Kent Screechfield joined the Kiwanis Club of San Ramon Valley in 2016 but has been involved with Kiwanis since 2000 when his son joined Cub Scouts. The Club chartered both his son’s Cub Pack and Scout BSA Troop, and although his son has aged out of Scouts BSA, and is working and living on his own, Kent is still involved with his old Troop – especially for service projects that involve both organizations. As past President of the San Ramon Valley Club president and Lieutenant Governor for Division 26, Kent believes it is especially important for youth to volunteer their time on service projects that benefit others in the community.

Kent graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a BS degree in Earth Sciences and has recently retired as the West Coast Geotechnical Services Manager after 35 years in the engineering/consulting business.

I have been a member of Kiwanis since 1979 and transferred to the San Ramon Valley Club in 1981.

I have been a Board Member or Officer for most of the past 36 years. I am currently Secretary/Treasurer of the Club and the SRV Kiwanis Foundation, and Chairman of the Grants Committee. I have been Kiwanian of the Year 3 times over that span, and was honored with a Life Membership in Kiwanis International in 2015.

My late wife, Rose, was honored with Kiwanis’ Walter Zeller Award in 2011. Our 13 children, 27 grandchildren and 15 (so far) great-grandchildren have all been supportive and involved with my Kiwanis life. My late Grandfather, Rev. Jesse Luther Lineweaver, was a co-founder of the Kiwanis Club of Beckley, West Virginia in 1925.

I have been a real estate owner/developer and CA Real Estate Broker since 1969. I am also a proud graduate of St. Mary’s College (1968) and UC Berkeley (MBA 1970).

Since I joined Kiwanis Club of San Ramon Valley in 1995, my primary interest is and remains to provide community service for local community, a core mission of the club. We accomplish this goal by engaging in community service projects and raising money for local nonprofit organizations that otherwise may be unable to fulfill their mission. Our primary fund raising activity are sponsorships for the three-hour Kiwanis 4th of July Parade in Danville. Over 40,000 persons, many decked out in red, white and blue, attend the annual parade with well over 100 parade entries including bands, floats, marching youth groups from scouts, school activities, team sports, local businesses and, of course, local politicians.

There are a host of laudable business networking organizations designed for the main purpose of generating business. Our club is not one of them. Kiwanis is a worldwide organization emphasizing community service with an emphasis on children. Weekly luncheons are a welcome respite from day-to- day business activities where members can socialize, discuss family events, movies, sports and other matters that may not be life-changing but are fun, stimulating and sometimes entertaining.

I’m an Aggie as in UC Davis although when the namesake was established in 1905, the agriculture school was most likely not focused on a political science major. My campus employment was the envy of most students: I was the “Oly Man,” otherwise known as the campus rep for Olympia Brewing Company, and the TWA campus rep, both companies having met their demise long ago. I was also a janitor at a local student gathering spot in exchange for a tiny room that was barely enough room for a bed. We all need to start somewhere.

Nick Gant graduated with a B.A. in Geology from Trinity College in Dublin in 1967, followed by an M.Sc. in geophysics from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Subsequently he joined a geological consulting company in the U.K. and finally moved to Chevron Overseas Petroleum in 1982 from which he retired in 2002.   

He lives in Danville and is married with two adult children, spending much time for his hobbies of genealogy, historical research and leisurely travel to far-off places.