TPO Community Involvement

TPO Principals and Consultants have contributed (or are currently contributing) to the community in the following volunteer capacities:

• Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra (Dorothy’s Place) – ongoing consulting, training and board of directors support
• Community Foundation for Monterey County – Center for NonProfit Excellence: Volunteer Executive Coaching services Committee member for Capacity Builders
• Monterey Rotary Member/Board Officer
• Past Monterey Peninsula Chamber Board member
• Monterey Peninsula Chamber Volunteer HR Support Services (Recruitments, Employee Relations, etc.)
• Junior League Monterey member
• Make a Wish Foundation donors
• Central Coast YMCA Board Chair/Member; Chair of the Strategic Planning Task Force, Diversity Initiative Task Force member; annual board retreat facilitator pertaining to implementing the Central Coast YMCA’s Strategic Plan; Annual participant in both the Watsonville Family YMCA branch and the Monterey YMCA branch Community Support Campaigns
• Board of Managers – YMCA
• Monterey County Red Cross Personnel Committee Advisor
• Big Sur Marathon Board Member
• Past President/Current Advisory Board member, Central Coast Human Resource Association
• Professional Development Director, Central Coast Human Resource Association Board of Directors
• United Way Allocations Panel
• Soroptomist Club
• Cancer Society Volunteer
• Charitable Council Board
• Chair- Training & Development Sub-Committee for the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
• Secretary on the Board of Directors for the Central Coast Human Resource Association
• Author various articles and columns for associations, including for the Monterey and Carmel Chamber newsletter
• Guest speakers for Profile, a group through the EDD for job-seeking professionals
• Volunteer Career Counselors for Homeward Bound, a program helping participants transition from homelessness to self-sufficiency
• Morgan Hill Rotary – New Member Red Badge Committee Chairperson; Programs Committee Chair
• GEAC (Gavilan Employers Advisory Committee) – Past Chairperson
• Morgan Hill YMCA – Volunteer
• Leadership Morgan Hill – participant and member of the Board of Directors
• Participants and sponsors in various charity fundraising events, such as: the Human Race, Diabetes Foundation, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
• Cosponsors of “Grief in the Workplace”, a Hospice Foundation fundraiser
• Board Member Santa Clara Chapter of NCHRA — Media Committee Chair
• Girl Scouts of Monterey County – HR Skills Workshop