Novato woman named managing director of advisory firm

Marin Independent Journal (CA)

Nov. 1--Novato resident Kim Kaselionis has been hired as managing director of AssayCS, a San Francisco business growth advisory firm.

Kaselionis, the former CEO of Circle Bank in Novato and founder of Sausalito's Breakaway funding, was inducted into the Marin Women's Hall of Fame in 2013.

In her new role, Kaselionis will help clients earning $10 million to $500 million in revenue who are seeking an exit or transition to ownership.

----Mike Crosby has been hired as the executive director of Marin Court Appointed Special Advocates, known as Marin CASA, succeeding Robyn Roberts, who recently moved with her family to Michigan. Crosby has more than 25 years of experience working with underserved communities, including periods at the Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco, Friends of the Children SF and the Marin Community Foundation.

----Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Richard Rubin of Mill Valley to the California Law Revision Commission. Rubin is an attorney and the founder and former president of Richard Rubin Associates, a public affairs management and business development consulting firm. He is the former chairman of the California Commonwealth Club Board of Governors.

----M.B. McGowan & Associates, an independent insurance agency in Novato, has announced a partnership with Liberty Company Insurance Brokers of Los Angeles. M.B. McGowan was established in 1999.