HVNA Board Elections

At our annual meeting in February, the membership elected the slate put forward by the nominating committee, giving the organization the most diverse Board ever! The nominating committee, comprised of Richard Johnson, Chris Pederson, Hasinah Rahim, Leigh Stackpole and Jim Warshell, was charged by HVNA President Paul Olsen with reflecting the wonderfully diverse neighborhood in which we live. By recruiting people already active in the community, but willing to take on this additional responsibility; we should be able both to do outreach to encourage a more diverse population to be active within the organization as well as be more representative of all facets of the community.

Biographies of the Board are available on the website. Members are: President Paul Olsen; Vice President Frances Neagley; Treasurer Bill Bulkley; Membership Secretary Jamie Lopez; Corresponding Secretary Jason Henderson; Recording Secretary Adam Millard-Ball; At-Large members Gerri Hayes, Ruby Johnson, Chris Mejia, Horus Tolson and Jim Warshell and Associate member Karen Maundey-Brodek.

Two of our new Board members jumped right into things, with Chris Mejia, long interested in art and our parks introducing Barbara Wenger to speak about the Peace Tile Wall project at Koshland Park; and Ruby Johnson, who has tirelessly worked for the youth in the community introducing a performance by the Western Addition Drill Team. We are looking forward to a very active Board and very active membership!