Rich Holmer was appointed to the Board in June 2011.  Rich presently lives in Villa Grande where he has owned his home since 1979.  He graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelors degree in Environmental Health Sciences and did one years post graduate study in Environmental Health Sciences at University of California, Berkeley.  Rich worked for the County of Sonoma for 32 years before retiring in 2004.  He started working with the County in the Public Health Department and most recently worked in a management position at the Permit and Resource Management Department, a position which he held for 10 years.  Rich also serves as President of the Board of Directors of the Friends of Villa Grande, a non-profit corporation which owns and manages Patterson Point Preserve in Villa Grande.