North Bay Business Journal

Q&A: Mike Purvis, Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa

Mike Purvis is the chief administrative officer for Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa, which will soon be relocated from the aging Chanate facility, the former county-run Community Hospital, to a brand new, $284 million medical campus next to the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts.

Mr. Purvis will be a panelist at the Business Journal’s health care conference on Nov. 30, where he will discuss the new hospital and how it will impact Sonoma County.

SRJC names new president

Dr. Frank Chong will succeed Dr. Robert F. Agrella as superintendant and president of Santa Rosa Junior College, following the current president’s 21 years in the position. “I am grateful for the trust that the board of trustees has placed in me and honored to become part of the vibrant, growing Sonoma County community,” said Dr. Chong. Dr. Chong, currently the deputy assistant secretary for community colleges at the U.S. Department of Education, will begin in his new role on Jan. 11. He was formerly the president of Laney College in Oakland and Mission College in Santa Clara, as well as the campus dean and dean of student affairs at San Francisco City College. The Santa Rosa Junior College Board of Trustees selected Dr. Chong from a field of 42 applicants.

North Bay leaders in accounting

The accounting leaders featured here were selected from the Oct. 24 Business Journal list of the largest North Bay accounting firms.

People: Week of Nov. 21, 2011

People news for the north San Francisco Bay area

Pauli elected to lead statewide winegrape group

Longtime Mendocino County winegrape grower Bill Pauli was elected chairman of the California Association of Winegrape Growers at its Nov. 10 board meeting.

Third generation to take helm of La Tortilla Factory

SANTA ROSA — Culminating a several-year family business succession plan, Sam Tamayo will take over as chief executive officer of La Tortilla Factory in January, the company announced today.

North Valley Bancorp appoints Patrick Kilkenny as director

Mr. Kilkenny served as president, director and CEO of Redwood Empire Bancorp and National Bank of the Redwoods before retiring in 2006.

Scott Setterlund: Getting to that 12-to-1 return on wellness

Scott Setterlund, employer relations specialist for Sutter Health, has been promoting wellness for over 20 years. In his current role, Mr. Setterlund is responsible for incorporating wellness and work site strategies for mid size to large employers, for all of Sutter’s network in San Francisco, Marin and Sonoma counties, a region that includes hospitals as well as the Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation.

Jill Kinney: Health clubs can play an even larger role in wellness

Jill Kinney, the founder and of Club One, Inc. and the managing director of Clubsource, began working in corporate wellness in 1979, for a Marin County cardiologist who she said decided to take a proactive approach to health, particularly executives. She was chief operating officer of Western Athletic Clubs for eight years before she started Club One.

Gary Greensweig: Moving from ‘episodic’ to ‘longitudinal’ care

Family practice physician Dr. Gary Greensweig is currently the chief medical officer for St. Jospeh Health System-Sonoma County, overseeing medical operations at Santa Rosa Memorial and Petaluma Valley hospitals, as well as numerous outpatient and mobile clinics. He has practiced as a primary care physician in Santa Rosa since 1979.

People: Week of Nov. 14, 2011

Banking and Finance Russell  Colombo, CEO of Ban k of Marin, received the Italian-American Citizen of the Year award from the Cristoforo Colombo Club of Marin on Oct. 14. He was honored at the annual Marin County Columbus Day Civic Celebration in San Rafael. Construction John Griffin joined Coastland Civil Engineering as a senior engineer. [...]

Former Santa Rosan Shurtleff sets a Rotary milestone

Check “Visit 200 Rotary clubs around the world” off Gordon Shurtleff’s bucket list.

Okay, it’s not a big deal to non-Rotarians, but in his world – 1.25 million global community leaders dedicated to service above self – this is big stuff.

Leaders in commercial real estate development

Developers are listed by county and in alphabetical order by the firm.

People: Week of Nov. 7, 2011

Banking and Finance North Valley Bank appointed Terrance Davis as senior vice president and business banking officer at the company’s Santa Rosa branch.  Mr. Davis has been in the financial services industry for over 20 years, including eight years as president of Summit State Bank. He was also executive vice president and chief operating officer [...]

Palm Drive names two new board members

SEBASTOPOL — Former small business owner Mark Inman and family physician John Canova , M.D., were appointed to the Palm Drive Health Care District Board of Directors Wednesday night during a special session of the board.

Circle Bank names Sonoma County VP and area manager

Novato-based Circle Bank has hired long-time community banking executive Tom Rose for the newly created position of vice president/area manager for Sonoma County.

Santa Rosa chamber names executive director for BEST jobs effort

SONOMA COUNTY — The Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce today announced the appointment of Carolyn Stark as executive director of the Building Economic Success Together program, a countywide economic development organization created to spur job growth while making Sonoma County more economically competitive.

People: Week of Oct. 31, 2011

Education Sonoma Academy in Santa Rosa has added four new members to its board of trustees for 2011-12. They are: Quincey Imhoff of Healdsburg, Judy Jordan of Healdsburg, Nancy Lasseter of Glen Ellen, and C. Paul Johnson of Santa Rosa. Finance RPM Mortgage, Inc. added Christopher Caproni to its RPM Mill Valley branch. Mr. Caproni [...]

People: Week of Oct. 24

Health Care Partnership HealthPlan of California  announced two additions to its  administrative staff.  Dr. Richard Fleming has accepted the position of regional medical director for Yolo and Solano counties.  Tammy Fisher, MPH, has accepted a position as the new director of quality and performance mprovement. Dr. Fleming received his M.D. from U.C. San Francisco and [...]

People news: Week of Oct. 17, 2011

Construction The Marin Builders Association elected new officers for 2011-2012. They are: Aimi Dutra, The Dutra Group, president; Jeff Mertel, Mertel Carpets, vice president; Jim Schalich, Schalich Bros. Construction, treasurer and Tyler Doherty, Cal-West Rentals, Inc., secretary. Re-elected to 3-year terms are Ms. Dutra; Jeff Grady, Grady Financial and Keith Dotto, Dotto Glass. Newly elected [...]