Our Leadership Team
Executive Director
Tina Marchetti has been leading nonprofit organizations for more than thirty years, specializing in event production and strategic re-organization. She has served as the Executive Director for several SF Bay Area nonprofits, and has run national and multi-national trade associations.
Musically inclined since childhood, Tina has performed in musical theater and choral presentations, has played piano since age four, and is presently learning bass guitar and other stringed instruments.
Tina is honored to have served Occidental Center for the Arts since 2016, and lives with her family in Forestville. She especially enjoys creating inspiring experiences for her community, designing haunted houses, and organizing the Fool’s Parade.
Tina Marchetti
President
Darcy Reinier grew up in Southern California and moved to Guerneville in 1975. Her brother Steve Gillette and his wife Cindy Mangsen are folksingers, and as a youngster she accompanied her brother to his gigs at the coffee houses. Because their father was also an amateur piano player, there was always music in their home. Playing music with friends and being a performing choir member at elementary schools are some of Darcy’s favorite activities. After moving to Sonoma County, she obtained her B.A. in environmental studies & planning at SSU and was a City Planner in Petaluma for 10 years, then as Geographic Information Specialist, making computer-drafted maps for the County of Sonoma for 14 years. Darcy and her husband Oak Reinier became members and volunteers at OCA around 2012. Since retiring in 2014, Darcy started participating in more workshops and classes, including the watercolor and drawing classes, and has submitted some artwork to the gallery shows. Darcy joined the Board in July 2024. Her job is working on publicity, posting events to local publications. You can often see her working at the concessions bar at events. Since her involvement with the OCA, Darcy has seen a wonderful expansion of events, programs, classes, and workshops. She finds the diversity of offerings and their outreach to all ages and demographics very rewarding.
Darcy Reinier
Vice President & Literary Chair
Suze Pringle CohanSuze Pringle Cohan grew up in a rural valley near the Monterey Peninsula. After a BA in English Lit/Psychology in 1970, she bummed around North Africa and Europe before settling in England. She and her Brit boyfriend moved to West Sonoma County in 1972, landing in Camp Meeker, and immediately joined the Camp Meeker Players. After separating amicably, Suze met and married her present husband, Kenny and have lived here for 53 years. Suze and other like-minded parents initiated the alternative program at Harmony School. She and Marylu Downing owned a fabric shop in Occidental, Sewphies Dry Goods in the early 80’s. An aerobics teacher and avid runner, Suze returned to college for a graduate degree in Exercise Physiology at SSU. She directed several departments at the Parkpoint Health Clubs from 1983-2004 and was the head of the fitness center at Oakmont. A dedicated TriYoga student, she taught for 15 years. She and her husband also lived intermittently with their ex-pat son and young family in Nicaragua from 2001-2018.
Secretary
Diane MasuraDiane Masura was born in Detroit 1943 and lived there 26 years. Supporting herself from age of 18, she worked for the U.S. Weather Bureau in Detroit while attending the Engineering School at U. of M. in Ann Arbor Michigan. She traveled by bus around the U.S. finding herself in the south during the Civil Rights Movement. After 3 months of travel, she returned to Detroit to complete her studies at Detroit's Wayne State University, marry, and travel. Travels took her north from above the Article Circle to Vadso Norway, south to the Asian town of Isnik, Turkey, back for a year of study at the University of Hamburg, then west from Puerta Vallarta, and east to Moscow.
She returned to the US and began a seven-year teaching career K-12. She lived and worked on organic farms in Oregon and California where her daughter Nadja was born in 1972. For 32 years she set ceramic tile in Sonoma County and bought her 2 acres. After retiring, she engaged in community service including joining the Board of OCA. In 1978 she founded and still sings with the Occidental Community Choir.
Besides writing song lyrics and poetry, building fountains for fun, she created a NWF Back Yard Habitat with her husband Larry. Diane received OCA”s Harmony Award for Outstanding Community Service and Support for the Arts in 2025.
Board Member
Rich LevinRich Levin was a volunteer with OCA before joining the Board. He has also been a baritone with the Occidental Community Choir for several years. Rich plays guitar, banjo, harmonica, and Irish whistle (but does not claim mastery of any of them). He composes his own songs and poems and does some original translations of German poetry. Rich also writes for OCA's publications. He has been a board member of a number of non-profits over the years, including a five-year stint as Board Chair of New Mexico Indian Pueblo Legal Services and service on the initial Navajo Nation Board of Bar Commissioners. Rich earned graduate degrees in anthropology and law.After a long, multifaceted career in law and mediation, Rich now is mostly retired. However, he provides pro bono services to a few non-profit organizations. Rich and Ann, his spouse of 51 years, live near Occidental.
Treasurer
Patrick FanningPatrick Fanning was born and raised in southern California and graduated from the University of San Francisco with a degree in English. He enjoyed writing, music, and painting from a young age. In 1979 he co-founded New Harbinger Publications in Oakland, California and began writing and publishing psychology books. In the 2000s he semi-retired and began a second career as a fine artist, co-founding the Graton Gallery.Patrick joined the OCA board around 2005. He has worked on most of the committees since then and has been Vice President and President of the board. He worked with many other volunteers designing and building things like the auditorium’s stage, acoustic ceiling, and lobby. He has taught OCA classes in watercolor, songwriting, stage performance, and fiction writing. Besides working and hanging out with friends at OCA, Patrick likes to work on old cars and build things like his barn and guitar.His fondest wish for OCA is for it to grow steadily and fulfill its mission of providing a home for all the arts in west county.
Gallery Director
Su McMurtrySu McMurtry was born and raised in Belmont, CA, Su is a third-generation Californian. She grew up in an environment devoid of television but rich in artistic resources, including ample art supplies, musical instruments, and classical music. Su studied ballet from a young age and was sponsored by the New York Ballet Company during her teen years. After completing her early education, Su went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Design with an emphasis on Fiber Arts. She spent seven years teaching Art at San Jose State University and New College, sharing her passion and expertise with students. Following her teaching career, Su transitioned into the office furniture industry and eventually worked for a company that designed and built custom pieces.In 2016, Su moved to Occidental and quickly became an active volunteer at the Occidental Center for the Arts (OCA). Her dedication and hard work led her to the position of gallery director, where she now leads a committee of 8-10 members, curating and overseeing gallery exhibitions.Su’s journey, from a ballet dancer to a respected figure in the arts community, is a testament to her lifelong commitment to creativity and the arts.
Board Member
Jessica MorellJessica Morell, MA, CD (DONA), LCCE, CMT, SpBA was born in Oakland, CA during the summer of love but spent most of her childhood in rural Washington state (she's still cranky about growing up with no running water).
\Jessica was a longtime OCA volunteer before joining the board, and delights in the community, work ethic and creativity of OCA's volunteer community. Jessica generally has at least 7 projects up her billowy sleeves and can often be found on the Harmony campus rubbing people's feet (she's nice that way).