YPN Board Celebrates Accomplishments, Looks Ahead

The annual YPN board dinner was held at Bird and the Bottle on November 14th.

Earlier this week, the 2016 YPN board took some time to celebrate the organization’s accomplishments of the past year. YPN is very proud to have produced a variety of great professional development events and networking BASHes designed to empower and connect our 290 young professional members.

During the dinner, YPN’s 2015 Chair, Elizabeth Barron of BPM, and 2016 Chair, Aaron Friedman of Signarama, were recognized for their outstanding leadership. Outgoing board members were also recognized for their contributions:

  • Abe Daniels of Kaiser Permanente (2016 YPN Chair of Professional Development Committee)
  • April Varellas of Sonoma Clean Power (2016 YPN Chair of Events Committee)
  • Brittanie Haberthur of The Business Resource (YPN Events Committee and 2014 Signature Event Chair)

In 2016, YPN was proud to put on two big annual events:

  • 2016 YPN Summit in April included a keynote by John Kilcullen, SVP/GM LightWorkers Media at MGM and the Creator of the For Dummies book series, and a State of the Young Professional speech by California State Senator Mike McGuire. The event also included other speakers from a variety of well known Sonoma County companies including Keysight, Francis Ford Coppola Winery and Sonic.
  • 2016 SuperBASH in August was an entertainment extravaganza that showcased two live bands, a full BBQ dinner and yard games for a fun twist to the standard networking event.

As we look ahead to 2017, YPN is finding ways to increase member value by offering free BASHes for all members. YPN would like to welcome our new 2017 board members and our new 2017 Chair:

  • Ben Lehr of Lehr Insurance (2017 YPN Chair)
  • Matt Ellis of Kaiser Permanente
  • Justin Weber of SERVPRO of Sonoma County
  • Sunny Chandi of Chandi Restaurant Group
  • Jodi Porter of Social Advocates for Youth (SAY)
  • Melissa Ryan of BPM
  • Cheriene Griffith of Chevoo
  • Elizabeth McCarthy of Arena Galleries
  • Morgan Griswold of E.R. Sawyer Jewelers