Community Resources for Children

Board of Directors

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  Janet Myers, Chair

  Janet Myers retired to the serenity of the Napa Valley after a career in high technology sales and marketing. She was born in Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin/Madison with a degree in English Literature. She has served on the board of Kara, a grief counseling agency in Palo Alto and volunteered at museums and arts organizations. She is currently serving as a volunteer docent at di Rosa Preserve in Napa. She and her husband Ray reside in St. Helena and have four children and six grandchildren.

  
  
  
  

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  Diane Bylund, Vice Chair

  Local Attorney Diane Bylund has served on many non-profit boards including, Napa County Bar Association, Legal Aid, Rotary, and the Solano County Bar Association. Her volunteer experience includes work with the Calistoga Art Center, Life Works, as well as the "Fighting Back" program in Vallejo, where she mentored at-risk youth. In her home town of St. Helena she has worked closely with foreign exchange students, and has appeared to observe and grade senior projects at the high school. Diane and her husband William, an architect, own and operate the Bylund House Wine Country Villa in St. Helena. They have two grown children and one grandchild.

  
  

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  Mary Smartt, Secretary

  Mary Smartt has lived in Napa since 2003, retiring here to be close to family after a long elementary teaching career in Orinda. She has a Bachelor's in History from University of California Berkeley, and is currently finishing a Master's Degree in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University. Mary worked in children's services at the Napa City County Library for two years and decided to combine her love of teaching reading with the new library skills for a second career. She is now the librarian for Blue Oak School in Napa. Mary joined the Board of Directors in 2008.

  
  

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  John Prescott, Past Chair

  John Prescott is Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer with Bank of Marin. He has been lending in the Napa Valley for over 20 years. John has been affiliated with Community Resources for Children for over 15 years as a Board Member, past Board Chair, and CRC Advisory Committee Member. He is also on the Board of Sustainable Napa County. John and his wife Joyce have been married for 42 years and have a grown daughter and two grandchildren, Alan who is four years old and Sophia who is a one year old going on two. John is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.

  
  

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  Deborah Boisot

  Deborah Boisot makes her home in Napa, and is retired after 25 years of teaching English at Napa High School. Born and raised in San Francisco California, she received her BA in English Literature from Mills College, and a Secondary Teaching Credential and Masters in English Literature from SF State University. Deborah has volunteered her time and talents with many organizations, including: the Napa Valley Opera League, Napa Valley Museum, Napa Valley Wine Auction,Di Rosa Preserve, and Master Gardeners. Prior to moving to Napa she spent two years living in Paris while she worked for an international organization and spent two years in New York where she worked for Harper's Bazaar.
  
  

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  Tanya K. Mahaphon, O.D.

  Dr. Tanya K. Mahaphon, FCOVD, FAAO purchased a private practice in Napa from Dr. Randall Cummings in July 2006. She is now the proud business owner of Eye Spy Vision Care Optometry. Tanya was previously the Chief of the Pediatrics and Binocular Vision Service at the College of Optometry at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She received her Doctor of Optometry degree in 1998 from Pacific University College of Optometry in Forest Grove, Oregon. She then completed a one-year residency in Vision Therapy at the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry from 1998-1999. Her residency experience includes the areas of strabismus, amblyopia, vision-related learning problems, head trauma rehabilitation, infant and pediatric optometric examinations, and vision training. Dr. Mahaphon also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Physiology and Neuroscience from UCSD in 1994. She currently holds fellowships in the College of Optometry in Vision Development and the American Academy of Optometry. Besides her career in optometry, Dr. Mahaphon is passionate about traveling, literature, music, food, giving back to the community and cultural experiences. She enjoys spending her time with her husband and friends. She loves her patients and living in friendly Napa Valley.

  
  

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  Susan Carr

  Susan Carr is a floral designer and local business owner of Artiste Fleuriste. She was born and raised in Ross California. She later lived in Sutter County where she raised her three children while farming and working the family's almond orchard business. Susan served as a member of the Brittan School District Board for 8 years and sat on various land use committees as an appointee of the District County Supervisor. She has a Bachelor's Degree from UC Davis and served as a member of a three-person group of UC Davis Alumni who interviewed high school seniors and college students for Alumni Scholarships. Susan has been active with the Napa Valley Arts Council, Opera House Theatre League and has been involved with Kitchens in the Vineyards and Music in the Vineyards. Susan makes her home in Napa and has three grown children, and 5 grandchildren.

  
  

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  Nancy McIlvaine

  Nancy McIlvaine, moved to Napa from San Francisco 6 years ago. She is the Vice President of Town & Country Resources, a domestic staffing agency, where she manages the recruitment and placement of staff in private homes. Her past experience also includes counseling children and families. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from the University of Arizona and a Masters in Social Psychology from San Francisco State University. Nancy, her husband and two young children, strive to live as “green and sustainable” a lifestyle as possible.

  
  
  
  

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  Carole Kent

  Carole Kent has returned to CRC to serve on the Board of Directors for an agency that she actually helped create in 1978! Carole, born and raised in the bay area, is a retired professor from Napa Valley College where she served as the department head for Child & Family Studies. Carole and her husband Keni, also a retired professor, enjoy traveling and gardening. Carole considers her current occupation as “farmer” and states that she is heavily involved with both Master Gardeners and Heifer International. She is excited to serve as a CRC Board Member where she can share her expertise in Early Childhood Education and happy to be doing something positive to support children and families in the Napa Community.

  
  

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  Megan Conroy

  Megan Conroy was born in Beaufort, South Carolina and grew up in Atlanta Georgia. She has lived in Napa for the past four years and has three children: Katie, Jack and Molly. Megan has taught for nineteen years in both public and independent schools in South Carolina and in California. Her teaching experiences ranges from Kindergarten through grade 8. While in college, Megan volunteered in the family day care center and spent some summer vacations working in centers in San Francisco. Through this experience, and having three children of her own, she has always had a deep interest and respect for the importance of quality child care. Megan holds a BA in Humanities from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and an MA in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of San Francisco.