CARA's Board of Directors

Allen Green, Board Chair
Allen is a professional engineer and a pioneer in the field of acoustic emission testing, which listens with specialized equipment to the natural sounds of structures of all kinds to detect hazardous imperfections and cracks. He has long experience as a corporate executive. He helped found the San Diego Big Brothers and the Sacramento Big Brothers organizations and the Arden Arcade Community Alliance.

Joanne Bodine, Secretary
Joanne Bodine has a rich and exciting thirty-five year history of work in the private, not-for-profit, and public sectors both nationally and internationally. Her work includes extensive organizational development, grant development/management, and marketing with top management levels as well as vision development, operational planning and role training at the Board of Director level. It also includes extensive training in alternative dispute resolution techniques and process to the staff of city and county governments, public utility districts and school districts. She provides training through the Probate Section of the Sacramento Bar Association and to management and union school district staff through facilitation of collective bargaining negotiations, labor/management committee meetings, individual employee dispute resolution, and strategic planning.

Her international work has included mediation and alternative dispute resolution training for the justices of the Sri Lankan Supreme Court and key labor leaders and members of the major employer associations of Sri Lanka and Guatemala. The result of the Sri Lankan team effort was the establishment of a Mediation Center that has thrived and grown since its inception in 2000 and a Mediation Center currently in the works in Guatemala.

Carolyn Reuben, Founding Member
Carolyn has a BA in sociology, a BS in Oriental Medicine, and is a licensed acupuncturist.  She was advanced to candidacy for her master's in screenwriting and is a published author of four books and hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles. She is a member of Family Shalom, a committee within the National Council of Jewish Women responding to domestic violence in the Jewish community and educating teens about healthy relationships.

Susan Morrison-Vega, Member  
Susan is a specialist in philanthropic development with more than 30 years experience in the field. She has lived in California for three years, and currently works as a grants writer for Girl Scouts Heart of Central California, an 18-county gender-specific leadership organization serving 40,000 members. She has served as development director for the statewide American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona; The Centers for Habilitation, Arizona's largest disability services organization; deputy executive director for the Arizona Democratic Party, and public communications officer for The Rand Corporation/HUD Section 8 housing research program. Susan has served on numerous boards including her recent election to the Board of Directors of the Northern California Chapter of the Neuropathy Association and our own CARA Board. She is a graduate of Indiana University.

Board Membership Opportunities
CARA is currently recruiting Board new members, particularly Sacramento area residents experienced with nonprofit boards who are in the fields of law, accounting, public relations, or organizational development, among others. CARA welcomes and encourages active participation of members in an advisory and team-building role that includes:

To learn more about Board membership opportunities or to refer a prospective candidate, please contact Allen Green at (916) 483-1311. You will feel enormous satisfaction in knowing that you are participating in a cutting edge solution that facilitates Supporting Recovery Naturally.