Meet the volunteers who help guide and support SCARE.
All board members and committee chairs are unpaid volunteers who generously donate their time to support and advocate for Sonoma County retirees.
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Kathy has been on the Sonoma County Association of Retired Employees (SCARE) since 2019. She worked for Sonoma County Human Services, Employment and Training Division for 21 years as a Manager for Sonoma County Private Industry Council and then Job Link before retiring. Since retiring she has supported Family, Youth, and Children activities, especially at Valley of the Moon Children’s center.
After retiring, Kathy has built a long legacy of service in Sonoma County, including an ongoing role on the Board of Directors for SCARE, where she is currently the Past President and Secretary. She continues to advocate for the interests and well-being of retired county employees. Her commitment to volunteerism runs deep, reflected in years of hands-on community work, previously serving on the Board of Directors for Girl Scouts and other non-secular boards. She does an outreach program for San Quention Prison. Whether coordinating toy drives at Christmas, supporting local organizations, mentoring others, or strengthening community programs, she remains an active and dedicated presence who consistently gives back.


Phyris worked as a social worker for the Social Services Dept. for 18 years, much of that time in the WIN program. WIN was an employment and training program with limited funding. In 1985, she became the GAIN program chief. GAIN was a new employment and training program which had much better funding so that it could help people get training and work experience so they could become employed and go off welfare. She retired in 1995.
In retirement, she did a variety of things: folk dance camp director, Mendocino Woodlands director. She discovered the southwest (such beauty) and took up photography. She has a website: https://www.naturephotography-phyris.com/hiking.html with photos of many trails in the western U.S. In 2006 she joined the SCARE Board and has been on it ever since. Her goal is to protect the interests of Sonoma County retirees, especially as it relates to pensions and health insurance and to share information with retirees that will make their lives easier.




Sherry Parr is a distinguished leader in public service with over three decades of dedicated experience driving social impact across Northern California. Her 31-year career within County Human Services includes 18 years at the Sonoma County Human Services Department – where she served in multiple positions including as the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act Analyst, 8 years with Marin County Health & Human Services—where she fulfilled the role of Social Service Program Manager—and 5 years at Butte County Human Services Department as an Eligibility Worker. Sherry's expertise spans multi-generational service delivery, regional welfare systems, and the diverse needs of urban and rural California populations.
After retiring on August 15, 2025, Sherry remains active in her community as a SCARE Board member, supporting fellow Sonoma County retirees.


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