MCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, September 18, 2025
6:30 P.M.
Present: Liz Alessio, County of Napa and Four Napa Cities/Town (American Canyon, Calistoga, St. Helena, and Yountville) Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur
Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Mark Belotz, Town of Danville
Kari Birdseye, City of Benicia
Monica Brown, County of Solano
Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
Jill Hoffman, City of Sausalito
Kevin Jacobs, City of Novato
C. William Kircher, Jr., Town of Ross
Arlene Kobata, City of Pittsburg
Tarrell Kullaway, Town of San Anselmo
Maika Llorens Gulati, City of San Rafael
John McCormick, City of Lafayette
Aaron Meadows, City of Oakley, joined at 6:40pm
Beth Painter, City of Napa
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley, left at 7:50pm
Gabe Quinto, City of El Cerrito, Acting Chair
Jack Ryan, Alternate, Town of Tiburon
Mary Sackett, County of Marin
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere, joined at 6:38pm
Absent: Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Laura Nakamura, City of Concord
Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado, City of San Pablo
Manveer Sandhu, City of Fairfield
Shanelle Scales-Preston, County of Contra Costa
Amanda Szakats, City of Pleasant Hill
Graham Thiel, Town of Moraga
Sridhar Verose, City of San Ramon
Cesar Zepeda, City of Richmond
Brianne Zorn, City of Martinez
Staff
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Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant CB Hall, Principal Power Procurement Manager
Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Shaheen Khan, VP of Human Resources, Diversity, and Inclusion Caroline Lavenue, Legal Counsel II
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk Associate
Alexandra McGee, VP of Strategic Initiatives
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Associate
Efren Oxlaj, Manager of Finance
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Internal Operations Manager
Dan Settlemyer, Internal Operations Associate
Maíra Strauss, VP of Finance
Ryan Theiler, Baker Tilly
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
Aaron Worthman, Baker Tilly
1. Roll Call
Acting Chair Quinto called the regular meeting to order at 6:34 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
Acting Chair Quinto opened the floor for board announcements, and there were no comments.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were comments made by members of the public, Ken Strong and Robert Miller.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
CEO Weisz introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 7.17.25 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Approved Contracts for Energy Update
C.3 Addition of Board Members to Committees
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C.5 Legislative and Regulatory Updates
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. Budget Results and Comparison for Fiscal Year 2024/25 (Discussion) Maíra Strauss, VP of Finance, CB Hall, Principal Power Procurement Manager, and Efren Oxlaj, Manager of Finance, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were comments made by members of the public, Dan Segedin, Ken Strong, Steven Rosenfeld, Robert Miller, and Ben Schwartz, and Alternate Board Director Mathew Salter, Town of Ross.
Action: No action required.
7. MCE’s Financial Audit Fiscal Year 2024/25 (Discussion) Maíra Strauss, VP of Finance, Ryan Theiler and Aaron Worthman, Baker Tilly, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
8. Legislative Session Recap (Discussion)
Stephanie Chen, VP of Legislative Affairs, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
Action: It was M/S/C (Perrey/Brown) to approve Consent Calendar items C.1-C.5. Motion carried by roll call vote. Yays-25 Abstain-1. (Abstain:Kullaway;
Absent: Bailey, Darling, Murphy, Nakamura, Pabon-Alvarado, Sandhu, Scales-Preston, Szakats, Thiel, Verose, Zepeda andZorn).
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9. Performance Evaluation Process Overview (Discussion) Shaheen Khan, VP of Human Resources, Diversity and Inclusion, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
10. Board & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were comments made by Barbara Coler, Liz Alessio and Catalina Murphy.
11. Adjournment
Acting Chair Quinto adjourned the meeting at 9:34 p.m. in honor of Greg Tillman to the next scheduled Board Meeting on October 16, 2025. ___________________________________________
Shanelle Scales-Preston, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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