Jenny Early was born in Humboldt County and grew up in the heart of Southern Humboldt.  Her family has been around for generations with the Early ranch nestled quietly in the hills of Salmon Creek.   After graduating from South Fork High School in 1998 she continued her education by attending College of the Redwoods where she received two AA Degrees, soon after diving into the workforce and hasn’t stopped since.  She is a caring mother of one 14 year old son, has a passion for giving back to the community by coaching athletes in a variety of sports at all different age levels and has a serious love for descriptive writing.  Jenny also enjoys playing an active role as Secretary for Soroptimist International of the Redwoods, a local non-profit organization in Southern Humboldt.  She is a go getter, a hands-on type of person and takes pride in her hard work ethic!

For the last 25 years Ms. Yvonne Hendrix has been working in the music industry promoting some of the best festivals on the West Coast, including Harmony Festival, Earthdance: Global Festival For Peace, Santa Cruz Blues Festival, Santa Cruz American Music Festival, Kate Wolf Music Festival, Enchanted Forest Gathering, Reggae on the River, Reggae Rising, and The Emerald Cup. Her responsibilities included creating custom tailored publicity campaigns, press releases, event marketing (newsletters and other promotional materials), managing social media, and advertising campaigns. She has successfully placed stories in Bloomberg, LA Times, SF Chronicle, Huffington Post, AAA VIA, Sunset Magazine, to name a few. In addition to her extensive marketing expertise she was also the VP of Operations for Mateel Botanicals (home to the brand CBDAlive) a State and County Licensed Cannabis Microbusiness. She expertly navigated both the county and state to secure the microbusiness license for Mateel Botanicals LLC, setup and oversaw METRC, and was the chief compliance officer.

Corinne Stromstad graduated from Eureka High School and spent two years at College of the Redwoods. She worked for Bank of America and then transferred to Six Rivers where she spent thirty years as the Vice President Manager. In 1974 Corinne and her husband Glen Stromstad moved to Garberville where they took over ownership of Milt’s Saw Shop and celebrating forty five years in business. Corinne is very active in our community sitting on multiple boards such as our Chamber of Commerce, Southern Humboldt Community Health Care District, Civic Club and Soroptimist International of the Redwoods.

Sophia Eckert was born in Arkansas and studied Psychology at the University of Washington in Seattle.  She later went back to school to receive her Masters in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Denver.  Sophia moved to Humboldt County in 2012, and is currently the Executive Director of the Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Association, a non-profit working with California State Parks.  Sophia Eckert has been serving on the board for the Southern Humboldt Chamber of Commerce since April of 2018. She enjoys hiking, camping, traveling, gardening and cooking in her free time. 

Bernie Korbly moved to Southern Humboldt in 1972 and fell in love with the area.  He owns a local gift shop named Korbly Wood Products and has been creating a variety of custom gifts such as decorative clocks, coffee tables, unique bowls for your kitchen and an assortment of boxes to put your sentimental keep sakes in.   Bernie has three kids that were raised in our Southern Humboldt community. He served twenty two years as a volunteer fire fighter for the Miranda Fire Department. Along with his dedicated years of service to the Miranda community, Bernie spent many years coaching youth sports such as basketball and soccer while his kids were growing up.  Bernie enjoys working at his business and living along the Avenue of the Giants, one of our biggest destination locations in Southern Humboldt!