Board of Directors

The Ross Valley Paramedic Authority (RVPA) is governed by an eight-member Board of Directors made up of representatives appointed from constituent public agencies, the city and town councils of Fairfax, San Anselmo, Ross, Larkspur, Corte Madera, Sleepy Hollow Fire Protection District, Kentfield Fire District, and County of Marin.  Directors do not receive compensation.

RVPA is a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) comprised of eight governmental jurisdictions within the Ross Valley.  RVPA provides Advanced and Basic Life Support emergency ambulance service to a population of approximately 53,000 residents across more than 20 square miles.

Board Meetings

1st Thursday Monthly, 6:30 pm

Directors

Renee Goddard has served on the Fairfax Town Council since 2013. She graduated from New York University with a Masters Degree in Drama Therapy and Psychology.

She spent her early career as a Whitewater River Guide, exploring and working as a guide internationally on such rivers as the Zambezi in Zambia/Zimbabwe and a variety of rivers in Papua New Guinea.

As a Town Council Member, Renee serves as Vice Chair of the Ross Valley Fire Department Board of Directors, Co-Chair of the Marin cities and towns committee to address homeless, Safe Routes to Schools local task force, and other countywide boards and commissions.  

Renee was initially certified as an Emergency Medical Technician in New York City in 1989.

Bruce Corbet

“Bruce Corbet was born in Spokane, Washington, and has been a Kentfield and Greenbrae resident since 1946. He graduated from the Kentfield School and from Redwood High School, Class of 1962. Later schooling included College of Marin in Kentfield and Healds Business College in San Francisco.

He worked at Baker and Hamilton in San Francisco from 1966-1969, as a prelude to his local career in the hardware business. Baker & Hamilton started in a tent near the ‘Mormon Island’ claim above Fort Sutter east of Sacramento in 1849, supplying ‘miners’ hardware’: picks, shovels, knives, saws, hammers, axes and nails. By 1860 B&H had a thriving block-long store in Sacramento, and in 1867 they opened their first store in San Francisco.

He is a Retail Hardware Store owner in business with his family in Larkspur since 1954, Jim Corbet’s Ace Hardware. Bruce is also a Board member of the Kentfield Fire Protection District, and a long-time member of Rotary International.”

RUBEN MARTIN

Central Marin Fire Chief Ruben Martin was born and raised in Los Angeles. Chief Martin began his career in the fire service in the early 1990's as a volunteer in the L.A. area, and relocated to the Bay Area in 1998 to continue to pursue his career as a Firefighter-Paramedic. Chief Martin has been a firefighter in Marin for the past 20 years working with Marin County Fire, Ross Valley Fire, Larkspur Fire, and now as a member of the Central Marin Fire Department. Throughout his career he has held the position of Firefighter Paramedic, Engineer Paramedic, Captain, Fire Inspector, Fire Marshal, and Fire Chief. Chief Martin is currently the President of the Marin County Fire Chiefs Association, and is the Represents the Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority (MWPA) as the chair for Advisory/Technical Committee (ATC).

Roger Meagor

Roger Meagor, a career firefighter, began as a volunteer firefighter with the San Anselmo Fire Department in 1979, and in 1981, he was the last firefighter hired by the San Anselmo Fire Department before the Department consolidated with Fairfax in 1982, creating the Ross Valley Fire Department JPA.

Meagor rose through the ranks and was appointed Fire Chief in 2005. Under his leadership, the Ross Valley Fire Department JPA expanded to include the Sleepy Hollow Fire Protection District in 2010, and the Town of Ross in 2012.

Chief Meagor retired in 2013.In addition to his service on the RVPA Board, Roger is long-time Board Member for FIRESafe Marin.  A third-generation Ross Valley native, he resides with his wife in the unincorporated area of Fairfax.

Thomas J. Finn