Our Team

Kristine Burk is a licensed attorney with over twenty years of experience as a criminal defense trial lawyer. She has proudly spent nearly half of her career as a public defender and was most recently a Chief Deputy Public Defender at the Sonoma County Public Defender’s Office. Kristine received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Women’s Studies from UCLA and her Juris Doctorate from University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She has long had interests in social justice, gender equity and community organizing. She is a devoted parent of two busy children and, when she’s not keeping score on the sidelines of one of her daughters’ sporting events, she enjoys cooking, Giants baseball and listening to podcasts of all types.

Mike is Vice President with Firma Design Group, a planning, engineering and landscape architecture firm based in Petaluma, California. Mike attended California State Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo, California for his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree (2001). He volunteers his time in many different ways and believes in making Santa Rosa/Petaluma and the North Bay an attractive place for doing business, and believes that Social Advocates for Youth is an essential part of creating a knowledgeable, involved and active generation of our high school students. Mike enjoys playing golf when he’s not working, has two young daughters and lives in Santa Rosa with his family.

Uriah is a Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice in Santa Rosa. He specializes in working with adolescents and families, offering individual, family and group counseling. He has a background working with at-risk youth in residential treatment facilities in Sonoma County. He writes a parenting blog and monthly newsletter and also offers educational parenting events both locally and online. Uriah is married and has two beautiful daughters. In his spare time, he enjoys backpacking and playing the drums.

Chris Honigsberg is a prosecutor with the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office. He is assigned to the domestic violence/sexual assault unit where he handles cases of physical and sexual abuse of children.

Chris has consistently worked with youth and the young adult population. In high school, Chris volunteered with homeless children, in college and law school he volunteered in elementary school classrooms and taught high school students about the law. After law school, Chris was a volunteer big brother with Big Brothers/Big Sisters.

Chris is married and has two young daughters. Chris enjoys running, cooking and reading nonfiction books, especially books about the Kennedy’s.

Troy Niday is Chief Operations Officer for Sonoma Media Investments, LLC publisher of the Press Democrat and other Sonoma County publications and websites. He oversees all aspects of audience development, consumer revenue generation, production and distribution for the organization. A native Nebraskan, Troy worked at four other media companies before bringing his expertise to Sonoma County in 2014. He resides near the town of Freestone with his wife Pam; they have two children in their early 20s, and enjoy traveling together.

Deepinder Sekhon, Financial Advisor with the Santa Rosa office of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, was born in India and came to United States at the age 10. He grew up in San Francisco and moved to Santa Rosa in 1991 and will never move back. He is the proud father of two talented daughters and has been married for over 20 years to his lovely wife, Jeanne. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from San Francisco State University and currently works in wealth management. He has 35 years of banking and brokerage experience and one of his favorite positions was being the CFO of the Charles Schwab Corporation Foundation where he learned of the important role non-profits play in their communities. In his spare time, he enjoys golfing, fishing and travelling.