Rick Turko

Treasurer,  Audit-Finance Committee

Community Member

Rick Turko “retired” in 2005 after almost 30 years of work in Accounting and Information Technology positions at various companies, including Amazon.com, Oracle and Dun & Bradstreet. Following his relocation to Napa from Seattle in 2007, Rick became an active member of the Napa Valley Unity League as well as a significant contributor to Napa Valley LGBTQ Pride and the Napa Valley AIDS Walk. In 2009 he founded the Napa Guerilla Gay Bar – a not-for-profit social and philanthropic organization with the purpose of building community and supporting Napa Valley businesses and organizations. He currently works with the Tech Connection – a joint program of NapaLearns, the Napa Valley Education Foundation and Napa Valley Unified School District – which helps put technology into the hands of Napa County students. A graduate of the University of Washington with a degree in Accounting, Rick is also a voice actor and enjoys Facebook, wine tasting and entertaining friends in the home he and his husband Rob recently purchased in Terrace-Shurtleff neighborhood of Napa.