About the HERS Breast Cancer Foundation - Our Board of Directors

Sue Bove’ – Chairwoman of the HERS Breast Cancer Foundation Board (2007 to present) / Board Member at large (2004 – present)

• Breast Cancer Survivor
• Corporate work for 25 years – Purchasing, material management, senior operational management with staffs from 25 – 200
• Fremont Schools – Educator in the field of Autism / Counseled parents
• Business Development, educating and conflict resolution
• Current – Senior management level of home-based nutritional / health company
• Married to Mike Bove, a member of HERS Finance Committee, and mother of Danielle, a college student

Michelle Stewardson – Vice Chairwoman of the HERS Breast Cancer Foundation Board (2006 – present) / Served as Treasurer and recently as Board Vice Chairwoman

• 20 years experience in the accounting field with the last 13 years serving as Financial Controller of a large construction firm
• Worked as an independent accounting software consultant
• Co-owned and operated an online retail store with spouse for 5 years
• Developed business relationships with various union labor organizations
• Current member of BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association)
• Girl and Boy Scouts leader for 10 years with over 200 hours of leadership training with emphasis on maintaining the vital resources of the earth
• YMCA & Skagit Youth Soccer Association coach for 3 years
• Married mother of two children

Patricia Hoffman – Treasurer and Finance of the HERS Breast Cancer Foundation Board (August 2007 – present) / Board Member at large (January 2007 – present)

• Breast Cancer Survivor
• A native of Pennsylvania who has been a resident of Fremont since 1982
• Manager, Commercial Loan Underwriting Fremont Bank
• Board of Director for LIFE ElderCare Inc. for 8 years
• Long time member of Mission San Jose Rotary Club
• Over 30 years prior commercial banking experience with Crocker Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Union Bank, and Heritage Bank as Vice President and Manager
• Married for 30 years and step-mother to two sons and three grandchildren

Elizabeth Barron – Recording Secretary of the HERS Breast Cancer Foundation Board (June 2007 – present) / Board Member at large (June 2007 – present)

• 21 year career with Pacific Bell as supervisor, trainer and coach of 30 employees upgrading and implementing the mechanization of all outside plant records
• Central Office Engineer for Pacific Bell who designed and coordinated installations of electronic relay equipment for the “Pacific Rim”
• Served as Office Manager for Family Services of the Tri-Cities, a Non Profit Counseling Agency in Fremont
• Served as President of the Italian Social Group at Holy Spirit Church in Fremont
• Long standing member of American Business Women’s Association having served as President, Vice President, and Recording and Corresponding Secretary
• Proud mother of three children and grandmother to five grandchildren

Annette M. Fagundes – Board Member at large (June 2007 – present)

• Life long resident of Centerville District of Fremont
• Washington Hospital from 1972-1981 / Business Office
• Owner of Gabriella Ronegas Designs Inc. – Specializing in Commercial and Residential Interiors since 1977
• Board member of the Golden Gate Boys Choir from 1989-1994
• Married to Edmundo for 35 years – Retired Delta Air Lines employee
• Mother of two adult children – Angela, an Elementary school teacher in the Fremont Area since 2007, and Dominic, a Fremont Firefighter since 2007 – and grandmother to two grandchildren, Xavier and Anouk