Our Team

Lorraine Ashton is a Clinical Psychologist and Marriage & Family Therapist presently in private practice in Sonoma specializing in teens, families and couples. Lorraine is a retired Professor of Psychology at JFK University where she was a Professor and Director of Clinical Training for both masters and doctoral students and Assistant Director of the Doctoral program. After moving to Sonoma 16 years ago, Lorraine became a founding member of Impact100Sonoma serving a 3-year term on the Board of Directors as Community Grants Chair. Lorraine has worked with Seeds of Learning, Teen Services Sonoma, and is presently the facilitator of the President/Board Council of Nonprofits in Sonoma Valley.

In her personal life, Lorraine enjoys time with two daughters & daughter-in-law; two grandsons; practices Buddhism; and loves her life of international travel.

Gina Belforte is currently serving her third term as a Rohnert Park City Council member. Gina has previously served as the Mayor for two years and as Vice Mayor for three years. In addition to serving on SAY’s board, Gina currently serves on the Economic Development Committee, the Senior Citizen Advisory Committee, on the Water Committee and is a Rohnert Park Foundation board member.

Gina’s background includes a long career in marketing and public relations. She opened new territories for advertising companies, trained sales people and handled multimillion dollar advertising campaigns. A Northern California native, she has lived in Rohnert Park for 31 years with her husband Kevin and has two grown children. Gina is also the local owner of Stanley Steemer, employing over 20 people and servicing Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino counties.

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.

Peter Hsu is a Managing Director and North Bay Regional Manager for Bank of the West’s Wine & Beverage Group.  Peter has more than 25 years of financial services experience and has worked in various positions in both the community and wholesale banking.  Peter’s work experience also includes several years at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., ABN AMRO Bank, N.V. and Allied Capital Corporation.  Peter received his double B.A. in Economics and International Relations with a Minor in Chinese from the University of California at Davis.

In his spare time, Peter enjoys serving as a Finance Committee board member for Social Advocates for Youth, a Sonoma County based non-profit, and volunteering as a high performance driving coach for several local car clubs.  Peter grew up in Marin County and current resides in San Rafael, CA with his spouse, two teenage sons, and his yellow Labrador.