Myron is a dedicated member of the Parkinson's community due to his late wife, Joan’s battle with Parkinson's disease. He is a retired educator and is active in the River City Chorale.

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Chris is a senior shareholder and corporate transactional attorney for Weintraub Tobin. His practice focuses on governance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and fiduciary matters. He has served on the Board of Directors for numerous non-profit organizations throughout the Sacramento region and joined the Parkinson Association board in 2017.

Carolyn has spent many years in early childhood education.  She was the Executive Director of a non-profit child care agency in Southern California.  She became a dedicated volunteer with the Parkinson's community during her late husband's battle with PD.  

Ted is retired from newspaper and healthcare accounting and has had several close friends with PD.  He is  honored to serve on PANC’S board with our dedicated constituents,  volunteers, and staff. 

Sean is chief, enterprise risk management branch for the California department of State Hospitals. He has 40+ years of experience working from the staff to executive level in strategic and business planning, project and program management, administrative services, policy development and more.  Sean has served on the PANC Board of Directors since 2017 as both a director and president and a PANC support group leader.

Matt (Doc Brown) is an Assistant Professor at Sacramento State University in the Department of Kinesiology.  ​His teaching and research focus on how people learn and control movement (from a neurological perspective), including people with Parkinson’s (PWP). He began research with PWP over a decade ago while volunteering in an exercise rehab program for PWP.  He continues to aspire to help improve lives through teaching, research and service with PANC.

Kurt is a US Army combat veteran and served in Vietnam in 1970 & 1971. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019, most likely due to the after affects of agent orange exposure. Kurt served in the corporate world in the technology sector for 30 years followed by 10 years as Executive Director of Catholic Social Services of Solano. He is a leadership fellow of the Sierra Health Foundation health leadership program and mentors combat veterans. 

Christine is a Certified Geriatric Care Manager, working with Senior Care Sol​utions. She is an accomplished community leader and joined the Parkinson Association board in 2016.

Danielle represents the Young Onset Parkinson's Disease (YOPD) community and advocates for folks with Parkinson's to live their best life.  She is also active in the YOPD Sacramento Support Group and Rock Steady Boxing Sacramento's YOPD specific sessions.  When not working, this 3rd generation PwP stays active fighting the disease from progressing by biking, water and snow skiing, practicing yoga and social activities with friends and family. 

Kim is a retired registered nurse.  Through volunteer work she started facilitating the Redding Parkinson Support Group in 2012.  Since then she has had a close working relationship with PANC and volunteered on many of the committees.  Her support group meets monthly, with an attendance of 45 -55, and has an annual conference every April with over 100 people attending. She became a Board Director in 2020.

Dr. Sett, is a retired Psychiatry Specialist from Sacramento, CA. He has over 60 years of experience in the medical field. He graduated from Marquette School of Medicine medical school in 1963. Ralph was diagnosed with PD in 2020 and joined the PANC board in the Spring of 2022. He's extremely involved in his local PANC Support group and maintains a full schedule including Power Moves classes, the North State Therapy Choir, Dance for PD and PD-Connect

Prior to retiring from the workforce, Jennifer was an Account Manager, working with several high tech companies in the Bay Area.  Her second career was as a riding instructor (trained in England).  She loves teaching horse riding to all ages, but especially time spent teaching children with disabilities.  Jennifer was officially diagnosed with Parkinsons in 2019.  She started a support group where she lives, and exercises regularly with fellow Parkinsonians.