PDS Board of Directors

Katherine Doering – President

• Retired Instructor/Supervisor in Severely Handicapped/Special Education Department

• San Francisco State University

• M.A. in Special Education

• Board member since 1994

Gail Sollid – Secretary

• Stepmother of participant who receives services from PDS

• Retired audiologist

• Worked with people a wide range of disabilities for 25 years

• M.A. in Special Education with an emphasis in Audiology

• Board member since 2012

Alison Falvey – Treasurer

• B.A in Human Resources

• Background in non-profit human resource management as well as event planning and management

• Board member since 2005

• Resides in Novato, California

Alison with Lisa

Sallie Harrison

• Self-Advocate

• Individual with developmental disabilities

• Works at Woodlands Market and the Transportation Authority of Marin

• Advocates for other participants who also receive services from PDS

• Board member since 2013

Mary Mauro

• Former President of United Cerebral Palsy for South Western Idaho

• Served on the Governor’s Committee to Hire the Handicapped

• Former head of volunteers at Elks Rehab Center

• Mother of participant who receives services from PDS

• Board member since 2015

Robin Sloan

• Self-Advocate

• Individual with developmental disabilities

• Works at Banana Republic

• Advocates for other participants who also receive services from PDS

• Board member since 2005

Robin with her family

Denise Belanger

• PhD in Special Education from UC Berkeley: Join Doctoral Program with San Francisco State University, emphasizing employment and community inclusion for adults with significant disabilities

• Master of Nursing in Mental Health, Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner

• Owner of Mindful Nature Practice, a private nature-based mindfulness eduction practice in the North Bay

• Former PDS staff member and administrator