President
KIRK TABER
Taber Creative Group

Chairman of the Board

DARLA YETTER
SureWest
Ms. Yetter joined SureWest Communications in 1986 and has held a series of positions with increasing responsibilities, which involved administrative, accounting and regulatory duties. She began working directly with the President in 1994 and was appointed Assistant Secretary of SureWest Communications and each of its subsidiaries in 2000. She was subsequently elevated to the position of Secretary in 2003. She was also appointed to the Board of the SureWest Political Action Committee as Secretary, Treasurer in 2001. Ms. Yetter is a member of the Board of Directors of Roseville Arts and is a past member of the Roseville Chamber of Commerce Business Arts Committee. She earned her bachelor's degree in Finance at California State University, Sacramento.

Vice President

RAMAK FAZELI
Fazeli Investment Strategies
Mr. Fazeli is the owner of Fazeli Investment Strategies and has been in the investment industry for over ten years. His office is located in Roseville. He is active in the Roseville Chamber of Commerce as an Ambassador. Mr. Fazeli serves on the board as Treasurer and is also on the Home and Garden Tour Committee. He enjoys spending time with his family and traveling.

E. HOWARD RUDD
Integral Financial Management

E. Howard Rudd is Integral Financial Management’s principal investment advisor. Mr. Rudd provides a full range of financial advisory services, including tax, insurance, and investment management services to individuals and business. In addition, Howard is licensed by the State of California as an independent Life, Health, and Disability Insurance Agent and as a Registered Tax Preparer. Howard is a graduate of the University of San Francisco and holds a post-graduate management certificate from San Francisco State University. Prior to establishing Integral Financial Management in 1994, Howard was San Francisco/Bay Area Public Sector Financial and Operations Manager for Pacific Bell. His 26 year career with Pacific Bell provided in-depth exposure to, and understanding of, business issues and needs throughout the Bay Area and the Sacramento Metropolitan Area.

Currently, Howard is a member of the National Society of Accountants, and the California Society of Accounting and Tax Professionals. He serves on the board of directors of the Sierra College Foundation as 2007-2008 President and currently chairs Placer County’s Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) as the Public member. He serves on the Investment Committee of Placer Community Foundation and served on the recent Peace For Families Capital Campaign.

Directors

GENE MARCUCCI BELL

Vice President

Exchange Bank       

Ms. Bell has over 25 years experience in financial institution management and leadership, most recently serving as a Senior Lender with Exchange Bank, a $1.6 billion California banking corporation. Before that, Bell served as Executive Vice President and Director Retail Banking of Humboldt Bancorp, a $1.5 billion California bank holding company.

Ms. Bell was brought up and educated in Toronto and Montreal and relocated to Los Angeles in 1982, after working internationally for the Royal Bank of Canada for seventeen years. She moved with her family to Northern California in 1998 to enjoy the amenities and lifestyle available in the Sacramento and Lake Tahoe areas. Ms. Bell and her family have been active in community volunteerism for many years, focusing on varied community issues, such as enhancing educational opportunities for young children, appropriate land use issues and support for various women’s charities, and support for our troops in Iraq.

Happily married to an attorney, Garland Bell Jr., she has two children two high school age children Matthew, a nationally rated saber fencer and Kelly Bell, a coxswain for the CSUS Capital Crew.

ERIC BULL

Department Chair, William Jessup University

After teaching the wonder of learning to kids in K-8 for close to 25 years, I figured it was time to prepare some folks to take my place. I’m excited to be the Department Chair of Teacher Education at William Jessup University, in Rockllin.  My family recently relocated to the Sacramento area, in what I call my version of a mid-life crisis (in that it cost a lot of money and created great change in our lives).  We are enjoying the seasons, in great contrast to the constant fog of the Monterey Peninsula.  I earned a Masters in Administrative Education at San Jose State and a Doctorate in Science Education at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia.  I teach collaborative workshops all over the country to new and veteran teachers.  I love to travel and experience the art/artisans from different cultures and have lived in Nigeria and Australia.  Currently, I am on the Executive Board of Directors for the Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT), a new non-profit specializing in providing materials and workshops to educators. 

RASHIDA LILANI, CFP®

Financial Planner

Rashida Lilani is a Certified Financial Planner™ and the Principal of Lilani Wealth Management.  She provides comprehensive financial planning solutions, specializing in working with professional baby boomer women.  Rashida holds two bachelors degrees, one in Mathematics and another one in Finance.  She serves on the board of Financial Planning Association of Northern California, and is active with the Roseville Chamber of Commerce and Soroptomist International.  On a personal note, she enjoys gardening, yoga, hiking and spending time with her family. 

CINDY STRICKLAND

Art Consultant

As an art consultant in the Sacramento region, Cindy Strickland has been providing quality artwork from local artists—emerging and acclaimed—to commercial and residential clients for the last ten years. Ms. Strickland has managed art shows and auctions to benefit the Granite Bay Library’s Cultural Arts Committee, The Arts and Business Council of Sacramento and The Child Abuse Prevention Council of Placer and Sacramento Counties. She has also coordinated publicity and sponsorship for the Arts Council of Placer County’s Autumn Arts Tour, served as an art docent for 9 years for K-6 graders for the Placer County Office of Education and participated in the summer Arts in Education program through The Crocker Art Museum. In addition to being a long time member of Roseville Arts, she is also a member of the Crocker Art Museum, Roseville Chamber of Commerce, The Arts Council of Placer County, The Arts and Business Council of Sacramento, Placer Land Trust and CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) of Sacramento. Ms. Strickland has worked from her home in Granite Bay for the last 15 years. She is married to an amazing artist, Joe Strickland and is the mother of two wonderful sons.

DIANE WILLIAMS
Retired Delta Airlines

Diane is originally from Atlanta Georgia and has lived in Placer County since 1977.  She is married to Jim Williams of Williams + Paddon Architiects + Planners. They have two children, Matt and Carrie. Diane's passion is gardening.

Advisors

Staff

Administrative Assistant
VERONIKA NAGY

Veronika Nagy is a recent graduate from Califonia State University, Sacramento with a BA in Studio Art. She has been involved in Roseville Arts for several years as an intern while attending high school and college. As an intern, she has designed print media, such as posters, postcards, and programs for Roseville Arts' events and exhibitions. In her spare time, she enjoys developing her artistic and design skills.