Rick Shumway, 2023 Board Chair

Stanford Health Care|ValleyCare

A nationally recognized, results-driven health care executive, Rick Shumway is the President & CEO at Stanford Health Care – ValleyCare (SHC-VC). SHC-VC is a comprehensive health system that is a key part of Stanford Health Care. With it’s base in Pleasanton, CA, it serves a large portion of the East Bay, and is home to a range of both complex, and community-based healthcare services.
Rick has spent the majority of his career in large academic medical centers, and has worked hard to integrate these systems directly into the communities that they serve. Prior to joining SHC-VC, Rick served as the Chief Administrative Officer – the lead executive position – at the 780-bed University of Cincinnati Medical Center. UC Medical Center is the only Level 1 trauma and academic medical center within the greater Cincinnati, OH region and the surrounding tri-state area.
Prior to his role at in Cincinnati, Rick served as Executive Director at University of Utah Health Care in Salt Lake City, UT, which is comprised of four hospitals, 12 community-based clinics, 1,200 board-certified physicians, and 19 affiliate regional partners. He has also held senior leadership positions at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in Pittsburgh, PA, the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, WA, and at Intermountain Healthcare’s Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, UT.
Rick resides in Danville, CA with his wife Sarah, and is the father to three active boys. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his family, and takes advantage of the beautiful California weather to fish and camp whenever he can.

Glenn Bittner, 2023 Past Chair

Financial Advisor, Pacific Wealth Planning

EXPERIENCE :
Glenn has been in the financial services industry since 2008, listening to his clients, and asking questions about their goals. As a financial professional, he recognizes that money is more than just math. He understands that everybody’s views of money are uniquely their own, even those in very similar financial situations may have completely opposite financial goals. Glenn works hard to ask the right questions to help his clients clearly define their financial and personal goals so they feel confident that they have a plan they can believe in. During his time in the industry, Glenn has specialized in financial planning for both businesses and individuals, creating compensation strategies for business owners and executives, and consulting on specific insurance and investment products through financial literacy and education.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS:
Glenn has obtained his FINRA Series 6, 63, 65 and 7 securities registrations as well as his Life and Health and Variable Contracts Insurance Licenses. He completed the Retirement Income Certified Producer program from the American College of Financial Services, the certification for Long Term Care designation CLTC, as well as the Accredited Investment Fiduciary AIF designation.

INTERESTS:
When not working for his clients Glenn Likes to work out at the Bay Club and play golf. His main passion is spending time with his kids Briona, Lyla, and Lukas. He also enjoys volunteering for his kid’s local sports teams and leagues. Glenn is currently the Treasurer of the Walnut Creek Swim Conference and Conference representative for the Rudgear Rats Swim Team.

Brittany Doyle Riley, 2023 Board Member and Chair-Elect

Doyle Quane Family Law

Brittany Doyle Riley is an attorney at Doyle Quane, a law firm in downtown Danville specializing in trusts and estates and family law. Her practice focuses on estate planning, trust administration and probate matters. Brittany also devotes substantial time to the firm’s corporate practice and assists clients with business formation, business succession planning, and corporate governance matters. She is especially passionate about helping young families plan for their business and financial futures. Prior to attending law school, Brittany worked with the Clinton family in various roles, ultimately serving as personal aide to Chelsea Clinton.

Brittany earned her JD from Harvard Law School and her BA from the University of Miami. She is a proud third generation Danville resident and currently lives near vibrant downtown Danville with her husband, Brad, and son, Finnigan.

Tim Argenti, 2023 Board Member

Republic Services

Tim is Past Chair of the Danville Area Chamber of Commerce. Due to his extensive community relations and government affairs experience, he has served on several East Bay Chamber Boards of Directors, both as Chair and as Director.
Currently, he serves as Community Relations Manager for Republic Services. Tim has an extensive background in the East Bay serving non-profit organizations, including his current role as Vice Chair of Meals on Wheels Diablo Region.

David Behring, 2023 Board Member

The Wheelchair Foundation

David has served as President of the Wheelchair Foundation since 2003. The Wheelchair Foundation is a non-profit organization that seeks to deliver a wheelchair to every child, teen and adult who needs one, but cannot afford to buy one. To date the organization has provided over 1,200,000 wheelchairs to people in 156 countries. Prior to that, he was President of the Blackhawk Museum and later spearheaded “The Spirit of the Old West” Gallery. From 1993-1997 David was President of the Seattle Seahawks and was in the local homebuilding and land development professions before that period.
David has always been active in community service and has been a Rotarian for over 20 years, belongs to the Exchange Club of the San Ramon Valley and the Danville Area Chamber of Commerce, has served as President of the All-Wars Memorial and is a longtime Board Member of Leadership San Ramon Valley.
A graduate of Princeton’s history department, he has always loved history and served for 6 years on the Boards of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and National History Day. David has been active with WWII veterans and is an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Vietnam Veterans of Diablo Valley. David has traveled extensively around the world and enjoys visiting military and historical sites. David has lived in Danville since 1980, is married to May and has a 26- year- old married daughter living in Texas and a 22- year- old son attending Wake Forest University in North Carolina.

Keva Dodd, 2023 Board Member

Whim House

Steve Glaski, 2023 Board Member

Vice President, Relationship Manager, Heritage Bank of Commerce

Steve Glaski is Vice President, Relationship Manager for Heritage Bank of Commerce in Danville, where he delivers strategic financial solutions and ideas to help local companies grow, improve cash flow, and invest in their future.

Steve has been in the community helping local companies with their business banking needs for over 16 years. He grew up in Danville and graduated from University of California Santa Cruz with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management and Economics.

Steve currently lives in San Ramon with his wife Kelly and enjoys playing guitar, golf, baseball, and snow sports in his spare time.

Uday Kumar, 2023 Board Member – Membership Committee Chair

Smallcakes Cupcakery & Creamery

Uday Kumar is a senior business consulting executive with proven experience leading teams across large-scale, high-value programs and initiatives. During a career spanning 20+ years, he has worked in countries across North America, South America, Asia, Europe and Australia delivering results across diverse industries, with a specific focus on professional services, systems consulting, and solutions delivery. He specializes in crafting solutions by integrating technology, people, process and bringing in new business as a face of the company.
In 2016, Uday and his wife Nisha decided to become entrepreneurs combining their skills. Nisha who loves to experiment with flavors in the kitchen and Uday with his business experience decided to open Smallcakes in Danville which as a licensee allowed Nisha to experiment flavors, products. It also provided them an outlet to give back to the community they love by donating to first responders, nurses, teachers and homeless shelters in the area. Uday has been engaged with philanthropic activities in India working with NGOs to help orphans, fishermen and others in need.
Uday earned his Master’s in Business Administration degree from the University of Connecticut and has a Bachelors in Engineering degree from Mysore University in India. Uday lived in Michigan, Connecticut before moving to San Ramon 14 years ago with his wife. He enjoys the outdoors, travelling, trying new cuisines, loves gardening, hanging out with his wife and their two kids and friends.

Kim Lindeberg, 2023 Board Member

The Lindeberg Group

My name is Kim Lindeberg. I am the President of The Lindeberg Group, Inc. located in my home in Danville. As of December 31, 2019, I am officially retired from Telecom after 46 years.
I joined the Chamber in 2004 when I opened a retail store with a friend in the heart of downtown Danville. In 2005 I was Ambassador of the Quarter and in 2006 I was Ambassador Chair and in 2011 I was Chairman of the Board of the Chamber. I love this community and have lived in Danville since 1983. I am very happy to be serving again on the Board of Directors and I look forward to engaging in our many events throughout the year.

Carol Mascali, 2023 Board Member

Parks & Recreation Commissioner

Carol Mascali is an experienced volunteer in the Town of Danville and currently serves as a Parks & Recreation Commissioner. She has vast experience in fundraising, volunteer training, non-profit Board of Director management and grant writing. When Carol isn’t volunteering, she has over 35 years of People Management expertise in the roles of Chief of Staff, HR Business Partner and Executive Assistant. Carol most recently led the CPC staff as Chief of Staff and leader of FOR the Valley.
 
Carol is married to John, who she met while volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House over 30 years ago. They still love to serve their community in a various of ways together. You can always make Carol grin when you ask her about her two daughters, Madi and Kinsey. They both live out of state and are thriving in their own careers but get to come home to Danville often. Carol loves to hike, go on long walks, travel and read. Her happy place is a family cabin in Mineral King (the Sequoia National Park).
 
Carol attended University of Colorado and was a speech major. In the past five years, she has taken two courses thru Decker Communication, Inc. in “Listen to Learn” and “Communicate to Influence”.

Darren Matte, 2023 Board Member

Harvest Danville/Cocina Hermanas Restaurants

After graduating from Queen’s University with a Bachelor Commerce Honors, Darren started his career working as a Finance Manager for Procter & Gamble. He moved to San Francisco in 2004 and has since been involved in two start-ups and four restaurants.

In December 2011 he opened Per Diem (www.perdiemsf.com), which has annual revenue of $2.6 million and has received a “Recommended” rating in the MICHELIN Guide of San Francisco – putting it in the top 5% of Bay Area restaurants. Per Diem is expanding into its second location in the prestigious Salesforce Transit Center which is slated to open in July 2022.

In July 2016 he opened Danville Harvest (www.danvilleharvest.com) in downtown Danville’s historic Eddy House.  Danville Harvest has quickly become a neighborhood favorite and received numerous accolades including “Best Farm to Table Restaurant” from Diablo Magazine.

In January 2019 he opened Cocina Hermanas (www.cocinahermanas.com) in downtown Danville, bringing quality Mexican cuisine with a fun atmosphere. Cocina Hermanas has been recognized as “10 best new BAY AREA restaurants for outdoor dining”.

Darren lives in Alamo with his wife and 3 daughters. He has served as a Board Member on the Danville Area Chamber of Commerce since 2016.

Paige Meyer, 2023 Board Member

Chief, San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District

Chief Paige Meyer joined the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District on March 18, 2013. He currently serves as a Board Member, Vice Chair for the East Bay Regional Communications System Authority, President of Leadership San Ramon Valley, on the Police and Fire Fallen Heroes scholarship committee, he was a Honorary Airforce Commander with Travis Airforce Base and is an active member of the Contra Costa County Executive Fire Chiefs, serving as President of both the Executive Chiefs and County chiefs from 2014-2019.

Prior to being hired by the SRVFPD, Chief Meyer began his career 30 years ago, as a volunteer Firefighter with the City of Stockton and later as a Public Safety Officer, with the City of Sunnyvale, he then served at the City of Vallejo Fire Department, holding the positions of Firefighter, Engineer, Captain, Battalion Chief and Fire Chief. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Administration from California State University at Chico as well as a Fire Science degree. He lives in the Town of Danville with his wife, Molly and their 3 beautiful children Kailey, Ellie, and Lincoln.

Glenn Novotny, 2023 Board Member

Founder of Glennhawk Vineyards and Emerald Pet Products, Managing Director of GMMR,LLC

Glenn Novotny is the Founder and Owner of Glennhawk Vineyards and Emerald Pet Products as well as the Managing Director of GMMR,LLC, a real estate developmerrt organization based in Danville, CA. He is also on the Board of Directors of Bay Alarm. He currently consults with founders and businesses interested in either selling or buying businesses.

Glenn worked at Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ – CENT) for 17 years; as President and COO from 1990 to 2003 and CEO from 2003 through 2007. Glenn was instrumental in taking Central public in 1993 and growing it from sales of $200 million to $1.7 billion through organic growth and over 40 acquisitions to create the largest pet supply and second largest garden supply company in the U.S. He also worked at Weyerhaeuser Corporation from 1970 to 1990 in a variety of operating, strategic planning, sales and executive management roles. He served as CEO of Weyerhaeuser Garden Supply from
1988 to 1990.

Glenn has served on numerous public and private boards of directors and has significant entrepreneurial experience. He has previously served on the Board of Directors of Central Garden & Pet, Pet Food Express, VeriTainer Corp., AngioScore, Ditan Corporation, Confirma, Freedom Innovations, Nexus BioSystems, Trupanion Pet Insurance, Reeb Millwork, Radio Systems, Edge Systems (HydroFacial), and Bay Alarm. He also has significant experience in Mergers and Acquisitions in several industries and completed over 75 transactions in his career. He also was an Operating Partner at Telegraph Hill Partners, a San Francisco based private equity firm, investing in medical devices, life sciences, and healthcare companies from 2008-2015. G1enn received a BA from Chadron State College in Nebraska and graduated from the Harvard Business School Program for Executive Management Development.

Dipak Rao, 2023 Board Member

Co-Founder and CEO, Ayutherapy Ayurveda Wellness Center

Dipak Rao is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ayutherapy Ayurveda Wellness Center in Downtown Danville.

Having worked in multiple Sales and Marketing roles in the Hi-Tech industry across Europe and America for the past 23 years, Dipak recently decided to switch his purpose to pursue some important personal ambitions and goals, including giving back to our local community of Danville.

In 1996, Dipak co-founded a hot sauce business in his homeland of Great Britain. He remembers how tough and unforgiving those days were when he first started. He hopes that that through his work with the Danville Area Chamber of Commerce, he can contribute to support small businesses and the local community to thrive and meet their potential.

Dipak’s wife and business partner, Archana Rao, is an incredible Ayurvedic (Indian Herbal Medicine) Practitioner and is also the inspiration and face of Ayutherapy. Ayutherapy works with clients to heal chronic pain and illness, or simply show them how to balance and live in harmony with Mother Nature. Dipak and Archana are parents to three lovely daughters and have lived in the Danville Area since 2007.

Jeremy Soine, 2023 Board Member

CEO, Face Reality Skincare

Jeremy Soine has the been the CEO of Face Reality Skincare for the past two years. After 16 years in business, Face Reality moved to Danville in 2021, and is located at the Rose Garden Shopping Plaza.

Face Reality is a leading professional skincare brand, partnering with Estheticians across the United States, and specializing in helping clients to treat acne—with a success rate of more than 90%.

Prior to Face Reality, Jeremy has been successful in other high-growth, consumer-branded companies—wine, food start- ups, and other beauty companies.

Jeremy has been a resident of Danville since 2008, where he resides with his wife Jennifer and two children, who both attend San Ramon Valley High School. When he’s not working, he enjoys playing golf at Diablo Country Club, cycling around the area, and cheering for his kids while they compete in soccer and tennis.