Leadership
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
Meet WRMSDC's leaders spearheading Supplier Diversity in Northern California, Nevada, and Hawaii
Our Directors spend countless hours shaping the Council's goals, acting as the ignition and fuel to future developments.
2020 Board of Directors
Officiating Corporate Directors
Tanya Nixon
Board Chair
Kaiser Permanente
Lisa Castillo
Board Vice-Chair
AT&T
Kathleen Trimble
Board Secretary
Robert Half
Richard Chacon
Immediate Past
Board Chair
MUFG Union Bank, N.A.
Salvador Peinado, Jr.
Board Treasurer
Autodesk
Tom Thattacherry
Certification Chair
Genentech
Cecil Plummer
Council President
Corporate Directors
Alan Gartrell
Caesars Entertainment
Bobby Johnson
CLEAResults
Donna Ruff
MUFG Union Bank, N.A.
Harish Vakharia
Rose International
Lynn Reddrick
Federal Reserve Bank
of San Francisco
Mario Stadtlander
Eagle Promotions
Melinda Garcia, Esq.
Garcia & Gurney ALC
Walter Freeman
Apple, Inc
MBE Input Committee Members of the Board
Rahul Kuruvilla
MBEIC Board Chair
Triune Infomatics INC
Gerald Johnson
MBEIC Vice Chair Sabacon Consulting
Shabana Siraj
MBEIC Secretary
Trident Consulting
Reggie Burton, Jr.
Nevada Representative
RB Group
WRMSDC Staff
Cecil Plummer
President
Christine Liwai Garcia
VP of Program Development & Minority Business Services
Michael McQuarry
VP of Operations and Corporate Services
Rose Davis
Director of Corporate Services & MBE Development (Nevada)
Rosemary Wetzel
Director of Certification & Organizational Development
Sheena Lyons
Senior Events Manager
Kellie Payton
Certification Assistant