NorCal Association Board & Directory

Northern California State Board of Directors

Association Director

Bruce Mackinlay – Email 

Association Assistant Director

Marilyn Tamura – Email 

Secretary

Cinde Ayers – Email 

Treasurer

Wendy Thomas – Email 

Assistant Treasurer

OPEN – Email 

Membership Director

Cameran Haire – Email 

Communications Director

Kristen Friend – Email 

Team Director

Jessica Fusco – Email 

Volunteer Director

OPEN – Email 

Officials Director

Caroline Lebar – Email 

Events Director (Tournaments)

Isabel Gervis – Email 

Emeritus AD

Diedre Girod – Email 

State Problem Captains:

Problem 1

Nicholas Young – Email 

Problem 2

Cheri Meadows – Email 

Problem 3

Sunil Dhar – Email 

Problem 4

Jonathan Drogin – Email 

Problem 5

Kristen Friend – Email 

Score Captain

Paul Jacobs – Email 

Spontaneous Problem Captain

Cathy Parker – Email 

***Thank you to all these volunteers for helping make the program strong for the students of Northern California.***

LATEST NEWS
  • How are Spontaneous Problems Chosen for Competitions?
    Approximately ⅓ of your final calculated score is based on Spontaneous. Practice, practice, practice…AND…Have fun realizing that on-the-spot creativity can be helped along with advanced prep!
  • Good News! You Can Modify.
    This is when teams are re-evaluating their solutions in light of their experiences at their Qualifying Tournament. And yes, you have the opportunity to make adjustments to your solution given what you learned.
  • Time to Celebrate!
    Congratulations! You and your team did it! As you know by now, just getting your team to the tournament and overcoming all the challenges before, during and after competition is QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT!