Bob retired after a long and varied career in conservation and renewable energy; information technology systems and IT infrastructure management.
He began a full-time RV travel life in 2015 after his wife died after a long illness. He began volunteering with Habitat For Humanity, USFS, National Park Service, Sierra Club, Red Cross, Search and Rescue, and other community non-profits.
Nowadays, he and his wife, Cathie, explore the US, Canada, and Mexico in their RV along with their two Yorkshire Terriers. They return to their home base in Flagstaff, AZ when not also travelling in Europe and South America.
He recently started a new IT business providing consultation services and managed hardware, software, and security services for non-profits.
Kassandra Dennis, Wagonmaster
On her family’s picturesque farm in Switzerland, Kassandra grew up meeting international tourists that enjoyed their farm-to-table restaurant… and caught the “travel & hiking bug.”
After living in several countries, she settled down as a U.S. citizen. She and her husband, Ed extensively RVed on three continents with the last ten-years being fulltime in their motorhome.
As Wagonmaster, Kassandra has created and led three multi-venue Chapter 8 Rallies in Mexico and staffed three month-long European motorhome tours. She owns a small RV merchandise business and conducts seminars teaching RVers at rallies across America.
She was again elected Wagonmaster to lead the Chapter 8 in 2025.
Her Chapter 8 passion is bringing happy people together for their life’s enrichment.
Laura Genoe, Assistant Wagonmaster
Laura worked as a Travel Consultant until her husband, Bob, retired and they went on the road in their motorhome for 10 years workcamping and exploring all the United States and a good portion of Canada.
After her husband passed in 2019 and the COVID pandemic came to an end Laura got back out in the motorhome for short weekend trips. In 2023 she headed south to Quartzsite, the Chapter 8 rally to Guaymas-San Carlos. That’s all it took to hook her on the RV lifestyle. She’s back on the road with an even newer RV and looking forward to attending Escapade, the Balloon Fiesta and the next Chapter 8 Rally in Mexico.
Laura works many volunteer hours at the VA hospitals, local Veterans home and with the Patriot Guard Riders. She actively fundraises for the Walk to End Alzheimers.
Carol Javes, Secretary / Treasurer
Carol has been mostly full time in her Class B RV for four years and considers her two trips to Mexico with Chapter 8 to be major highlights.
She is retired from a career with an international software company where she worked as a project manager and business analyst. Retirement gave her the freedom to fully indulge a life-long passions for travel and animal welfare.
Mexico is a wonderful country, and through Chapter 8, Carol is delighted to share how safe and fun it is to travel there and to participate in the Chapter’s charitable activities.
Kathleen Brown, Philanthropy
As a veteran of the United States Air Force Kathleen has always had the travel bug. She enjoys discovering new places — be it in nature or in an art, history or science museum.
She currently volunteers with the Northern California Veterans Support Group as both the Treasurer and Secretary.
She has always volunteered in some capacity: as a director of a Boy Scouts summer camp, a manager for girls softball, or wrapping Christmas presents for the Salvation Army. Kathleen finds giving back very rewarding in many ways.
She is relatively new to travel with her RV that she bought about three years ago. Many of her friends have already been to Mexico and no longer wish to venture across the border, so when she found Chapter 8 she says “I knew it was going to be wonderful discovering Mexico with the Escapees.”
Ed Dennis, Membership
Ed’s passion for life and learning blossomed into a zeal for camping that thenled him to become the youngest San Francisco Bay Area Eagle Scout.
His extensive broad-based post-graduate U.S. and European education continued while serving as a military psychologist where he bought his first motorhome.
As an entrepreneur, Ed created several companies culminating in a problem solving “think tank” of scientists and engineers. Medically retired at 50, Ed uses his experience and resources to help others.
Having served six-years on the Chapter 8 Executive Board, Ed and his wife, Kassandra, have enjoyed the past decade traveling in their “Boondocker Enhanced” motorhome.
