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VWS Board of Directors

Bill Kampe, Vice Chair
Councilmember and Mayor Pro Tempore, City of Pacific Grove
Retired Marketing Executive, Agilent Technologies
Bill spent 35 years in Hewlett-Packard Co. and Agilent Technologies in various marketing roles, including product line leadership and group marketing roles with roles to understand and meet customer needs and to develop business strategies. In Agilent Technologies he led the corporate website team, environmental and social responsibility programs, company balanced scorecard measurement, and quality operations. Bill and his wife Cheryl now reside in Pacific Grove, CA, where he is active in civic affairs and acts as “artist’s assistant” for his wife’s work in painting the local coastal landscapes and wildlife.

Dave Whipple, PhD
Pacific Grove, COO Advanced Onion, Inc and Retired Professor, Naval Postgraduate School.
Dave is a proven entrepreneur who holds a Ph.D. in economics. In 1999, he retired from a career at the Naval Postgraduate School where he was Associate Provost for Innovation and Founding Director of IDEA, the Institute for Defense Education and Analysis. Since that time, through Statcon, his consulting firm, he has done business development for a number of network based learning and other technology companies, largely in Silicon Valley. Currently, he serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Onion, a technology company that provides business development services.

Virdette L. Brumm, PhD - Secretary
Pediatric Neuropsychologist
A native Californian, Virdette L. Brumm received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from U.C. Berkeley and her Ph.D. (psychology) from the University of Southern California. She has had a long-standing commitment to habitat restoration, species preservation, and protection of the California coast. She is a member of the Sierra Club, Monterey Bay Aquarium, and the League of Women Voters. She is a volunteer for the SPCA of Monterey County Wildlife Center and the Organization of Regional Coastal Activists. Virdette and her husband, Dr. Robertson Parkman, reside in Pebble Beach.

Rachelle F. Onishi, Treasurer
Rachelle has over twelve years of experience implementing, assessing, and/or making recommendations for the improvement of internal controls in the Monterey County non profit industry. She is a Certified Public Accountants (Inactive) and a Physical Therapy Assistant. She holds other advisory board positions in Monterey nonprofit organizations that are not in conflict with VWS. She has served in leadership at the Monterey Toastmasters Clubs and Area levels, as well as Conference Chair of District 4 Toastmasters, which covers San Francisco to Monterey Bay Areas. Rachelle enjoys hiking, catch and release flyfishing, and practicing Yoga.

Alison Barratt
Alison Barratt is Communications Associate Manager at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Alison has worked in the environmental non-profit sector for the last 9 years, after 12 years in private business and government. A passionate advocate for wildlife, Alison loves observing and photographing wildlife, when she's not home in Monterey with her rescue cat and dogs.

Sarah Berling
Psychotherapist
Sarah Berling grew up in Carmel, CA. She started bird watching in elementary school and has continued birding nationally and internationally since that time. Sarah graduated from Stanford University and earned a Master's Degree at Denver University. She has been on the boards of the Monterey College of Law, the SPCA, the Carmel Foundation, and Carmel Heritage.

Sandy Decker
Businessman/Artist, Decker Studios
Sanford (Sandy) Decker is an artist, sculptor, and naturalist. Sandy became involved with Ventana Wildlife Society 12 years ago when he learned about the California Condor while sketching and hiking in Los Padres National Forest. Sandy is the owner and founder of Decker Studios, a full service fine arts atelier, in Los Angeles.

Board Emeritus

William R. Hearst III
Venture Capital and Philanthropy

Ada Lucido
IBM Senior Systems Engineer, Retired

                                                                                    
Sal (Salvatore) Lucido
Co-Founder, Businessman, Retired
 
 
General Counsel

Wendy Buck
JD, Buck & Mallett
 
Consulting Veterinarian

Amy Wells
DVM, Carmel Valley