Board of Directors
Mark A. Wiese
Chairman
Mark is one of the founding members of Pacific Housing, Inc. and has been head of the company since 1999. As President of Pacific Housing, Inc. Mark oversees company operations that include partnership relations and new partnership procurement, as well as monitoring all managing general partner interests and resident service operations.
Scott Sadler
Board Director
Scott’s background and experience include more than 30 years in legislative advocacy, public relations, political campaigns, public policy development, coalition building, and grassroots mobilization. He founded Sadler Consulting in 2015 after eleven years as a partner at Lehman Levi Pappas & Sadler, the last eight as managing partner. His advocacy practice has focused on energy, international trade, education, and environmental issues. He is also a pro bono advocate for humane public policies for animals – both domestic and wild ones.
Before becoming a partner at LLPS, Mr. Sadler was Director of State Government Affairs for Reliant Energy. He was responsible for state legislative and regulatory policies in California, Arizona, and Nevada. Prior to becoming a legislative advocate, he served simultaneously as Chief of Staff for Senator Bruce McPherson and as Director of the CA State Senate Republican Caucus. He augmented the legislative, political, and communication operations for all 15 Republican State Senators. Scott has also been a successful political consultant for dozens of campaigns in California and Washington, DC, ranging from local city council races to a successful national presidential campaign.
He is currently a member of the Board of Directors at Christo Rey Catholic High School in Sacramento, a college preparatory high school focusing on the first generation in their families to graduate from high school. He is also on the Board of Directors of The Hawthorn Club, an international network for executive women in the energy industry. Scott attended the University of Oklahoma, where he majored in American Studies and completed studies at the Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems at Georgetown University. He and his wife, Anne, live in Sacramento, and have one adult daughter.
Matthew C. Jaime
Board Director
Matt Jaime is a partner with one of Sacramento’s largest law firms, Matheny Sears Linkert & Jaime, LLP. The firm provides aggressive, cost-effective representation to individuals as well as local, state, national and international clients and has earned an “AV” Professional Rating by Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating available. Matt has practiced with the firm since 1989; he sits on the firm’s executive committee and is the youngest attorney in the firm’s 35-year history to become a full partner. He is a seasoned trial lawyer and deals with matters of complex civil litigation and commercial litigation.
Matt is a member of the State Bar of California, American Bar Association, Sacramento County Bar Association, and the Northern California Association of Defense Counsel. He is admitted to practice in all courts of the State of California and the U.S. District Court, Eastern District and U.S. District Court, Northern District. He is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a national organization with 6,000 members of a population of approximately 2,000,000 attorneys. Additionally, he sits as a mediator and volunteer judge.
Matt was born and raised in the Sacramento area. He attended Jesuit High School and, in 1985, received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from St. Mary’s College of California. He then received his law degree from McGeorge School of Law, the University of the Pacific, in 1988. He is married to Leslie and has two daughters. The family resides in East Sacramento.
Elizabeth Watson
Board Director
Elizabeth has worked in the California State Legislature for over 19 years, in positions ranging from Legislative Assistant to Chief of Staff. She is currently the Legislative Director for a California State Senator. She grew up in Tustin, California, and moved to Sacramento during high school. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Gonzaga University. Elizabeth spent her junior year abroad studying in Florence, Italy. After college, she served in the Peace Corps in Pidvolochysck, Ukraine, for two and a half years, during which time she learned to speak conversational Ukrainian. Elizabeth is an avid runner and has run seven marathons, including the Boston Marathon. She also enjoys hiking and has summited Mt. Shasta, Mt. Whitney, and Machu Picchu, Peru.
Faith Conley
Board Director
Faith Conley is a legislative representative for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, working with the Legislature on issues of homelessness, mental health and the environment. She has 20 years of experience in both state and local government that includes representing various agencies and companies in multiple capacities. Faith is originally from Napa, California and moved to Sacramento to attend college, majoring in Government-Journalism and receiving the prestigious Chief Clerk of the Assembly internship in 2002.
Outside of work, Faith is on the Board of Directors for the Sacramento chapter of Girls on the Run International; she loves to travel, cook and do practically anything that involves animals.
William D. Coyle
Board Director
Bill Coyle is Vice President of Real Estate with Emeryville based, Grocery Outlet. A veteran of Retail Real Estate for 40 years, Bill is responsible for driving new store expansion for this publicly traded company of 430 stores with emphasis on California, Nevada and Idaho. Grocery Outlet opens approximately 30-40 stores per year. Prior to joining Grocery Outlet in 2010, Bill served as Managing Director of Colliers International managing approximately 50 commercial brokers between offices in Sacramento and Roseville. He also served at VP with Dollar Tree Stores for a number of years overseeing expansion in the western U.S.
Born and raised in Sacramento, Bill attended Jesuit High School and received his B.A. in Political Science from U.C. Berkeley. He lives in Granite Bay with his wife, Julie, and has two grown children.
Diane Sindt
Board Director
Diane Sindt has been the owner of CountyWide Realty, an award-winning real estate company, for the past 23 years. Her company has been recognized with the Roseville Small Business Excellence Award in Real Estate Services for three consecutive years.
She has specialized experience working with senior and lower-income buyers in the Sacramento region. Achieving the status of SRES (Senior Real Estate Specialist) has been an honor for Diane. Diane also is focused on educating affordable and first-time homebuyers on how to achieve their goal of homeownership. She has often led homebuyer workshops in cooperation with Mutual Assistance Network in Del Paso Heights, Sacramento. The purpose of each workshop is to teach affordable first-time homebuyers the process of purchasing a home, but also what homeownership means and how to navigate challenges they may face once they reach homeownership.
Before starting her real estate career in 1989, Diane taught Special Education in the San Juan School District, working with the SED (Severely Emotionally Disturbed) children and counseling the parents. This life experience was pivotal in expanding her understanding of what it means to listen to another person’s needs. Diane has two adult sons and four grandsons. When she is not helping homebuyers or sellers achieve their dreams, she enjoys spending time with her family and being out on the golf course.
Bruce Bell
Board Director
Bruce is a native of Sacramento, having attended Rio Americano High School and UC Davis, where he earned a BA in Economics. He has spent his entire career engaged in the real estate industry, primarily involved in real estate development.
His career has included time at AKT Development, Brown Stevens, Elmore and Sparre, and Steele Enterprises. The heart of his career was spent at B&Z Properties, a firm he founded with Jim Zurbuchen upon the acquisition of Steele Enterprises. Bruce has operated in both commercial and housing markets, having developed office, industrial and land development projects.
After a brief period enjoying semi-retirement, Bruce recently accepted the position of CEO at Somers West Development. Somers West is land development firm based in Sacramento. Their primary focus is on projects in California and Hawaii.
Bruce is a past member of the UC Davis Foundation Board of Trustees where he served for 12 years, including two years as Chair.
