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San Rafael's Lifehouse announces board change

Marin Independent Journal - 9/15/2017

Sept. 15--Lifehouse, a San Rafael nonprofit dedicated to providing support services to people with developmental disabilities, has announced two board appointments and one retirement.

Alan Brayton is an attorney and co-founder of Brayton Purcell LLP who served on the board from 2008 to 2014. He has been reappointed to his post on the board. Bruce Burtch, a marketing specialist who has worked as the public affairs manager for Marriott Corp. and as the public relations director of the United States Olympic Committee, has been appointed for the first time.

Board member Donna Vazifdar retired in June after nine years. She spent two years as board chair.

Other board members include Marsha Treadwell, chair; Joseph Spinelli, vice chair; Nancy Dow Moody, president and CEO; and Eric Aanes, Lia Economopoulos, Daniel Engel, Jacquie Gribens, John Kalb, LaDawn Reichling, James Ricks, Paul Smith, Justin Tedford and Nancy Toney.

Lifehouse started as a parent-led organization more than 60 years ago.

----Harold Lustig, a San Rafael financial adviser, and Sound Financial Strategies have opened a new office at La Plaza, 4340 Redwood Highway, Suite F110. A grand opening celebration is at 5 p.m.Oct. 12.

----Carola Detrick, president and owner of Meals of Marin, has been named president of the Rotary Club of San Rafael. Detrick joined the club in 2005, serving on the board of directors for the past five years. Detrick will serve one year as president.

----Clara Hogan, a former journalist, has been hired as the communications and programs director of the First Amendment Coalition, a San Rafael nonprofit dedicated to defending free speech. Hogan previously worked as a reporter at the Ceder Rapids Gazette in Iowa and was media strategist at New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. She was selected from more than 70 applicants and is expected to begin her role Sept. 27.

Movers and Shakers is compiled by Adrian Rodriguez and appears weekly. Send information to arodriguez@marinij.com.

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