Steve Plamann
Vice President

and his family have been active members in the Mark West Area community and especially within the business community. He is currently the president of the Mark West Area Chamber of Commerce and has served in that role since 2014. Steve has worked for U-Haul international for twenty-years and twenty-plus years with Aaction Rents. Steve and his wife owned Hammerfriar Gallery and Custom Framing in Healdsburg from 2005 until 2017. He and his wife have two children and three grandchildren.

Brad Sherwood
President

Brad and his family reside in Larkfield Estates where they rebuilt their home after the 2017 Tubbs Fire. He served his community as a Block Captain during the rebuild and co-founded the Larkfield Resiliency Fund, a non-profit created to help rebuild the community. Brad served on the Mark West Union School District Board of Trustees and Mark West Area Citizens Advisory Council. He is an assistant general manager at Sonoma Water where he manages business services and external affairs. He is the president of the Mark West Area Chamber of Commerce. A fifth-generation Californian, Brad is committed to rebuilding the Mark West Area better and more resilient.

Heidi Would
Clerk

Born and raised in Sebastopol, Heidi moved to Wikiup in 2007. She has a background in business ownership and has volunteered for many years for local community organizations. After a twenty-year career in graphic design and communications she shifted her vision to real estate and is a licensed Realtor with Corcoran Icon Properties. Heidi has an abundance of dedication to Sonoma County, her long-term knowledge of growth and development allows her to share the history as well as the progression of growth in the area. She is an active member of the Mark West Area Chamber and is involved in local non-profit boards and committees including Goodwill Industries, Council on Aging and vice chair for the Mark West Area Municipal Advisory Council. 

Dmitri Menzel
Director

Dmitri Menzel is a married father with three children 26, 24 and 11. He is recently retired after working 30 years in the Fire Service. Dmitri started his career as a Firefighter / Paramedic and found himself finishing his career as Deputy Fire Chief. He is a local resident in the Berrybrook neighborhood and is the current President of their Homeowner's Association. Dmitri has lived in Sonoma County for more than 40 years. He enjoys traveling, SCUBA diving, kayaking and generally spending time outdoors with his family. 

Roni Berg
Director

Roni has lived in Fulton for 30 years with her husband of 43 years. She has an Art Degree/Graphic Design and worked in the nonprofit/municipal sectors for Walnut Creek Civic Arts, American Cancer Society, March of Dimes and KRCB Public Television.

From 2016-2021 she served as Vice-Chair and Fulton Representative on the Mark West Citizens Advisory Council. As the Unofficial Mayor of Fulton (so dubbed in 2011 by then Supervisor Mike McGuire), Roni coordinates the annual Fulton Founders Day cleanup in downtown Fulton & Cemetery (in its 13th year).

Roni helped establish the Fulton Day Labor Center (located in Fulton Crossing) with the County and California Human Development. She received the “Spirit of Sonoma” award in 2017 from the Mark West Area Chamber of Commerce and is especially proud of Fulton’s two “Welcome Signs” that were the result of a yearlong effort with the County & Fulton residents.  In “retirement”: card games, FaceTiming with globe-trotting kids & grandkids and miniature golf.

Ron Calloway
Director

Ron and his family have resided in the Wikiup area since 2003. His employment background is in education. During Ron’s three decades in education, he served as a classroom teacher in Rincon Valley, and principal at San Miguel Elementary School in Mark West. Finally, Ron took the role of superintendent of the Mark West Union School District in 2011 and retired from the position in June of 2022. Ron and his wife have two adult sons.

Westin Miller
Treasurer

Westin and his family live in the Mark West area. They lost their home in the 2017 Tubbs fire, but rebuilt and moved back in 2019. During the rebuild process - which is still ongoing - Westin was a member of the block captain crew. As a lifelong resident of the bay area, and a manager of a local mortgage office, Westin is devoted to helping the community heal and rebuild.

Karen Fies
Director

Karen Fies serves as the At-Large representative on the Mark West Area Municipal Advisory Council. Karen has over 35 years in the field of social services and retired in October 2020 as the Director for the Sonoma County Human Services Department. As director, Karen managed over 900 employees and an annual budget of approximately $325 million.

Karen originally moved to the Mark West area in 1986. She and her husband, Brian, a writer and cartoonist, lost their home in the Tubbs Fire in 2017. They have rebuilt and moved back to the neighborhood where they raised their now adult twin daughters.

In her retirement, Karen enjoys volunteering for the community, gardening, reading, and walking her dog, Riley. In addition to her work with the MWCAC, she is on the boards of the United Way of the Wine Country and the Family Justice Center of Sonoma County. Karen has been a volunteer for the Girl Scouts of Northern California for over 25 years, chairing the Gold Award Committee for the North Coast region for the last 15 years. She looks forward to more adventures when the pandemic ends.

The Mark West Area Community Fund is recognized as a non-profit cooperative association under section 501 (c) 3 of the United State Internal Revenue Service tax code.  Our tax identification number is 92-2669449.  We operate on a fiscal year from January 1 to December 31.  Monetary and in-kind donations to the Mark West Area Community Fund are considered to be tax deductible, unless limited by law.