William Butler, President
Vice-President, Citi Private Bank
E-mail: billy.butler@pleasantonartsfoundation.org

Bill is a Vice President with Citigroup's Private Bank in San Francisco. In his role as a Private Banker, he is responsible for working with individuals, families, entrepreneurs, and foundations to identify how Citi's investment, banking and wealth advisory services can deliver an integrated and customized solution on behalf of the client. Prior to joining Citi in April of 2007, Bill worked with Mellon's Private Wealth Management group as a Director of Sales for 21 months. Previous to Mellon, Bill served over 9 years as a Naval Officer and Pilot. His tours of duty included service as the Central Command/Middle East Action Officer for Navy Current Operations and Joint Plans in the Pentagon and flying the SH-60B "Seahawk" helicopter while stationed in Jacksonville, Florida. During his operational tour in Jacksonville, Bill was operationally deployed for six months or longer twice both before and after the attacks of September 11th.

Bill has a B.S. in Economics from the U.S. Naval Academy and a M.B.A. from George Washington University. He studied in Angers, France as a Cox Fund scholar following his graduation from the Naval Academy and in India as a part of his M.B.A. studies. He is a board member of the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Foundation and serves as Campaign Chair for the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton, Vice President of the Naval Academy Alumni Association (San Francisco Chapter), and member of the Guardsmen in San Francisco. His professional memberships include serving on the board of the Association for Corporate Growth (San Francisco Chapter) and the San Jose Chapter of Business Forums International (BFI). Bill is a graduate of the Leadership Pleasanton program and a recipient of the Jenny Doehle Leadership Pleasanton Award. Bill and his wife, Christine, reside in Pleasanton with their two sons, Lucas and Samuel.

Jaime Dowell, Vice-President & Secretary
Owner, Studio 7 Fine Arts
E-mail: jaime.dowell@pleasantonartsfoundation.org

Now a Pleasanton resident, Jaime Dowell grew up in Lafayette where her mother's artistic talents and her father's musical tendencies shaped her love for the arts. Pursuing her own vocal proficiency in high school, Jaime was selected to sing for the All-State Honor Choir and the State Regional Honor Choir as well as singing as the lead for numerous musical productions, chamber music concerts and jazz ensembles. Very active in musical theatre for many years, her passions followed her to the University of California at Davis, where she sang for the Chamber singers and two jazz ensembles. At UC Davis she earned a degree in Viticulture and Enology, which she says, "was the perfect way to combine her love of art and science." After working in the winemaking industry for 5 years, Jaime joined her mother and sister in running their family art gallery, Studio 7 Fine Arts, located in downtown Pleasanton, only one block from the proposed Firehouse Art Center.

Now the sole-owner of Studio 7 Fine Arts, Jaime is continually striving to grow the business and the presence of art in the community. When she joined the dynamic group of art lovers that make up the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Foundation, she saw the perfect opportunity to reach out to the community in an effective manner to ensure that the arts, both visual and performing, have a strong place in the Tri-Valley.

Beverly Hoey, Treasurer
Attorney at Law, Law Firm of Beverly M. Hoey
E-mail: Beverly.hoey@pleasantonartsfoundation.org

Beverly has been a sole practitioner attorney since 1979. Her practice focuses on estate planning, real property and business transactions. She has practiced in Pleasanton since 1989. Beverly is a trained and certified mediator and serves as a judge pro-tem in Alameda County Superior Courts and in Probate Courts.

She is a member of the American Bar Association, California Bar Association and has served as the President of the Eastern Alameda County Bar Association. Beverly has been a member of the Tri-Valley Estate Planning Council since 1990, serving as its President in 2000. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Board of the Keystone Adult Learning Center.

Beverly has enjoyed painting animals, people, and landscapes in prismacolor, oil, pastel, watercolor, and pen & ink her entire life. Beverly is a member of the Pleasanton Art League, the Livermore Art Association, and the California Association of Watercolor. Her work has received awards in the Alameda and San Mateo County Fairs and recently in the Pleasanton Art League Show. Her work has been represented by the Main Street Art Gallery in Pleasanton.

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Rudy Johnson, Board Member
Retired
E-mail: rudy.johnson@pleasantonartsfoundation.org

Rudy is a retired Episcopal priest. He served as a minister in the Lutheran Church, organizing new churches in two communities. After moving to the Episcopal Church, he served parishes in Hayward, Castro Valley and most recently in Berkeley. He has also worked in education as a teacher and administrator and has a PhD in educational sociology from Stanford. Rudy has had a lifelong interest in the arts. He and his wife have subscribed to the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, the Berkeley Repertory Theater, the Ashland Shakespeare Festival, the California Shakespeare Festival and the San Francisco Symphony for many years. Rudy and his wife travel extensively worldwide and their trips frequently center on the arts.

Rudy served on the Civic Arts Commission in Pleasanton for eight years and on the Board of the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council for eleven years. He serves as a member of the Board of the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Foundation because he strongly believes that the arts are a vitally important component of the quality of life in any community. He especially believes that young people should have many opportunities to learn about, and participate in, the arts whether in visual arts, music or dramatic arts.

John Loll, Board Member
Treasurer, Dodge & Cox
E-mail: john.loll@pleasantonartsfoundation.org

John grew up in Livermore and became involved in the Pleasanton arts scene as a teenager, volunteering for the Children's Theatre Workshop, a Pleasanton-based children's theater company that operated in the 1980's. He attended college at the USC Film School, where he worked on a variety of film projects, one of which was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Short Documentary Films.

After college, John returned to Pleasanton to work full-time for the Children's Theatre Workshop, serving for a time as Executive Director. He then engineered a dramatic career change to the exciting world of public accounting. For the last eleven years he has worked for Dodge & Cox in San Francisco, an investment management firm and mutual fund company with over 100 billion in mutual fund investments. He is the Treasurer of Dodge & Cox Funds and is responsible for tax and financial reporting for the mutual funds and for Dodge & Cox's investment advisory business. John lives in Pleasanton with his wife and three children.

Greg Reznick, Board Member
Principal, Pivotal Ventures
E-mail: greg.reznick@pleasantonartsfoundation.org

Greg Reznick has lived in Pleasanton since 1989 when he moved here with his family. In his professional life, Greg is a private investor and advisor to entrepreneurs. Most recently, he was president of the Xros Division of Nortel Networks. Xros developed the world's most advanced photonic cross connect, a key enabler in the deployment of the next generation All Optical Networks. He joined Xros in1998 and sold the company to Nortel Networks in 2000. Greg holds a BA and an MBA from Stanford University.

Margene Gerton Rivara, Board Member
Realtor, ReMax Accord
E-mail: margene.rivara@pleasantonartsfoundation.org

Margene has been involved with the performing and visual arts since childhood. She was co-owner of Rainbow Carousel Stained Glass Co., a manufacturer of custom art glass for commercial and residential installations throughout California. She was listed in Glass Magazine as one of the top ten glass artists in the U.S. and has authored three books on glass design. She is the owner of 47 U.S. copyrights for rug design. In 1988, Margene became the Head Designer of children's clothing for Storybook Heirlooms; a start-up high-end child's furnishings catalog. In recent years, Margene has continued to design unique products in glass, area rugs and she is currently working on a special line of products for children.

Margene is a busy realtor, working with her husband in the Bay Area. As a realtor, Margene hears first-hand about the value of arts in communities, from both an educational perspective, to meet the needs of children, as well as for the entertainment and enjoyment that the arts provide to the entire community. Margene has been a commissioner for the Civic Arts Commission for ten years and serves on the Board of the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council, which helped to spearhead the vision of Firehouse #1 as an arts center for the City of Pleasanton. Margene joined the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Foundation board because of her passion for furthering quality programming and providing wonderful facilities for the arts.

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