Join us for a facinating conversation on building community from the true master Dave Cort the "Mayor of the San Geronimo Valley" (now officially known as "Community Ambassador") who has devoted his life to building, sustaining, and celebrating community!

Dave Cort served as the Executive Director of the San Geronimo Valley Community Center from 1991-2023. After growing up in Cleveland, Ohio Dave attended Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois and in 1978 graduated with a degree in Human Development and Social Policy. In 1978, Dave moved to West Marin and continued his studies at Sonoma State University in the graduate school of counseling and education. Dave’s career began in the Juvenile Justice system through an internship at Marin County’s Juvenile Probation Department and employment at the ground breaking Full Circle School, a group home for boys ages 10 to 17 in Bolinas. In 1991, Dave’s career transitioned to community based work at the San Geronimo Valley Community Center. Dave has served as a Board member for the Coastal Health Alliance and the Lagunitas School Foundation. Other service includes serving as a commissioner on the Marin County Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission and a member of the Marin Community Foundation’s Awards Committee. In January of 2019 Dave received a Jefferson Award for Public Service.