Our Team
Cinnamon Danielson
Executive Director
With 20 years experience working with women and children in crisis, Cinnamon brings her passion for people and her leadership skills to the WoW family. Making use of her Counseling and Chaplain credentials, as well as years of leadership training, she is using her expertise to positively impact the vulnerable women and children in Nevada County and beyond.
Cinnamon has been married to her best friend Bruce for 35 years. Cinnamon has 4 children and 4 grandchildren. She enjoys family time and is an avid golfer.
Alexa Etheridge
Client Services Director
Alexa has resided in Nevada County for 25 years and loves her community. She graduated with a BSW from Sacramento State University and has worked with children and families for over 20 years. Her passion is to bring resources and hope to families within the community, and to help them thrive. Alexa is married and has three wonderful children. She enjoys the outdoors, attending her children’s sporting events, and reading.
Joshua Danielson
Family Services Director
Joshua has been working with children for the past 10 years. He is a Child Development major and has Lay Counseling Credentials. Joshua enjoys working with children and teaching them to express their feeling in artist ways. Joshua has been married for 4 years and is an avid guitarist and board game enthusiast.
Jillian Miller
Emotional Wellness Director
Jillian serves as our Emotional Wellness Director. She is passionate about helping women learn how to respond to stresses and not react. She has been teaching for 15 years and has lay counseling training. Jillian was born and raised in Nevada County. She is married and has 5 children and 1 grandchild. Jillian enjoys reading and spending time with her family.
Linda Holt
Boutique Team Leader
Linda Holt is a Nevada County resident of 25 years. She is currently the store manager at our Women of Worth Boutique, where she thrives in working with women, fostering teamwork, and maintaining an organized store environment. Linda has a passion for fashion and enjoys training and mentoring. She loves helping to create a positive team environment.
Patricia Plank
Boutique Team Member
Patricia was a Home Economics educator and Sales Consultant in her prior career. Along with her interests in fashion and design she is grateful to share her talents in support of our Boutique. When she isn't working, she enjoys time with her children and grandchildren.
Board of Directors
Diane French
President
Diane was so impressed after attending the 2023 Women of Worth (WoW) Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser that she reached out to WoW to find out how she could become a volunteer and to offer her help at WoW’s newly purchased safe house. Shortly after becoming a WoW volunteer, she accepted an invitation to be on their board and feels blessed and honored to be part of the WoW team.
Diane has a passion for helping others. In the past, when she lived in Southern California, she volunteered for the non-profit, Fresh Start Surgical Gifts that provides pro bono surgeries to under and non-insured children. She also volunteered for the non-profit, Angel Faces that empowers adolescent girls who have sustainedsevere facial burns. Feeling that it’s important to give back to the community she also currently volunteers weekly at Interfaith Food Ministry.
She and her husband, Mike live in Alta Sierra and are members of Twin Cities church. In her downtime, some of her favorite things to do are bird watching, hiking, and reading. Diane feels fortunate to be involved with an organization that helps to empower women and whose mission is to help restore a woman’s worth. Hope is definitely found here at WoW.
Chris Blair
Member
Chris Blair is the pastor of Abundant Life Community Church here in Grass Valley. He and his wife Debbi have been married for over forty years, and have two grown sons. Chris and Debbi have served at churches in Idaho and Oregon, but they are both from California and enjoy being "home again." Chris also serves as a teacher at Hope of the Nations Bible College in Tanzania, where he is part of a program to train pastors.
Robert “Bud” Hawley
Treasurer
Robert has an extensive background in institutional and private commercial real estate development, construction, and management, spanning over three decades. He has held executive roles within various renowned national companies and also co-owned a real estate firm that specialized in redeveloping properties.
Robert earned a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont and was a registered Engineer in Illinois (now retired). Additionally, he holds a real estate license in Arizona and an FAA remote pilot's license (now retired). Moreover, Robert has completed solar initiative studies in California to further enhance his expertise in the field.
Scott Davidson
Member
Scott Davidson was born in Santa Clara and moved to Grass Valley at the age of 4 months old. He graduated from high school at Forest Lake Christian School and earned a BS in Business Administration, with a concentration in Finance from California State University, Chico. He has been a part of the third-generation family business of Economy Pest Control for over 31 years and now shares ownership with his brother. The company has been serving the community of Nevada & Placer counties for over 52 years. He and his wife Rene' have been married for 25 years and have two sons, Jordan and Colt. Scott enjoys attending and serving at Calvary Bible Church. He also enjoys volunteering for Interfaith Food Ministry where he has been a driver for over 20 years, picking up food donations at local grocery stores. Scott has served on overseas church mission programs that focuses on building housing, churches and schools with locations in: Africa, Europe, Central and South America.