Board







Una Somerville
President
Una Somerville is Global Head of Client Support Services for Visa.  She manages a worldwide team which provides customer service to Visa clients, cardholders and merchants.  In more than 30 years at Visa, she has had a variety of roles including sales, product management and IT systems development.

She joined the Loaves & Fishes Board in February 2009,  now serves as President, and heads the L&FCC Marketing & Communications Committee.

She and her husband, Scott Olsson (a Loaves & Fishes volunteer), are 20 year Contra Costa County residents. Their two college-aged kids graduated from San Ramon Valley High School.
Wendy Wallis Wendy Wallis
Vice President

Wendy Wallis has been an accomplished sales and management professional for 20 years. Ms. Wallis has worked as a California licensed Real Estate Broker and Agent since 2002. She is Associate Broker and REALTOR® with Keller Williams Realty in Walnut Creek. Before entering real estate, Ms. Wallis was President of a hardware technology company, Intelligent Peripheral Devices; a software consulting company, Gayre Corporation; and principal of a sales training and motivational speaking company, GrowthMasters.

She has served on the Boards of: YWCA of Contra Costa County, National Women’s Political Caucus, National Association of Women Business Owners, The Jon Sims Center for the Performing Arts.


Robert Huddleston
Secretary



Rob Melrose - Treasurer Rob Melrose
Treasurer

Rob Melrose retired from Wells Fargo after thirty-six years in computers.  In his career Rob worked on breakthrough systems that are now commonplace.

He learned from Wells Fargo’s Chairman that: “If you don’t know the numbers, you cannot effectively serve your customers.”  Rob believes a non-profit’s budget is where we show donors that we value the trust they place in us to do what is right with their gifts.

Rob, who enjoys helping people, began as a volunteer at Loaves & Fishes Martinez Dining Facility, and is now Board Treasurer.   He also volunteered at Morello Park Elementary School’s computer laboratory.

Rhea Bennett Rhea Bennett Rhea Bennett is a native of Contra Costa and is a former teacher and bookseller.  She has a BA from  Gonzaga University in Spokane and has done graduate work at University of San Francisco. She has been involved with Loaves and Fishes as a volunteer for over 12 years and on the Board for almost a year.  She is active in Just Faith, SJV Women"s Board and SJV Bereavement Hospitality and Grief Support.

Eleanor Bonner Eleanor Bonner is a business process, audit professional based in Walnut Creek, formerly with the University of California, Berkeley, Audit & Advisory Services.  She is active in her church's Welcome/Orientation and Pastoral Care to Homebound Members ministries.

She joined the Loaves & Fishes Board in June 2010, and serves on the LFCC Development and Planning Committee, and chairs the Audit Committee.


Clifford Seaholm Clifford Seaholm is an Information Technology management professional, formerly with Kaiser Permanente and Bank of America.  He has a MS in Computer Science from Northern Illinois University. He is a Loaves and Fishes volunteer, assisting in the kitchen and maintaining the LFCC website. 

He joined the Loaves & Fishes Board in February 2010, and serves on the LFCC Marketing & Communications and Development and Planning Committees.

John Stone - Chairman John Stone
































 

Our Board

Una Somerville, President

Wendy Wallis, Vice President

Robert Huddleston, Secretary

Rob Melrose, Treasurer

Rhea Bennett

Eleanor Bonner

Clifford Seaholm

John Stone

Our Staff

Michael Baroman-Coggins
Executive Director
mike@loavesfishescc.org

Rodger Jensen
Volunteer Services Manager
rodger@loavesfishescc.org

Joleen Lafayette
Development Director
joleen@loavesfishescc.org

Carmen Schiavone
Catering Kitchen Manager & Chef
carmen@loavesfishescc.org

Carol Babcock
Operations Manager
carol@loavesfishescc.org