Mike and his wife Robin have been married and lived in Nevada County for the past 34 years.  The Bratton's love Nevada County and are an integral part of our community.  While raising 4 children they were continually involved with the local schools and community service clubs with the goal of making our community a better place and a thriving environment for youth.  Even now, after their children were grown with their own families, they are still involved with the local high schools and community service clubs.

Mike has owned the local State Farm Insurance Agency for the last 25 years and has earned many of the top achiever awards given by the State Farm Company.  He is also an active Rotarian.

The family survived a tragic loss when their son, Michael Jr., took his life in 2006.  The family had no warning signs of Michael’s intent to end his life, and they are left with questions that perhaps will never be answered.  The MB2 Foundation was started as a way to bring suicide awarness to other people who are suffering from depression and thoughts of suicide.  Each year they host the “Turkey Trot”, a 5 and 10K run to raise money to support other non-profits in the area with the same goal.

Mike became involved with Anew Day because he felt God lead him here to help others.  "I'm in favor of this if they can open anybody else's eyes," Bratton said. "If it's honoring Michael and if we can help deter or help another child who might be at risk ... well, that's what my family's goals are."

Carolyn and I have been married 26 years, the past 18 of which have been here in Nevada County. We have two beautiful daughters who grew up here. We love Nevada County for its scenic beauty, it’s perfect climate, its lakes and streams and all the outdoor activities.

 I have been an attorney for over 23 years, and focus on real estate and construction matters, as well as a broad range of business litigation and transactions. I am active in my church, and attend seminary in the evenings where I’m working towards a masters degree in Theology.

I was drawn to Anew Day because I saw the tremendous need to provide care to those who are hurting before their situations become unbearable. My hobbies include snow skiing, scuba diving, landscaping, BBQ and running with my Dobermans through the forest behind my house.

Joy Porter moved to Nevada County with her husband in 1999 from the Bay Area out of a desire to belong to a smaller community and start a family.  She has been married for 15 years and they adopted their first son in 2003.

Joy is the President of SIP Home Systems, a firm that specializes in sustainable building starting from design to selling green products.  She has an office in Nevada City and is very involved in providing building alternative solutions and education to the construction industry.  Prior to moving to Nevada County, she was a Government & Regulatory Affairs consultant for an independent power company based out of Bay Area.

Joy became involved in Anew Day out of her passion for teens and young adults as well as opportunity to give back to our community.  We live in a world of hurting people and our common goal is to provide a safe place for individuals to come and find a friend, someone to come along side and help guide them through some pretty tough times. It is an honor to be a part of this amazing organization and to see people come to a place of healing where they experience hope.

Suzanne has lived in Nevada County since 1986 after growing up in the Bay Area. She has been married to her husband, Mike, for 32 years and has two grown sons, Chris and Darren.

Suzanne has been with Robertson, Woodford and Summers for 11 years. She specializes in individual and corporate tax returns, and assists clients with accounting issues and special projects. She is also a certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor. Suzanne graduated with her BA from California State University, Fresno and finished her accounting classes at California State University, Sacramento when she received her CPA license.

In her spare time, Suzanne enjoys fishing with her husband Mike, yard sale shopping with her girlfriends, following the San Francisco Giants, and spending time with her sons Chris and Darren and dogs Spencer and Shadow. She volunteers at her church and local schools as a way of giving back and being involved with the youth of Nevada County.

Debbie has been a resident of Nevada County for the past 29 years with her husband, John, son Paul and now grandson, Zach. Their goal was to “get out of the rat race” and slow down the pace to focus on family.

She has been involved in the financial industry helping families with financing and home ownership as well as investments and insurance for the past 20 years.  “I’ve always looked at my profession as a mission to be able to help others while doing excellence, integrity is everything to me."  Although Debbie is still involved in the finance and real estate industry she is deeply involved with Anew Day.  As one of the co-founders she is committed to the mission of reaching out to hurting families and offering an option of hope.

In addition to Anew Day, throughout her time in Nevada County, Debbie has been involved with the local schools helping in a variety of roles.

“Our youth is our future and with the state of our country and the challenges that teens and families are facing, I feel it is imperative that they have an avenue to work out the challenges that face them.  I’m excited to be a part of a ministry who makes a difference”.

My wife Pam and I have been in Nevada County since 1986 when we retired after 35 years from the Real Estate Industry in Contra Costa County, California. We have two adult daughters, one in Walnut Creek and a second who lives with her husband in Tucson, Arizona.

While still in the Bay Area, I was active in Bible Study Fellowship and participated for six years with local jail ministries. I decided to further my Bible education and received my diploma in Christian Studies. After graduating I became co-founder of a non-profit counseling ministry known as "New Directions" in Concord, California and later, after moving to Nevada County, became the acting director of counseling for 11 years at Calvary Bible Church.

Our winter months are now spent in the Palm Springs area where I focus on developing bible study groups for men, especially those who live "behind gates" in country clubs.

In 2008 I became associated with "Anew Day”. I am interested in fund raising and am happy to accept the challenge this presents.

God is good.

“As the Executive Director for Anew Day I have the honor of working with a team of dedicated men and women who have the vision and goal of being a lighthouse to our communities here in Nevada County".

Administrative Assistant

I've been married to Steve for 27 years.  After growing up in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, we wanted to live and raise a family in a smaller town.  We have loved living in Nevada County for the past 19 years where we are now raising our two teen-age sons.

I have my degree in Marketing and have been able to use that experience in a wide variety of volunteer experiences in Nevada County.  When our sons were young, I volunteered in their schools, however, as they grew older I wanted to do more.  Still wanting to be a "stay at home mom" I began volunteering with a variety of non-profit agencies in Nevada County.  I've had the pleasure of working with The United Way, NCTV, Friends of the Nevada County Libraries as well as my church. 

Looking back, I can see my journey to Anew Day began about 6 months before I had ever heard of it.  Once I met the Executive Director, Greg DeWolf and learned more about Anew Day and it's mission, I knew this was the place God wanted me to be.  I love coming to work everyday!  I love being able to use my organizational skills to help Anew Day run more smoothly.  I feel if I am helping the counselors be able to do their job of helping others through a life crisis then I am using my gifts the way God would have me do so. 

"As the Administrative Assistant at Anew Day I have the thrill of working with a wonderful team of dedicated men and women who have the goal of being a light to our community".