Nancy Finney

Nancy began her teaching career in the 1960s in the Alleghany Junior Senior High School, where she taught English, grades 7 through 12, for three years.  Although their professions took Nancy and her husband to other parts of California, they spent each summer at their home in Alleghany and considered Sierra County their residence. She joined the faculty at College of the Sequoias as reference librarian and advanced to Learning Resources Director, managing the library, tutorial, media services and distance ed programs at COS.

Having spent several decades of summers in Alleghany, in the midst of Tahoe National Forest, Nancy is well versed in the strongly felt community concerns each fire season.  She's a member of the Alleghany Volunteer Fire Department and attends Pliocene Ridge Community Service District meetings regularly.  She served recently as an interim member of the Board of Education, Sierra County.

Education:

• BA, English, San Francisco State University
• MA, Literature, San Francisco State University
• MLIS, San Jose State University

Kathleen Goicoechea

Most of Kathleen's professional background was in healthcare administration; managing physician practices, the indigent clinic, and practice administration. She serves on the board for Inc. Seniors of Sierra County in Loyalton and is the co-chair of the Health Care Coalition for Sierra County. She and her husband own and operate a ranch in Loyalton, CA and in her spare time paints both in watercolor and oils.

Education:

• Kathleen graduated from the University of Nevada-Reno in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business with an emphasis in accounting.

Peter Huebner

Peter is currently serving his third term with the Sierra County Board of  Supervisors and is on the following boards and committees for Sierra County:

• Personnel, Parks and Recreation
• Health and Social Services
• Public Works
• Roads and Solid Waste
• Law Enforcement & Justice
• Airport Advisory
• Risk Management
• Sierra County Business and Economic
• Western Sierra County Senior Housing & Care
• Nortec
• Northern Sierra Air Quality
• LAFCo
• Local Transportation
• Long Valley Groundwater District
• CSAC Board of Directors
• CSAC-Eia - alternate
• RCRC - Alternate
• Trindel
• Fish & Game
• Sierra County Fire Safe and Watershed Council, Inc.

After a sailing odyssey in the North and South Pacific from 1985 to 1991 he orchestrated an effort to get medical help to needy children in the islands of the South Pacific, arranging trips for volunteer doctors, dentists and nurses, so they could provide medical service and education to villagers on remote islands.

Among his many talents, Gary knows all about fire behavior from working many years for the US Forest Service as a smoke jumper, fire manager and safety officer.

Gary cares deeply about our community welfare as evidenced by his service on:

• The City of Loyalton Council as Vice Mayor

• President of Inc. Senior Citizens of Sierra County,

• Sierra County Transportation Committee,

• Health Care Coalition,

• The Sierra County Economic Development Committee

Andrew Winberry

Andrew is a Sacramento native who began visiting Sierra County frequently in 1999 and relocated here with
his wife Holly (a Sierra County native) in 2007 to work as a land use planner for Sierra County.  When not
at work or with family he is usually in the local backcountry climbing, skiing, exploring and learning.
As a land use planner for the County, Andrew is familiar with the County Code and General Plan and also
serves as a point man on water related issues such as Integrated Regional Water Management and
Statewide Groundwater Elevation Monitoring.  Andrew seeks to integrate knowledge in these areas with
the FireSafe planning and implementation efforts made by the Council.

Education:

• B.A. Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara 2001