Maureen Heagney
Napa and Sonoma Co-Ambassador

A San Francisco native, Maureen moved to Sonoma County in 2015 to help manage the family vineyard and discover the joy of having free time for hobbies such as writing and baking. A life-long volunteer, she set out to find local opportunities to fulfill her need to give back to the community. While googling volunteer baking opportunities in early 2024, Maureen fortuitously stumbled upon Cake4Kids and signed up immediately. After baking for several months, she answered the call for bakers with marketing, communications and non-profit experience and stepped into the role of co-Ambassador for Sonoma and Napa counties.

In between Cake4Kids bakes, Maureen also bakes for friends, family and local community activities. She attributes her unquenchable desire to create desserts that make people smile to her mother who excelled at making bread, cake, pie and cookies. Fond memories hearken back to lying in bed as a child during the wee hours hearing the rattle of pots and pans in the kitchen and the seductive scent of bread baking for a family gathering. Maureen’s first memory of baking was providing the thumbprint for her mother’s pressed butter cookies to be later filled with sprinkles.