Meet the Board | Pleasanton North Rotary

Meet our 2024-2025 Board of Directors

Doing acts of service in the community and around the world and raising money for a wide variety of local and international organizations takes a large group of dedicated and passionate individuals.

Collectively, this group leads us do great things in the Tri-Valley and around the world. Please meet our board. Better yet...join us for a meeting and meet the whole club of around 75 members strong!

Steve Sherman, President 24-25

Attorney at Law

Ryan Spuller, President-Elect 25-26 / International Service Chair

Gina Piper, Vice President

Past President (17-18) Founder/Broker of Elation Real Estate,

Roger Rittenhouse, Secretary

Jim Ott, Treasurer

Jim is one of our club's founding members and Past Treasurer. He's an English Professor at Las Positas College, a talented musician and an amateur ventriloquist.

Phillip Stone, Sergeant-at-Arms

Chase Henley, Membership Chair

Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley

Andrew Gelb, Programs Chair

Mike Ivey, Vocational Service / Greeter

Viviana Cherman, Club Service / Tri-Valley Turkey Burn Chair

Founder/Broker, Elation Real Estate

Darcy DeCoite, Community Service Chair

Darcy has been an active Rotarian since 2016. She was President of Tri-Valley Evening Rotary (17-18) before joining PNR, where she has served as the Community Service Chair several years, was awarded Rotarian of the Year in 2020, and has served as Board President of the PNR Foundation (21-23). Darcy runs a boutique HR consulting firm serving small businesses and nonprofits.

Nick Valenziano, Youth Service Chair / Youth Protection Officer

Insurance Broker, Valenziano Insurance Services

Deb Covert, The Rotary Foundation (TRF) Chair

Technology Sales Professional working in Silicon Valley/Bay Area. Recently married and proud parent of two beautiful step daughters and two amazing boys (men!). Loves to paint, play the guitar and work out. Loves being a part of Rotary and wants to spread more kindness in the world.

Kirsten Bureman, Fundraising Chair / Foundation Board President

Account Executive, KONE Elevators and Escalators

Billy Buckley, Public Image Chair

Billy Buckley, Past President "Sasquatch" 22-23, joined PNR in 2016, has served as PR Chair for several years, and was awarded Rotarian of the Year. He's the CEO of ENT Networks Inc, a technology-managed service provider based in Pleasanton. Billy is active in the community, serving on the Pleasanton Chamber board and as past President of the Pleasanton Young Professionals. He enjoys working on old cars, gardening with his wife, restoring their 1906 craftsman home, and running Spartan races.

Kevin Greenlee, Youth Exchange

"I joined PNR in 2010 to give back to my community when I retired from a career in Finance and Accounting, and quickly became involved directing Youth Service activities for PNR and restarting the Rotary Youth Exchange program. I'm also the District 5170 Outbound Exchange Coordinator for the Youth Exchange program. Our youth are the future... Join me to make our world a better place through Rotary!"

Jim Brice, PNR Cares

Tom Powers, Past President 23-24

Past President "Zamboni" 23-24 has been with PNR since 2019. He has also served as club Treasurer and as a Director on the Foundation board. Tom is a huge hockey fan, following the San Jose Sharks since their inception and has also been involved in coaching youth hockey and helping administer the local high school hockey league. Tom is a partner in a financial planning firm in San Ramon.

Tami Hennegan, District 5170 Lieutenant Governor 24-25

Past President (19-20), Area 4B Assistant Governor (21-24). Tami is a cheerleader! An American patriot, first and foremost, and raised to serve others. Tami is a nature enthusiast who enjoys birding, hiking, gardening, flower arranging, and tending to her koi pond. She also loves sophisticated hobbies like travel, sipping fine wines, theater and arts, and gourmet cooking. If you are invited to her party, GO! Just bring a dessert...Tami doesn't bake!