GPNA Board Members
The GPNA Board meets monthly. Meeting dates & times are posted on our calendar. Meetings are open to all Members. Because meetings are held in Board Members' homes, address is not publicized on the calendar. If you wish to attend an upcoming Board Meeting, email us at info@gerstlepark.com for location information. If you wish to send a letter to all GPNA Board Members, email to bod@gerstlepark.com and it will forward to all GPNA board members.
Gina Silvestri, President
Gina and her husband Ben have lived in Gerstle Park since 2004. In addition to working full-time in San Francisco she also co-manages her family’s eight unit apartment building here in the neighborhood. Because of that, she brings a unique perspective to the Board. She has found the past 5 years on the GPNA Board to be exciting, rewarding, and very educational. Highlights have been organizing the annual Garage Sale, introducing a summertime bocce event, and most recently helping re-launch our new gerstlepark.com website. Being on the Board has also been a great opportunity for her to see the power we have as a neighborhood group to directly work with the City on critical issues affecting all of us.
Hugo Landecker, Vice President
Hugo and his wife have lived in Gerstle Park since 1968 and have participated in community affairs ever since. Hugo was instrumental in organizing the Gerstle Park Neighborhood Association in 1971. He served on its Board of Directors, helped draw up the bylaws and then a neighborhood plan. A three time past GPNA President and current head of GPNA Open Space Committee and the GPNA Committee for project review. Hugo also serves on the Federation of San Rafael Neighborhoods Steering Committee. He established and coordinates the San Rafael Heritage for Historic Preservation. Hugo wants the GPNA to develop a neighborhood plan based upon a 2004 draft to better plan for the future of our neighborhood and to make Gerstle Park a better place to live.
Ross Parmenter, Treasurer
Ross is a native Californian raised in Marin and San Francisco and has lived with his family in Gerstle Park since 1990. He also has an insurance agency in Gerstle Park. Ross joined the Board in 2013, inspired by an interest in local government. He wanted to learn what makes this town tick. With the epiphany that a little hard work and enthusiasm would guide him to learn from predecessors and current Board members, he already better understands the forces of change in our neighborhood, be they government, business owners or residents. His hope is to help shape and better our community. He feels San Rafael and Marin are among the best places on earth. Working together we can gain rational understanding of local situations. He hopes to meet many people in and around our town to absorb the goings on. Eventually he will have a grasp of our future and why and how we got there.
Josselyn Robertson, Corresponding Secretary
Josselyn has lived in Marin all her life and in San Rafael since 1975. She is retired now but worked many years for San Rafael School District as an elementary school teacher and later as the District Librarian. Three years ago they decided to down size and move closer to down town. For a long time they were drawn to the Gerstle Park neighborhood. As if by magic, the day their old house sold they drove down Bayview Street and saw a cute little Victorian for sale. The rest is history! Greg, Sophie dog and Josselyn love their new neighborhood. For Josselyn, there is a very special feel here ... unlike anywhere else in Marin. People are so interesting and diverse and there is a definite feeling of community. During the last few years she has seen how much the GPNA Board does and feels it is a responsibility for all of us to participate to keep Gerstle Park a special place. As a Board member she looks forward to learning more about issues in San Rafael. She is also very interested in the future of Short School.
Nadia Silvershine, Recording Secretary
Nadia has lived in Marin County since the 1960s, and moved to Gerstle Park in 2012. She was appointed to the GPNA Board last year after expressing an interest in leadership, and helping the Board in any way possible. She assumed the role of Recording Secretary, and also the responsibility for set-up and check-in at our events. She is particularly interested in Gerstle Park being a beautiful and safe place to live. Nadia studied American History at Columbia University, and worked in book publishing for a number of years. She currently belongs to the Mount Tam Quilt Guild and is an avid hand quilter, with 8 quilts to her name! Nadia looks forward being a part of making Gerstle Park a better place.
Carrie Marmesh, Board Member
Gina and her husband Ben have lived in Gerstle Park since 2004. In addition to working full-time in San Francisco she also co-manages her family’s eight unit apartment building here in the neighborhood. Because of that, she brings a unique perspective to the Board. She has found the past 5 years on the GPNA Board to be exciting, rewarding, and very educational. Highlights have been organizing the annual Garage Sale, introducing a summertime bocce event, and most recently helping re-launch our new gerstlepark.com website. Being on the Board has also been a great opportunity for her to see the power we have as a neighborhood group to directly work with the City on critical issues affecting all of us.
Hugo Landecker, Vice President
Hugo and his wife have lived in Gerstle Park since 1968 and have participated in community affairs ever since. Hugo was instrumental in organizing the Gerstle Park Neighborhood Association in 1971. He served on its Board of Directors, helped draw up the bylaws and then a neighborhood plan. A three time past GPNA President and current head of GPNA Open Space Committee and the GPNA Committee for project review. Hugo also serves on the Federation of San Rafael Neighborhoods Steering Committee. He established and coordinates the San Rafael Heritage for Historic Preservation. Hugo wants the GPNA to develop a neighborhood plan based upon a 2004 draft to better plan for the future of our neighborhood and to make Gerstle Park a better place to live.
Ross Parmenter, Treasurer
Ross is a native Californian raised in Marin and San Francisco and has lived with his family in Gerstle Park since 1990. He also has an insurance agency in Gerstle Park. Ross joined the Board in 2013, inspired by an interest in local government. He wanted to learn what makes this town tick. With the epiphany that a little hard work and enthusiasm would guide him to learn from predecessors and current Board members, he already better understands the forces of change in our neighborhood, be they government, business owners or residents. His hope is to help shape and better our community. He feels San Rafael and Marin are among the best places on earth. Working together we can gain rational understanding of local situations. He hopes to meet many people in and around our town to absorb the goings on. Eventually he will have a grasp of our future and why and how we got there.
Josselyn Robertson, Corresponding Secretary
Josselyn has lived in Marin all her life and in San Rafael since 1975. She is retired now but worked many years for San Rafael School District as an elementary school teacher and later as the District Librarian. Three years ago they decided to down size and move closer to down town. For a long time they were drawn to the Gerstle Park neighborhood. As if by magic, the day their old house sold they drove down Bayview Street and saw a cute little Victorian for sale. The rest is history! Greg, Sophie dog and Josselyn love their new neighborhood. For Josselyn, there is a very special feel here ... unlike anywhere else in Marin. People are so interesting and diverse and there is a definite feeling of community. During the last few years she has seen how much the GPNA Board does and feels it is a responsibility for all of us to participate to keep Gerstle Park a special place. As a Board member she looks forward to learning more about issues in San Rafael. She is also very interested in the future of Short School.
Nadia Silvershine, Recording Secretary
Nadia has lived in Marin County since the 1960s, and moved to Gerstle Park in 2012. She was appointed to the GPNA Board last year after expressing an interest in leadership, and helping the Board in any way possible. She assumed the role of Recording Secretary, and also the responsibility for set-up and check-in at our events. She is particularly interested in Gerstle Park being a beautiful and safe place to live. Nadia studied American History at Columbia University, and worked in book publishing for a number of years. She currently belongs to the Mount Tam Quilt Guild and is an avid hand quilter, with 8 quilts to her name! Nadia looks forward being a part of making Gerstle Park a better place.
Carrie Marmesh, Board Member
