Gabriella Ambrosi, Co-Owner and Chief Executive Officer
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Gabriella has been involved in caring for others for over 30 years, beginning as a Nurse's Aid in a nursing home in Italy, her native country. After graduating from the University Hospital Nursing School in Padua, she worked for several years as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Rooms and the Intensive Care Units of two major Italian hospitals. Gabriella first moved to the United States in the 1980's and earned her BA in Biological Sciences from Rutgers University. She then returned to Italy where she pursued a career in Marketing with the international branch of Baxter Healthcare Corporation, becoming European Marketing Manager for a major product line. She returned to the United Stated in the 1990's and earned a Master's degree in Marketing from Golden Gate University.

Gabriella has served on the Board of Directors of CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocates. She also has served on the Advisory Council of Area Agency on Aging of Sonoma County. In 2009 she received the Women in Business Award from the North Bay Business Journal.

Stanton C. Lawson, Co-Owner and Chief Financial Officer
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Stan has over 20 years experience in international environments as a financial executive. He began his career with Olivetti in Italy where he managed the finance and accounting functions of several US and Italian operating divisions. He later served as Director of Finance for Jackson Publishing Group in Milan and Director of Finance for Francesco Cinzano in Turin. He returned to the U.S. in 1994 to manage his family's resort in Dillon Beach and later joined Autodesk as Finance Manager, Worldwide Information Systems Division. Most recently, Stan was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DBS Industries, Inc. in Mill Valley. Stan currently serves as Trustee on, and is a past President of, the Community Health Foundation of Greater Petaluma and Treasurer of the board for the Santa Rosa Concert Association. Stan holds a BA in Business Economics and Italian Literature from the University of California at Santa Barbara. 

Stan and Gabriella have been married since 1980 and live in Petaluma with their three sons: Cody, Martin and Conrad.