SNMH Foundation Board of Directors

Meet Our Board President

Sean Metroka was born in Santa Rosa and raised in Paradise California.  After graduating high school, he enlisted in the US Marine Corps Reserves and attended college while serving in the reserves.  He graduated from California State University, Chico with Bachelor’s Degree in Geography in 1980.  Following graduation from Chico State, Sean was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marines and served on active duty and in the Marine Reserves for 32 years; retiring as a Colonel in January 2008.

Sean married Margaret (Dearing) in 1983 while stationed in Twenty-nine Palms.  He transferred to the Marine Reserves in April 1985 and began working for McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach, California as a Systems Engineer the next month.  He continued working for that company in IT, Accounting and Business Management until 1994 when they decided to move their young family to Nevada City.  Sean began work as the Business Manager of Sierra Care Physicians in 1995 and left that job to become the Finance Manager of the Superior Court of Nevada County in 2000.  In 2003, Sean was appointed to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Court and continues to serve in this office.

Sean is devoted to service in our community and beyond.   He began serving on the Board of the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation in 2005 and served his first stint as President between 2010 and 2012.  In addition to his membership on the Foundation Board, Sean is active in Rotary, Master of Nevada Lodge #13 – F&AM, a member of the Welcome Home Vets Board, an advisor for North Star DeMolay Chapter, and Chairman of the Nevada City Constitution Day Commission.

Sean and Margaret have three adult children and two wonderful grandchildren.