Maureen Kane
Maureen Kane is the CEPO and California Technical Track for Clerks Institutes Director. She served as a member of the Riverside City Council from 1993 to 2002. Other affiliations include: Past member of the National League of Cities Finance, Administration, and Intergovernmental Relations Committees, Chair of the CA League of Cities Revenue & Taxation Committee, Past President of numerous non-profit organizations – including the CA Association of Leadership Programs. Maureen is a licensed registered nurse and mother of four grown daughters.

Pamela Miller
Pamela Miller is the CEPO Program Director. She currently resides in Benton Harbor, Michigan, where she works as Project Manager for The Consortium for Community Development. Her work there includes organization and individual capacity building, as well as community development. She is also the Vice President of the Benton Harbor Downtown Development Authority. Her public sector experience includes Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and Administrative Manager for the County Executive Office for Napa County, Deputy City Clerk for the City of Vallejo and as a consultant to Contra Costa County. In addition to her public sector experience, she has 25 years of private sector management and customer care experience, including project management and strategic planning for telecommunications, internet and employment services companies. Ms. Miller has earned a B.A. Degree from Siena Heights University, a certification in Total Quality Management, held the Certified Municipal Clerk accreditation, and is a graduate of CEPO and the Training of Trainers Program.

Silvia Nakkach, M.A., M.N.T.
Named by Utne Reader magazine as one of forty cutting-edge artists that will shake the art world in the new millennium. She is a pioneer in the field of sound and transformation of consciousness, an award-winning composer, a psychologist, a voice-culturist, and an author. She has created an innovated repertoire of vocal therapeutic techniques that have become landmarks in the field of sound and music therapy, and voice coaching. She is in the faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco where she is the creator and coordinator of a new certificate program on Sound, Voice and Music Healing. She is the founding director of the international Vox Mundi School of the Voice. Silvia has been a CEPO trainer for ten years. For more information on Silvia’s background visit voxmundiproject.com.

Tim O'Donnell
Tim is a member of the CEPO Board.  Tim has been active in municipal government for the past 34 years, serving four different communities. His current assignment is City Manager for the City of Brea, California. Brea has over 500 full and part-time employees, and an annual operating budget of over $100 million. Prior to becoming City Manager, Tim was Brea’s Assistant City Manager for 10 years beginning in 1990. In that capacity he was responsible for the management of all internal city operations and directed the Department of General Services which consisted of Communications & Marketing, Management Information Systems, and Public Safety Communications Divisions. He also oversaw preparation of the City’s annual budget and was responsible for legislative analysis and other special projects. His extensive background also includes three years with the City of Garden Grove as Manager of its Human Services Department, and three years with the City of Bellflower.Tim is an ICMA-credentialed City Manager, a professional recognition earned by fewer than 10% of City Managers nationally. He is also Co-Chairman of the Cal-ICMA Preparing the Next Generation Committee, a program aimed at identifying and preparing the next generation of public managers. A 1989 CEPO graduate, Tim has also served as an adjunct faculty member for the University of La Verne and California State University, Fullerton, teaching public administration, human resources management, and entrepreneurial government topics to graduate students. Tim is nationally known as a leader in the field of entrepreneurial government, and leads Brea’s impressive entrepreneurial initiatives which currently represent 25% of the city’s General Fund revenues. In fact, in 1995 Tim was singled out as a “Champion of Change” by the State of California Entrepreneurial Government Workshop series and was a featured presenter for that internationally televised training series.

Shirley Poitras
Shirley Poitras is a CEPO graduate and has been a CEPO senior trainer for over 26 years. As a Senior Associate of Sentient Systems, Inc. for eight years, Shirley worked with CEPO founder David G. Jones, Ph.D., conducting team building, strategic planning, citizen participation, training of trainers and leadership workshops. Prior to joining Sentient Systems, Inc., Shirley was Assistant City Clerk and Interim City Clerk for the City of Palo Alto. Her background also includes experience in peer counseling for the dying and grieving. She is currently an independent contractor working with cities and counties throughout the State of California.

John Rivera
Prior to his retirement in 2009, John worked in municipal government for over 33 years and concluded his career as the Regulatory Compliance Administrator for the City of Modesto. John holds a B.A. in Biology plus State of California Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Compliance and Laboratory Certifications. John is a member of the Water Environment Federation. John retired from the City of Modesto where he was responsible for all water quality National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Permits including development and negotiating with the Water Boards. John is a 2005 graduate of CEPO and in 2007 completed the CEPO Training of Trainers program. Currently John is doing consulting work for the City of Modesto.

Wandzia Rose
Ms. Rose is a management consultant and Integrative Coach professional, partnering with individuals and assisting organizations in identifying opportunities and actions to overcome obstacles and enhance performance (www.rosecoachingandconsultancy.com). As an effective “organizational translator”, Ms. Rose uses her ability to “see the bigger picture” along with her knowledge of behavioral dynamics in effecting transformational change needed to create high-functioning, outcome-driven individuals and teams. Ms. Rose also employs her significant field experience as an information technology executive to assist agencies in aligning their information technology resources with strategic business priorities. Prior to going into private practice, Ms. Rose served in the public sector for over 25 years, holding key executive positions in large and medium-size public agencies as well as educational institutions, including Interim City Manager and Assistant City Manager (City of San Leandro, 1988-2001), and Chief Information Officer (City of San Jose, 2001-2004). Ms. Rose has earned a B.A. degree from the University of San Francisco, is a certified Sentient System’s “Beyond Bravery: The Courage to Lead” as well as “Success Signals” trainer, and co-created the “Performance Leadership” leadership training program (www.DunkinWorks.com). She currently serves as President of the Wladyslaw Poniecki Charitable Foundation and as a Member of the CEPO Board. She is also an active member of the International Coach Federation and Coach Success Network.

Dave Spiller
Dave’s public service started with the San Diego Police Department, where he worked as a patrol officer for a short time before joining the Mountain View Police Department in Northern California. With well over a decade of service with the Mountain View Police Department, Dave earned a strong reputation as an effective problem solver and collaborator, ultimately rising to the rank of Sergeant. Dave then sought out a position with the City of Pleasanton and joined the Pleasanton Police Department as the Administrative Lieutenant. After promoting to Captain, Dave has managed both major divisions of the Pleasanton Police Department and currently oversees the Operations Division and all uniform services for the organization. Dave cites the success of his organization is based on quality people and the special, supportive nature of the Pleasanton community. Dave has an Associate Degree in Administration of Justice from De Anza College in Cupertino, a Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco as well as a Master’s degree from Saint Mary’s College in Public Sector Leadership. Dave is a graduate of the Senior Management Institute for Police from the Kennedy School of Government and the Police Executive Research Forum and will graduate from the California POST Command College in September of 2009. Dave, his wife Kathleen and daughter Nicole live in the Tri-Valley area of San Francisco’s east bay.