Commission Roster

The Sonoma Valley Community Advisory Commission (SVCAC) consists of eleven commissioners, three alternates, and two Emeritus (non-voting) commissioners, and 3 Ex-Officio (non-voting) members. Commissioners are appointed by both the First District Supervisor for residents of the unincorporated Sonoma Valley, and the City of Sonoma for residents of the City.

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District	First Name	Last Name	Position	Expiration
North Valley	Matthew	Dickey	Chair	5/24/2026
Springs East	Joanne	Brown	Vice Chair	1/25/2025
City of Sonoma	Donna	Dambach	Secretary	City
City of Sonoma	Ditty	Vella	voting	City
City of Sonoma	Isaac	Jenkins	voting	City
City of Sonoma Alternate	VACANT		voting if absence	City
County Alternate (at large)	Lindsay	Norman	voting if absence	9/24/2028
El Verano West	Nicolas	Brereton	voting	8/13/2028
El Verano West	Erik	Kokkonen	voting	11/10/2024
El Verano West	Randall	Roberts	voting	7/9/2028
North Valley	J Glen	Smith	voting	2/6/2028
South Valley	Terry	Crisler	voting	7/12/2026
Springs East	Fred	Allebach	voting	12/12/2027
City of Sonoma Emeritus	VACANT			City
City of Sonoma Ex-Officio	Patricia	Farrar-Rivas	Councilmember	City
City of Sonoma Ex-Officio Alternate	Ron	Wellander	Councilmember	City
County Emeritus	Mark	Bramfitt	Prior SVCAC Chair	County
County Ex-Officio	Tim	Freeman	Planning Commissioner	County
County Ex-Officio Alternate	Greg	Carr	Planning Commissioner	County
Staff-Minutes	Lin Marie	deVincent
Staff	Anna	Tamayo
1st District Supervisor	Rebecca	Hermosillo