RRHS Board of Directors 2020 Application – Word Document
RRHS Board of Directors 2020 Application – PDF Document
RRHS 2019 By-Laws – Word Document
RRHS 2019 By-Laws – PDF Document
Jane Barry, President
Jane Barry was born and raised in the Sunset District of San Francisco and spent all her summers in Cazadero then moved to the Russian River Area in 1989. Jane’s passion for family and local histories led her to join the Monte Rio Area Historical Society, and later, to become President in 2003. She has been actively involved in the community of the lower Russian River for over 20 years collecting and restoring historical photographs.
Chris Pattillo, Newsletter Editor
Chris Pattillo is a 4th generation native Californian who grew up in the Bay Area. She purchased a home in Guerneville in 2021 and immediately joined our Russian River Historical Society. A few months later she volunteered to write for Yesterday & Yesteryear and after completing her first article she offered to be editor of the newsletter. She is a retired landscape architect. Much of her professional work involved historic landscapes – both design and documenting them for the Historic American Landscape Survey. She is also an active member of the California Genealogical Society serving on their board and chairs the Library Committee. Now Chris is using the research skills she learned from doing genealogical research to do research on articles for our newsletter.
Meredith Morris, Secretary
I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I raised two children there and built a successful career in the wholesale gift industry. My daughter moved to San Francisco to go to college, then she married and had a baby. Not wanting to be an absentee grandma, I took a deep breath and moved to Northern CA where I landed a job in Santa Rosa. I bought a house in Guerneville in 2002 and have loved living here since. I appreciate the sense of community I found here and grew to appreciate the small town life I could never have envisioned for myself. I am fascinated by history and look forward to being a member of the Russian River Historical Society; to learn more about and to more actively participate in this wonderful community.
Brendan Coen, Treasurer
Brendan Coen was born in San Francisco in 1976. He moved to Guerneville at the age of 5 and attended school at Guerneville Elementary School and graduated from El Molino High School in 1994. He went on to SRJC and Sonoma State earning a BS in Computer Science. Since 2004 he has been working as a local Realtor, real estate broker, and Notary Public. He enjoys hiking, running, and volunteering for local non-profits including Russian River Rotary, River to Coast Children’s Services and now the Russian River Historical Society.
Paul Barry, Cemetery Clean-up Chair
Paul Barry has been a member of the Monte Rio Area Historical Society since 1985, member of the Russian River Historical Society since 2002, Past President of the San Francisco Fire Department Historical Society, founding member and director of Guardians of the City Historical Society. Member of the Society of Automotive Historians, North Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society, Chairman of the Guerneville Pioneer Cemetery clean-up and published author of multiple car historical publications.
