Staff Contacts
NVTA’s staff is responsible for administration, planning, and project delivery. The staff implements the policies of the NVTA Board and manages multiple consultant projects, programming, and finances projects, and serves as the liaison with local project sponsors and regional, state and federal agencies.
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Executive Leadership
| Danielle Schmitz | Executive Director | dschmitz@nvta.ca.gov(opens email application) | (707) 259-5968 |
Communications & Outreach
| Emily Charrier | Communications & Outreach Coordinator | echarrier@nvta.ca.gov(opens email application) | (707) 253-4599 |
Engineering
| Grant Bailey | Program Manager – Engineering | gbailey@nvta.ca.gov(opens email application) | (707) 259-5951 |
| Jon Stanton | Associate Planner – Project Management | jstanton@nvta.ca.gov(opens email application) | (707) 259-8634 |
Human Resources and Administration
| Laura Sanderlin | Board Secretary/Human Resources | lsanderlin@nvta.ca.gov (opens email application) | (707) 259-8633 |
| Kathy Alexander | Senior Administrative Technician & Office Coordinator | kalexander@nvta.ca.gov (opens email application) | (707) 259-8631 |
| Arcie Alvarado | Administrative Assistant | aalvarado@nvta.ca.gov (opens email application) | (707) 259-8790 |
Finance
| Antonio Onorato | Director of Administration, Finance, & Policy | aonorato@nvta.ca.gov (opens email application) | (707) 259-8779 |
| Joanne Au | Senior Accountant | jau@nvta.ca.gov (opens email application) | (707) 259-8704 |
| Denis Salazar | Assistant Accountant | dsalazar@nvta.ca.gov (opens email application) | (707) 253-4688 |
| Renel Coombs | Procurement & Contracts Administrator | rcoombs@nvta.ca.gov (opens email application) | (707) 259-8790 |
Planning
| Diana Meehan | Planning and Programming Manager | dmeehan@nvta.ca.gov (opens email application) | (707) 259-8327 |
| Addrell Coleman | Associate Program Planner – Analyst | acoleman@nvta.ca.gov (opens email application) | (707) 259-8235 |
| Patrick Band | Senior Program Planner – Administrator | pband@nvta.ca.gov (opens email application) | (707) 259-8781 |
Transit
| Rebecca Schenck | Director of Transit | rschenck@nvta.ca.gov (opens email application) | (707) 259-8636 |
| Libby Payan | Senior Program Planner – Administrator | lpayan@nvta.ca.gov (opens email application) | (707) 259-8782 |
| Dexter Cypress | Associate Program Planner – Administrator | dcypress@nvta.ca.gov (opens email application) | (707) 259-8635 |
| Zaira Renteria | Bilingual Outreach Coordinator | zrenteria@nvta.ca.gov (opens email application) | (707) 259-5976 |