Mr. Goethals is currently an attorney in private practice and formerly the Deputy District Attorney for San Mateo County working on the Homicide Unit. He is also a Council Member and former Mayor of San Mateo. He was born and raised in San Mateo where he lives with his wife and three daughters. Joe graduated from Santa Clara University majoring in Microbiology. He received a Master’s degree in Public Health from San Jose State University. He attended Santa Clara University School of Law and served as the President of the SCU Alumni Association. He also currently serves as the Chair of the Board for the San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department JPA. Joe worked for 10 years in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. He enjoys coaching his daughters’ AYSO teams and serving his community.

Dr. McManis is a local church pastor, a college professor, and an educator in Cupertino, California. He has served in various nonprofit organizations for three decades. Currently, he serves on the board of an organization that helps orphans, widows, the sick and elderly in southern India where he travels annually to help oversee the projects’ implementation. Cliff is married to Debbie and they have four grown children and one grandson.  

Mr. Mussman was a police captain with the Daly City Police Department and has been employed by the City of Daly City for the past 25 years. Prior to Daly City, he served in the U.S. Air Force for four years. He is currently the Commander of Investigations Division and as such he is intimately involved in all serious cases brought before him.

As a result of my position, I met the Hatami’s during the investigation of Ariana’s homicide. Although our connection was initially professional, I feel as if I have a personal connection with both Julie and Farzin and look forward to building a friendship. Although I never met Ariana, I’m very excited and honored to be a part of helping this family to create something good from their tragedy as well as building a lasting legacy for Ariana.

Mr. Scherf is a Certified Financial Planner and Financial Advisor with MassMutual and has been a financial advisor for over 15 years. Prior to that, he was a high tech executive for nearly 25 years serving as vice president of sales in several startup companies, mostly in the telecommunications field. He served ten years of active duty with the U.S. Navy as a Naval Aviator and an additional 20 years in the Naval Reserve, retiring at the rank of Captain. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, North Carolina State University, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

He is very active with several non-profit and community organizations including the Pacific Skyline Council, Boy Scouts of America as past president and a current board member; Western Region, Boy Scouts of America, executive board member; Vice Chair of the Executive Board of the Hiller Aviation Museum; the Redwood City Child Development Program as a past president and current executive board member; and Chair of the San Mateo County Veterans Commission.

Mrs. Schneider joined the AMHF board in June of 2017. Her career as a working mother has led her to serve on advisory boards for youth-based organizations for decades. This includes twelve years on the parent advisory board and finance committee at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Redwood City, California. She has been an active leader and executive committee member for two local Boy Scout units in the bay area for nearly twenty years.

Mrs. Schneider has served on the parent advisory board for a local pre-school, Sequoia Children’s Center where she now works as the accountant and office administrator. She has previously worked for Lockheed Martin as a corporate auditor and an independent sole practitioner. Kathy is a CPA and has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from San Francisco State University.