Emeritus Richard & Chair Janet on Parade

The Community Council Board of Governors consists of -

  • The Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary, who are elected by the Board, and serve one year terms beginning on July 1st.  The names of former Community Council Chairs may be found at the bottom of this page.

  • The Chair Emeritus

  • A representative from each of eight geographical areas of the Palisades, who are elected by the area residents, and serve for two years beginning on October 1st of even years. Area boundaries are defined below.

  • An Elected At-Large Representative

  • Representatives of various community organizations, such as the Chamber of Commerce, Temescal Canyon Association, and Theatre Palisades. These representatives serve a one year term beginning on October 1st.

  • Non-voting Advisors

The procedures used to determine Board membership, duties of officers, voting rules, quorum requirements, etc. may be found on the "Bylaws" page of this site.

Members of the Board are listed below with a means to contact each of them. You are encouraged to bring your community concerns to their attention.

All phone numbers shown are in area 310.


Officers and Chair Emeritus

Chair Janet Turner 666.9003 PacPaliCC@aol.com
Vice Chair Haldis Toppel 454.8060 hrtoppel@aol.com
Chair Emeritus Richard G. Cohen 443.0519 rgcohen@aol.com
Secretary Cathy Russell 459.5535 cathyrussell888@msn.com
Treasurer Ted Mackie 454.2128 pacpalted@earthlink.net

Advisors, (non-voting)

Legal Counsel Ron Dean 459.1636 rdean@74erisa.com
Advisor-Transportation Patti Post 230.4477 postpost@aol.com
Advisor-Environment Protection Marie Steckmest 459.8318 harty3@verizon.net
Advisor-Disaster Prepardness Flo Elfant 454.5775 mamaflo2007@gmail.com
Advisor-Special
to Chair
Kurt Toppel 454.8060 hrtoppel@aol.com

Area Representatives

Area 1  Barbara Kohn 454.8185 barbara@kohn.com
    Alternate Norma Spak 454.2677 zjhayley@verizon.net
Area 2 
 
Paul Glasgall
 
255.5462 (o)
 877.4872 (h)
pglasgall@aol.com
    Alternate Laura Chung 230.0852 lchung@mindspring.com
Area 3  Open - -
    Alternate Christy Dennis 454.2824 christyadennis@aol.com
    Alternate Jennifer Malaret - malaret5@me.com
Area 4  Harry Sondheim 454.4667 hbsondheim@verizon.net
    Alternate Robert Baker 459.2454 baker@molbio.usc.edu
Area 5  Jack Allen 454.2712 uclajack@verizon.net
    Alternate Nancy Marsden 922.2692 nmppcc@yahoo.com
Area 6  Stuart Muller 459.9700 smuller@earthlink.net
    Alternate Dan Rosenthal 230.7991 dkr90272@gmail.com
Area 7 Peter Fisher 779.6901 peter.fisher@transamerica.com
Area 8
 
Marguerite Perkins
Mautner
454.3422 mlmautner@earthlink.net
    Alternate Mahtab Moayedi - mmoayedi@verizon.net
At-Large Representative George Wolfberg
 
454.4448 g.wolfberg@verizon.net
    Alternate Quentin Fleming 454.0554 qfleming@aol.com

Area Boundaries

  • Area 1 - Pacific View Estates, Castellammare, Paseo Miramar, and Sunset Blvd. addresses from PCH to Palisades Drive

  • Area 2 - Palisades Highlands and Palisades Drive to Sunset Blvd.

  • Area 3 - Marquez Knolls and Bel Air Bay Club area, north and south of Sunset from east of Palisades Drive to and including Bienveneda

  • Area 4 - North and south of Sunset from east of Bienveneda to Temescal Canyon

  • Area 5 - Alphabet Streets, north of Sunset from east of Temescal Canyon to and including upper Rivas Canyon

  • Area 6 - Via Mesa, Huntington Palisades, south of Sunset from Temescal Canyon to and including Chautauqua Blvd.

  • Area 7 - Rustic, Santa Monica, and lower Rivas Canyons, and the Will Rogers area

  • Area 8 - Riviera section, and south of Sunset to Allenford, and Paul Revere Middle School

The official and precise definition of area boundaries may be found in
Appendix "B" of the Council Bylaws.

Organizational Representatives

I. Business &
   Commerce
 Joyce Brunelle
 Chamber of Commerce
459.7963 joyce@solarcity.com
      Alternate  Nicole Howard 459.7963 Nicole@thisweekinpalisades.com
II. Culture, Ethics,
    Aesthetics
 Mary Cole
 AARP
459.8373 marymcole@aol.com
      Alternate
 
 Amy Kalp
 Friends of the Library
890.2668 akalp@roadrunner.com
III. Education Open - -
IV. Historian
 
 Chickie Jensen
 Historical Society
454.7511 chickiejensen@aol.com
       1st Alternate  June Payne 454.1685 junepay@verizon.net
       2nd Alternate  Richard Wulliger 459.3536 wulliger2@verizon.net
V. Civic
    Organizations
 
 Carl Mellinger
 Civic League
459.9211 Ginkgoone@aol.com
      Alternate  Geoff Sheldon
 PRIDE
230.3780 ghsheldon@prula.com
VI. Recreation Jason Lemire
Club Soccer
867.0977 jason@bluessoccerclub.com
       Alternate Carol Pfannkuche
YMCA
454.5591 carolpfannkuche@ymcala.org.
VII. Environment  Gil Dembo,
 Temescal Canyon
 Association
454.7885 justbd@verizon.net
       Alternate  Susan Orenstein 459.1302 susan@susanorenstein.com
VIII. Sevice Clubs Kevin Niles
American Legion
459.7093 ckniles@verizon.net
     Alternate Trish Bowe
Women's Club
454.0349 trishbowe.b8cy@statefarm.com
IX. Residents
     Association
 
 Chris Spitz
 Pacific Palisades
 Residents Association
721.0532 ppfriends3@hotmail.com
       Alternate  Karyn Weber 230.7881 Karyn_robert@hotmail.com
X. Youth
 
Alex Lehrhoff
 Senior Windward
454.0765 alex.lehrhoff@gmail.com
      Alternate
 
Elizabeth Volpicelli
 Senior Marymount
454.2195 mvolpicelli@aol.com
      Alternate
 
Katie Takakjian
Junior Palihi
454.4138 pinbalwizardess@aim.com
      Alternate
 
Jacob Correia
Junior Brentwood
454.0285 youngcaptain2@msn.com

Community Council Chairs

1973Robert Abernethy
1973-75Edwin Staley
1976-78John Prough
1978-79Bob Schibel
1979-80Gloria (Stout) Johnson Nedell
1981-82Lou Barnes
1983-85Sandy Schaefer
1985-87Jim Merriman
1987-89Joan Graves
1989-90Flo Elfant
1990-92Rita Delessio
1992-94Randy Young
1994-96Lila Gordon
1996-98Shirley Haggstrom
1998-00Frank Wilson
2000-02Harry Sondheim
2002-04George Wolfberg
2004-05Norman Kulla
2005-06Kurt Toppel
2006-08Steven Boyers
2008-10Richard G. Cohen
2010-11Janet Turner

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