Board of Directors
Shirley Han, President
Raised in Southern California, Shirley spent her childhood in her family's Chinese takeout restaurant, where her love for hospitality took root. Over the years, she’s continued serving in that spirit, including the hospitality team at her home church in Mission Viejo and is honored to serve as the 2026-27 SVHS Parent Club president. Shirley co-led the hospitality team in 2025-26.
By day, Shirley works in the marketing department of a business intelligence company, where she collaborates with nonprofit organizations to amplify the importance of cybersecurity and promote digital awareness.
Her husband is a chef at Mount Hermon, and together they love exploring restaurants around Santa Cruz, spending time with family, and embracing everyday adventures. Their son is a junior at SVHS, where he’s actively involved in ASB and the drama program, and also enjoys playing a bit of baseball.
Shirley enjoys walking her dogs and soaking in the beauty of Mount Hermon. She also loves baking, cooking, gardening, and cheering at baseball games. She’s excited for the 2025–2026 school year and looks forward to meeting new families, sharing baked goods, and swapping favorite recipes.
Heidi Denger, Vice President
Heidi currently has one recent Falcon alum at UCLA and one child at SVHS. She is very excited to hold the position of Vice President for the 2026/2027 school year.
Prior to this school year, Heidi served as President of the SVHS Parent Club from 2020 - 2023. Her children have been within the Scotts Valley School District since 2015 and during this time she also held board positions at Vine Hill, SVMS and SVEF.
Volunteering to help raise funds and fun within our school district is something Heidi is passionate about. She also chaired the Daughter & Me Dance for SVEF for four years, and led the SVMS Color Run in 2023.
Heidi believes we as a community need to ensure our school district is the best it can be. This school district is very important to our town and when our school district succeeds, our entire community benefits.
Steve Dinwiddie, Treasurer
Steve and his wife, Kristina, are longtime Scotts Valley residents and have two children. His son recently graduated from SVHS and is attending UCSC. His daughter is a senior attending Scotts Valley High School. This is Steve’s fourth year as part of the SVHS Parent Club. Professionally, Steve has worked in the tech industry for many years.
Maria Torchio Gauthier, Secretary
Maria has one daughter at SVHS, in the 11th Grade. Her son graduated from SVHS in 2022. She has lived in Scotts Valley for 22 years and is excited to help the SVHS Parent Club. Maria works for the SVUSD as an Administrative Assistant to the Principal at Vine Hill.
Monica Aldana, Fundraising Chair
Monica has lived in Scotts Valley since 2006 and currently has two daughters attending SVHS. Giving back to the community is something that is important to Monica and she has always been involved with volunteering for the schools, her church and other non-profit organizations.
She has been the PTA President at Vine Hill, SVMS and Baymonte as well as other positions on these school-parent Board of Directors since 2014. She has chaired the Read-A-Thon at Vine Hill, helped with the school auctions, Color Fun Runs, Teacher Appreciation, Drive For Schools and Direct Donation drives.
Serving is an honor to her and she will continue to help raise money for the schools in hopes to continue to make Scotts Valley a special place for us all.
Erica Turzak, Communications Chair
This is Erica’s fifth year as a Falcon parent and fourth year working on Communications for the Parent Club. She is excited to be back again this year and hopes to keep everyone in the loop on all the exciting things happening with the Parent Club and at the high school. She and her husband, Eric, have two children – Dylan, a recent SVHS graduate attending University of Notre Dame, and Ryan, a sixth grader at SVMS. When she’s not cheering on her kids and their sports teams (Go Falcons!), Erica loves adventure travel and hiking.
Vanda Cash, Historian
This is Vanda's sixth year serving on the SVHS Parent Club board and her second year as Historian. She previously served four years as Treasurer. She was also Treasurer for the SVMS PTA and spent many years volunteering in the classrooms at the elementary school. Vanda is a Santa Cruz area native, growing up and attending schools here. She lives in Scotts Valley with her husband and two daughters - a college student and a sophomore.
In her spare time, she loves staying active with her girls, watching them play volleyball, cheering on our local Bay Area sports teams & the Georgia Bulldogs, and spending time with her family and friends.
Professionally, Vanda works as a Financial Analyst for Broadcom.