Administrative Staff

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Kathy & her mentee, Jackie
Kathy Witkowicki, Executive Director

Kathy started the Stand-By-Me Mentoring Program in 1996 with the assistance of state and local grants, fundraising events, community donations and sheer hardwork, later expanding the program to eight campuses within the Sonoma Valley Unified School District.  In 1999, she helped form the Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance, and has been the Executive Director since its inception. 

Kathy is also a community activist involved in many local organizations including the Board of Directors for Speedway Children's Charities, the Advisory Council of the Sonoma Community Center, and a long-time member of the Sonoma Plaza Kiwanis Club.  

Kathy's career began as a Registered Nurse specializing in Emergency Room practices.  She has resided in Sonoma for 29 years, and shares a large combined family of six adult children with her husband, JP.
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Tina & her mentee, Janeth


Tina Baldry, Program Director

Tina has an extensive background in Early Childhood Education and Administration.  She was a teacher of young children in San Francisco, Marin and Sonoma County and owned and operated Ready Set Go Preschool in Glen Ellen serving children throughout the valley. 

Over the past 24 years, she has been a committed community volunteer, served on the Rainbow Valley Preschool Board of Directors, Sonoma Valley Girl's Softball Board of Directors, Project Grad at Sonoma Valley High School and served as President of the Field of Dreams for two terms. 

Her love of children brought her to the the Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance in the year 2000 and 12 years later oversees program direction and art design. Tina has two adult children, Bryanne and Rashell, and resides in Sonoma with her husband, Ernie.
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Kristina & her mentee, Andrea

Kristina Kearnan, Office Manager

Born and raised in Marin County, Kristina graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in March 2010 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a concentration in Marketing. She joined the Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance staff shortly thereafter.

She has worked with children in many different ways since she was 13 years old. From nannying to directing a summer day camp to assisting in a daycare center, she has worked with children of all ages and many different backgrounds.

Kristina currently resides in Sonoma.