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NOT WANTING TO PUT THESE 2 GENTLEMEN ON THE SPOT, BUT IT SURE WOULD BE NICE TO HEAR THEIR OPINION ON SMART’S ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT THE NOVEMBER 2008 ELECTORATE VOTED FOR.
Bob Roberts bobr@stopsmart.org
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Citizens Oversight Committee – The Measure Q Expenditure Plan requires this committee as part of its Implementing Guidelines, specifically: “A Citizens Oversight Committee will be established by the SMART Board to provide input and review on the Strategic Plan and subsequent updates.” The plan goes on to state that “SMART will prepare a Strategic Plan, based on the commitments in this Expenditure Plan, prior to July 2009. The Strategic Plan will identify planned investments in capital implementation, operations and maintenance for the duration of the tax. The Strategic Plan will be updated at least every five years and approved by the SMART Board of Directors. The Strategic Plan will be developed with input from the public and the Citizens Oversight Committee.”
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Russell A. ColomboPresident and Chief Executive Officer Bank of Marin & Bank of Marin Bancorp
Russell A. Colombo is a lifelong resident of Marin County. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics & Business Management from University of California, Davis and an MBA in Banking & Finance from Golden Gate University. He joined Bank of Marin in March 2004 as Executive Vice President and Branch Administrator and was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in July 2005. As of July 1, 2006 he assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer. He has thirty-four years of banking experience including positions as Senior Vice President and Group Manager of the San Francisco office of Comerica Bank and as Senior Vice President and Regional Manager during his nineteen year career with Union Bank of California. He serves on the Boards of Hanna Boys Center, Marin Workforce Housing Trust, is Chair of College of Marin’s President’s Circle and is a member of the Citizens Oversight Committee of SMART.
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| Dennis C. Harter
President & Co-Founder
Sequoia Pacific Mortgage Company
Mr. Harter is co-founder and President for Sequoia Pacific Mortgage Company. He has extensive experience in all types of real estate financing including commercial, construction, land and residential lending. Prior to the formation of Sequoia Pacific Mortgage, Mr. Harter was a Certified Public Accountant with a major international public accounting firm and served the firm’s construction and savings and loan clients. After leaving public accounting, he held positions as both Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer with savings and loan associations located in Northern California. His direct responsibilities have included the management and coordination of major construction loans, real estate investment and development, and secondary market departments. Mr. Harter has a Bachelor in Science and Commerce in Accounting degree from the University of Santa Clara. He and his wife Ann live in Santa Rosa and they have three sons. Mr. Harter is active in many professional and community organizations which includes serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Cardinal Newman High School; Past-president and current member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the Sonoma County Alliance; Treasurer and Board member of the Angela Merici and John Henry Newman Foundation; member of the Sonoma County Transportation Citizen Advisory Committee; member of the Citizens Oversight Committee of the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART). Mr. Harter has been recently honored with the receipt of the Sonoma County Spirit Award and the John Henry Newman Award for his involvement within the Sonoma County Community.
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