PERFORMING STARS

FELECIA GASTON, Marin City: Felecia founded Performing Stars of Marin in 1990. It is now a County institution that works with Marin’s underserved youth to build pride, character, discipline and self-esteem through exposure to and participation in the enrichment programs. Felecia's an activist, skilled in fundraising, media consultant and community connector.

SAUSALITO FOUNDATION

SONJA HANSON, Sausalito: Sonja spent most of her work life with public agencies. She has experience with the efforts needed in working with large bureaucracies. That experience has been of value while working with CalTrans and the County of Marin first on the Tunnel Lighting Brigade, and now on the All Our Children United.

SAUSALITO BEAUTIFUL

CAROLYN REVELLE, Sausalito: Carolyn has a Master of Architecture degree and 30 years’ experience in urban planning including as a community planner with a public agency in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. She helped develop a sequenced process for the tunnel project, prepared focused agendas, and facilitated Steering Committee meetings. As a Board member, and later, president of Sausalito Beautiful, she secured funding to jump-start the project by engaging architect/artist Raylene Gorum to prepare the design concept. Carolyn’s advocacy experience before public bodies led to securing a resolution of support from the Sausalito City Council.

AUTHOR, FUNDRAISER

SUSAN C. SHEA, formerly of Sausalito: Susan has held a number of leadership posts in higher education that included involvement with, or primary responsibility for raising private gifts and foundation funds for non-profit organizations. She was vice-president for advancement at Dominican University and created a national consulting practice for strategic communications and fundraising. She has served on the boards of Marin Open Studios and Parent Services Project and is the author of a number of books. She lived in Sausalito for 24 years; she now lives in Novato. She is coordinating the Steering Committee’s fundraising activities.

ARTS+ SCHOLARS FOUNDATION

COL. DR. SHIRLEY THORNTON, Marin City: Dr. Shirley Thornton is a scholar, author, educator, retired administrator, and US Army Colonel. Dr. Thornton served as a Deputy Superintendent, California Department of Education Specialized Programs Branch from 1985 to 1996 and was appointed to serve as Director of San Francisco Public Housing Authority. Dr. Thornton served on the Sausalito Marin City School Board for 16 years, left the board in 2014 to serve as Assistant Principal of Bayside Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy. She served on the Marin City Health and Wellness Clinic and presently serves on the board of Arts+ Scholars, a non-profit organization bringing quality art and music programs to the students of the Sausalito-Marin City School District.

Reporting to the Steering Committee as the paid designer of the installation art project: RAYLENE GORUM (project designer/artist), Sausalito: Raylene uses her architectural background to coordinate and create large scale public art installations. She supports her community as the Chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission, an art- focused volunteer at the Sausalito-Marin City School District’s Sausalito campus, as a Board member of the Sausalito Community Boating Center and through collaborations with Sausalito Beautiful and her live-aboard community at Galilee Harbor.