Information Session #2
Class 36 Information Session #3
This event is open to anyone interested in learning more about Leadership Napa Valley, but registration is required. The Zoom link will be sent the day of the event.
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