About Verna

The right skills

  • Commissioner, First 5 Yolo

  • Consultant/Owner, Strategies & Solutions

  • Director of Strategic Partnerships, Visit Sacramento

  • President & CEO, West Sacramento Chamber of Commerce

  • Executive Director, Florin Road Partnership

  • Project Manager, Civitas

  • Marketing & Recruiting Coordinator, Cunningham Engineering

  • Director of Member Services, West Sacramento Chamber of Commerce

  • B.S. Community and Regional Development – Operations and Management Concentration, University of California, Davis

Professional Associations

  • American Leadership Forum Fellow (2017)

  • Leadership Sacramento Graduate (2015)

  • Department of Sound Board Member (2019 - Current)

  • Cool Projects Bike Tour Organizer (2016 - 2018)

  • Yolo County Workforce Innovation Board Member (2016 - 2017)

  • Comstock’s Magazine Editorial Board (2014 - 2019)

  • Metro EDGE Political Action Committee Chair (2014)

  • West Sacramento Foundation Board Member (2012 - 2015)

  • Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Cap-to-Cap Policy Program (2014 - 2016)

  • Urban Land Institute Young Leaders Group Chair (2014 – 2015)

  • Metro EDGE Networking & Events Chair (2013)

  • Founding Member of Metro EDGE (2009)

Awards

  • 2019 Metro EDGE Young Professional of the Year

  • Sacramento Business Journal “40 under 40”

  • California Travel Association “30 under 30” Emerging Leader

  • NAI Global International Convention “Exceptional Exhibit” & “Best Special Marketing Campaign”