Board Meetings
GVRD holds board meetings at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth
Thursday of each month at GVRD's main office, 395 Amador St.,
Vallejo. The public is welcome to attend. For additional information
call 648-4600.
Board of Directors
Gary Salvadori
Gary Salvadori was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and graduated from Western New England College
as an Electrical Engineer. Gary and his wife, Judi, have two grown children. He was employed by
General Electric Company for 15 years and then with other technology companies. In 1991, he founded
their business, Minuteman Press, here in Vallejo. Since that time, he has served as President of the
Vallejo Rotary Club, Chair of the Vallejo Chamber of Commerce and the Sutter Solano Charitable Foundation,
the Benicia Historical Museum and the St. Patrick / St. Vincent Board of Regents. Gary has also served
two terms on the Vallejo Planning Commission. Prior to coming to Vallejo, he served on the Economic Development
Board and the General Plan Update Committee in Benicia. Gary and Judi reside in a 100+ year old Victorian in downtown Vallejo.
Dennis Albright
Dennis Albright has been a Vallejo resident since 1950. He attended local schools and Solano Community College.
Dennis and his wife, Tanya, have one daughter and two grandsons. He completed an electrical apprenticeship at Mare Island
Naval Shipyard and held numerous management positions throughout his 35 year career. He served as superintendent of trade
shops and groups of shops engaged in work on ships of all types. He was also Superintendent of the shipyard’s public works shops.
Mr. Albright served as president of the Mare Island Superintendents Association and retired in 1994 when the shipyard was nearing closure.
He enjoys bicycling, skiing, abalone diving, whaleboat rowing, backpacking and the outdoors in general.
Liat Meitzenheimer
Ms. Meitzenheimer was born and raised in Southern California and
has lived in Vallejo since 1985. She has one son. Currently employed
by the Federal Government, Ms. Meitzenheimer has been involved
in various community activities and has served on the City of
Vallejo's Human Relations Commission since 1997, the City of Vallejo's
Unity Day steering committee, Vallejo Alcohol Policy Coalition
under the Fighting Back partnership, and the Educational Justice
Community Steering Committee.
Michael Palmaffy
Mr. Palmaffy was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1936.
He earned a BS in Occupational Education from Southern Illinois
University. He spent 22 years in the US Navy and retired in 1977.
While in the Navy he was trained as an Electronics Tech and Nuclear
Propulsion Reactor Operator. He served on diesel and nuclear powered
submarines. He worked on various submarines during his Navy career
and worked for many years in the specialized field of Nuclear
and Radioactive Materials Management at Mare Island. More recently
he served on the Vallejo Planning Commission, Beautification Advisory
Commission and Architectural/Heritage Landmarks Commission. He
served on the Vallejo City Council from 1965 to 1989 and served
5 years on the St. Patrick/St. Vincent High School Board of Regents.
He is currently employed as the District 2 Field Representative
for Solano County Supervisor John Silva.
William J. Pendergast, III 
A Vallejo resident for 33 years, William Pendergast, III is a
graduate of the University of California Hastings College of Law.
Currently, his law practice is in Vallejo with an emphasis on
criminal defense, civil litigation, family law and personal injuy.
He has served as a member of the Sutter Solano Hospital Board
of Directors since 2004 and is a also a current board member and
past president of the Vallejo Executive Lions club.
