Yolo CASA

Mary Patricia Whelan-Miille

Yolo County CASA Board Member Mary Patricia Whelan-Miille knows all too well the adversity that foster children face through her over 30 years working as an educational psychologist. One experience really stands out to her. “I began working with a teenage boy who had been in foster care for many years. You could see through his grades and attendance that his life was really thrown off course in the years immediately preceding and following his entry into foster care. During one of our sessions, I showed him copies of his early school photos, none of which he had ever seen. When I gave them to him, he just cried. He had no idea what he even looked like when he was little.”

Peter Pascoe

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Peter Pascoe arrived in Yolo County when he became a professor of veterinary anesthesiology at UC Davis. Around the same time, Yolo County CASA was just forming, and Peter’s late wife, Roz Pascoe, became one of the first Yolo County CASA volunteers. “She was part of the second CASA training in Yolo County.”

Susanne Ramalia

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Suzanne Ramalia recently moved back to Yolo County and found her volunteer calling when she was driving home from her job at the Yolo County Sheriff’s office. “I was listening to NPR and someone from the national CASA organization was being interviewed. I thought it was a wonderful idea and I called the Yolo County chapter to become more involved. They were in the middle of a training cycle so I couldn’t attend that one, but I applied to and was accepted to the next one.”

Jordan Trezona

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Jordan Trezona has always been altruistic. He is a premed student at UC Davis and works at Children’s Hospital of Oakland as an orthopedic technician. When Jordan transferred to UC Davis for college, he immediately started looking for volunteer opportunities.

Liz Heckles

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Liz Heckles is no stranger to solving problems. With a professional background as a consultant and an agricultural compliance coordinator, she regularly puts together many puzzle pieces to meet a common goal. “I have a passion for bringing resources together in tangible ways.”

Reed and Susan Youmans

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Susan and Reed Youmans were introduced to Yolo County CASA over two decades ago by dear friends. “We were invited to Yolo County CASA’s annual auction and dinner and we were deeply moved by Yolo County CASAs mission. We’ve been supporters ever since,” states Susan Youmans.