About Our Chapter & Leadership

2026 Board of Directors

Kate Mitchell Mehle, President
President & CEO, Thrive & Shine Collective

Steve McShane, Vice President
Director of Development and Community Relations, The Bridge Restoration Ministry

Alexa Dieterle, Secretary
Artistic Administrator, I Cantori di Carmel

Shelly Yellich, Treasurer
Major Gifts Officer, Sunset Cultural Center

Esther Hobbs, Communications Committee Chair
Development Director, Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula

Ilana Bofford-Entin, Membership Committee Chair
Principal, Blueprint Communications, LLC

Cecilia Romero, Director
VP of Philanthropic Services, Community Foundation for Monterey County

Hana Kong 

Major Gifts and Campaign Manager, Stevenson School 

Shannon Connor, Director
Executive Director, The Monterey Audubon Society

Vince LoForti, Director
Director of Alumni and Donor Relations, CSUMB