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Monica’s involvement in Sausalito Sister Cities began in 2011 when she visited Sakaide as part of the Sausalito Sakaide Sister City delegation. She has represented Sausalito on several subsequent delegations to Sakaide. She now serves on the Sister Cities Inc. Board representing Vina Del Mar and is the Chair of the Vina Del Mar Operations [...]

Karen Aiken is on the Board of Sausalito Sister Cities Inc. representing the Operations Council for Vina Del Mar for which she is the Co-Chair. Formerly she was the Secretary with the Cascais, Portugal Youth Sailing Exchange Program. Karen has over 25 years of tech experience in building brands and implementing focused marketing strategies and [...]

Janet Chapman is the Secretary for the Cascais Operations Council. She became involved in Sausalito’s Sister Cities when her son participated in a delegation to Sakaide, Japan in 2001. Until her retirement in July 2014, Janet served as Senior Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) for Union Bank in San Francisco. A Certified Information Privacy [...]

Herbie Weiner is the Sausalito City Council Liaison for Sausalito Sister Cities, Inc. Herbie was elected to the City Council in 2006 and was re-elected in 2010 and 2014 to serve respective four year terms. He has a history of active involvement in Sausalito Sakaide Sister City having visited Sakaide several times as Mayor of [...]

In 2015 Cheryl became the Chair of Sausalito Cascais Operations Council and launched the first international youth sailing exchange program with the Sausalito Yacht Club and Club Navale in Cascais. She is a Board Member of Sister Cities Inc. representing Cascais Sister City. Cheryl Co-chaired the Vina Del Mar Sister City Program in 2013-2015 during [...]

Cathy is the Secretary for the Vina Del Mar Sister City’s Operations Council. She has participated in delegations to Vina Del Mar, Chile and hosted Vina Del Mar delegates in Sausalito. A resident of Sausalito since 1984 and currently a part-time tax consultant, Cathy has enjoyed a successful career as a CPA launching her own [...]

Bob Gould was recently appointed to the Sausalito Sister City Board with the portfolio of fund raiser on the newly created Foundation Committee.  He has had the opportunity to visit our sister cities in both Portugal and Chile and understands the importance of people to people communication and exchanges. He is currently serving on a [...]

Jim is a member of the Sausalito Sister Cities Inc Board and Vice-Chairman of the Sausalito Cascais Sister City Operations Council which he helped to establish. He currently serves as Treasurer of the Sausalito Historical Society and is also head of the Finance Committee for the Sausalito Portuguese Historical Society (aka IDESST). He was a [...]

Harry Chapman has been involved with the Sister City Program since 2001 when his oldest son, Harrison, was a delegate representing Sausalito in the exchange with Sakaide, Japan. Harry is married to Janet Chapman Secretary of the Vina Del Mar Operations Council. They have two sons, Harrison and Cole. The entire family has been to [...]

Susan has served as the President of Sausalito Sister Cities Inc. since its inception in September 2012 until January of 2021. Her unwavering leadership has been an incredible asset to the growth and success of the Sausalito Sister Cities, Inc. program. Susan has been the President of Sausalito Sister Cities Inc. since its inception in [...]