Who We Are

President

  • Dr. George Yellich

Profession

  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, American Board Certified
  • US Navy, Commander, Retired, Dental Corps

Professional Positions

  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with a surgery center in Monterey
  • Adjunct Professor – University of San Francisco, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Adjunct Professor – University of Michigan, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Active member of many professional associations, locally and nationally
  • Past President of the California Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Past President of the University of Michigan’s Chalmers J. Lyons
  • Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Past Examiner for the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Special Acknowledgements

  • 2021 Recipient of the Monterey County “Veteran of the Year” award
  • 2021 Recipient of the Monterey Bay Dental Society “Dentist of the Year” award

Board Membership

  • 2018

City of Residence

  • Carmel

Vice President

  • Kirk “Cheef” Johnson

Profession

  • Active Lobbyist in Washington DC for veterans
  • US Army, Retired 1978 to 1988

Professional Positions

  • Serves on the Disabled American Veterans Foundation POW/MIA committee
  • Serves on projects managing the California Central Coast Veteran’s Cemetery in Seaside and the General Gorley VA Clinic in Marina, both of which provide veteran services to 5 local districts
  • Serves our local Chapter 85, specifically ensuring care to veterans and other Veteran Service Organizations where Cheef facilitates the purchase and dispatching of vans needed to transport veterans to their medical appointments
  • Serves on the Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service
  • Serves as the VAVS Executive Board President
  • Serves as the Monterey Bay Veterans Relations Director and Secretary
  • Serves as a Central Coast VNA Hospice trainer
  • Serves on many other veteran service organizations both locally and nationally

Board Membership

  • 2022

City of Residence

  • Marina

Secretary and Co-Founder

  • Patricia Yellich

Profession

  • Oral Surgery Center – office administrator
  • Real Estate Developer

Professional Positions

  • Oral Surgery Center, Dr. George Yellich – Clinic administrator, marketing
  • Director, Continuing Education Manager, and Surgical Assistant
  • Dentisty4Vets – Business Development, Secretary, Financial Coordinator, and Clinic Administrator
  • Monterey Symphony, board member and past Vice-President
  • Publisher of children’s book “Penelope The People Pleaser”
  • Past Associate Vice-President of Cornish and Carey Real Estate, Palo Alto Commercial and residential Real Estate Sales and Development
  • Past Volunteer – Teacher and mentor “Cornerstone Project” in Los Gatos Elementary School District
  • Past Volunteer – Teacher of Catechism (Catholic Youth Education)
  • Saint Mary’s Parish, Los Gatos

Board Membership

  • 2018

City of Residence

  • Carmel

Board Members

Dr. John Eisinger

Profession

  • Local Orthodontist with multiple offices on Monterey County, having served the community for over 30 years

Professional Positions

  • Board Certified by the American Association of Orthodontists
  • Member of the American Dental Association, California Dental Association, Monterey Bay Dental Society, and many other professional associations
  • Volunteer for Dentistry4Vets since 2018, providing orthodontic care to veterans

Board Membership

  • 2019

City of Residence

  • Carmel

Jean-Jacques (Jack) Murphy

Profession

  • Lieutenant Colonel, Retired US Army (21 years), Iraq and Afghanistan combat veteran
  • Management Analyst, Monterey County Military and Veterans Affairs Office

Professional Positions

  • Program Coordinator and Peer Mentor, Monterey County Veterans Treatment Court
  • Deputy Executive Director of the Veterans Transition Center of Monterey

Board Membership

  • 2019

City of Residence

  • Monterey

Melanie Scherer

Profession

  • Founder and Board President of the Non-Profit organization “Snip Bus”

Professional Positions

  • Snip Bus is a revolutionary veterinarian care organization that Melanie Founded and developed. The non-profit provides multiple Mobile Veterinarian Care units across the state of California, specifically to rural and under-served communities, that offer spay and neutering, vaccinations, microchipping, and many other services for dogs and cats.

Board Membership

  • 2021

City of Residence

  • Pebble Beach

Bill Sabo

Profession

  • US Airforce Combat Pilot, Vietnam
  • 40+ years of aviation including flying for law enforcement missions specific to the County Sheriff’s department
  • Business Consulting and Management – Finance and Banking

Professional Positions

  • Serves as an elected Board Member and Chairman of the Monterey
  • Peninsula Airport District Board of Directors
  • Serves on the Board of Transportation Agency of Monterey County
  • Chairman of the Airport Land Use Commission for Monterey County
  • Serves as a CASA “Court Appointed Special Advocate” for foster children in Monterey County
  • Past pilot for commercial airline, Eastern Airlines
  • Past Principal Management Consultant, Ernst and Young
  • Past Senior Vice President at First Federal Bank
  • Past CEO of a San Francisco based media firm

Board Membership

  • 2022

City of Residence

  • Carmel