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, and Corte Madera; the Boards of Directors of the Sleepy Hollow Fire Protection District and the Kentfield Fire Protection District; and the Board of Supervisors of the County of Marin. Directors do not receive compensation.
RVPA is a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) 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
Regular meetings are held on the first Thursday of each quarter (March, June, September, and December) at 6:00 p.m., with a special budget meeting in the spring.
- 2026 regular meetings: Thursday, September 3, 2026 and Thursday, December 3, 2026
- 2026 special budget meeting: Monday, April 20, 2026 (meeting packet)
Location: Corte Madera Town Hall, 300 Tamalpais Dr., Corte Madera, CA 94925.
Download board meeting packets
Directors
Thomas J. Finn
Chair · Sleepy Hollow Fire Protection District
Tom Finn has served on the RVPA Board since 2006, including as Chair (2009-10 and 2018) and as a member of the Finance Committee. A Ross Valley native, he holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis and a Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco School of Law. He has served on the Sleepy Hollow Fire Protection District Board since 1999 and on the Boards of the Ross Valley Fire Department JPA (since 2010) and the Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority JPA (since 2020).
Lisel Blash
Vice Chair · Town of Fairfax
Lisel Blash purchased her first home in Fairfax in 2012. She is a former board member of Sustainable Fairfax and has served on the Town of Fairfax’s Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee, Affordable Housing Committee, and Racial Equity and Social Justice Committee. She was a leader with the Marin Organizing Committee and worked for the Marin Environmental Housing Collaborative on housing affordability. Lisel is a senior research analyst at UCSF’s Healthforce Center, studying the healthcare workforce.
Steve Burdo
Interim · Town of San Anselmo
Steve Burdo is the Vice Mayor of San Anselmo. He enjoys bringing people together to lead projects that reflect the small-town character of San Anselmo, and is credited with leading the effort to approve the upgrades at Memorial Park and to improve the Town’s water resiliency. He brings more than a decade of service to San Anselmo and over 20 years of experience in public policy, local government, and communications.
Scot Candell
City of Larkspur
Mr. Candell graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, and received his undergraduate degree at Tufts University. He serves as a Councilmember for the City of Larkspur and is active on committees and boards including the Central Marin Fire Authority, Central Marin Police Authority, Heritage Preservation Board, the Larkspur Library / Community Center (The Commons Foundation) Task Force, and the Parks and Recreation Commission.
Fred Casissa
Town of Corte Madera
Fred Casissa was elected to the Corte Madera Town Council in March 2020 and served as Mayor beginning in December 2021. He previously served on the Town’s Housing Element Committee and the Park and Recreation Commission, chairing the latter from 2016 to 2020, and serves as a Board Member for Sanitary District No. 2. A Corte Madera resident since 1981, he is a past president of the Corte Madera Lions Club, a founding member of Marin Estates NRG, and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.
Bruce Corbet
Kentfield Fire Protection District
Bruce Corbet was born in Spokane, Washington, and has been a Kentfield and Greenbrae resident since 1946. He graduated from Redwood High School (Class of 1962) and later attended the College of Marin and Heald Business College. 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.
Roger Meagor
County of Marin
Roger Meagor, a career firefighter, began as a volunteer with the San Anselmo Fire Department in 1979 and was the last firefighter hired there before it consolidated with Fairfax in 1982 to form the Ross Valley Fire Department JPA. Appointed Fire Chief in 2005, he led the JPA’s expansion to include Sleepy Hollow (2010) and the Town of Ross (2012) before retiring in 2013. Roger is a long-time Board Member for FIRESafe Marin and a third-generation Ross Valley native.
Elizabeth Robbins, M.D.
Town of Ross
Dr. Robbins is a physician and clinical professor at UCSF specializing in pediatric oncology. She has lived in Ross with her husband since 1992. She served on the Ross School Board of Trustees for 16 years and was Marin County Trustee of the Year in 2012. She has been a member of the Marin County School District Organization Committee since 2003, has served on the Ross Town Council since 2014, and was mayor in FY2017-2018 and FY2021-2022.
