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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 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 Richard G. Cohen 443.0519 RGCohen@aol.com
Vice-Chair Susan Nash 459.2021 snash1@earthlink.net
Chair Emeritus Steve Boyers 573.9100 srboyers@aol.com
pacpalicc@aol.com
Secretary Haldis Toppel 454.8060 hrtoppel@aol.com
Treasurer Ted Mackie 454.2128 pacpalted@earthlink.net

Advisors, (non-voting)

Legal Counsel Ron Dean 459.1636 rdean@74erisa.com
Advisor-Disaster Preparedness Flo Elfant 454.5775 mamaflo@adelphia.net
Advisor-Palisades Greening Marie Steckmest 459.1614 info@palisadescares.org

Area Representatives

Area 1   Barbara Kohn 454.8185 barbara@kohn.com
    Alternate  Norma Spak 454.2677 zjhayley@verizon.net
Area 2   Paul Glasgall  230.7382 (o)
 459.2238 (h)
pglasgall@aol.com
    Alternate  Peter Culhane  230.1100 pfc@culhane.org
Area 3   Janet Turner  573.0382 janetturner35@hotmail.com
    Alternate  Mike Stryer  849.3069 mjstryer@yahoo.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 922.2690 marsation@yahoo.com
Area 6   Stuart Muller 459.9700 smuller@earthlink.net
    Alternate  Karyn Weber 230.7881 karyn_robert@hotmail.com
Area 7  Cathy Russell 459.5535 cathyrussell888@msn.com
    Alternate  Peter Fisher 779.6901 peter.fisher@transamerica.com
Area 8 Marguerite Perkins Mautner 454.3422 mlmautner@earthlink.net
    Alternate  Reza Akef - rza2k5@gmail.com
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

Chamber of Commerce  Roy Robbins - royrbbs@aol.com
    Alternate  Mary Cole 459.7963 marymcole1@aol.com
Civic League  Carl Mellinger 454.2033 ginkgoone@aol.com
    Alternate 1  David Price 454.2702 dprice@americanlandscape.com
    Alternate 2  Thomas Farnham 230.3885 thosfarnham@hotmail.com
Cultural, Ethics, and Aesthetics  Andy Frew
 Theatre Palisades
450.4061 afrew@gte.net>
    Alternate  Bill Davis
 P.R.I.D.E.
456.0776 wfdlaw@aol.com
Education open - -
    Alternate open - -
Environment  Gil Dembo,
 Temescal Canyon
 Association
454.7885 justbd@verizon.net
Historical Society  Shirley Haggstrom 454.4201 shaggstrom@earthlink.net
     Alternate  Susan Orenstein 459.1312 susan@susanorenstein.com
Pacific Palisades Residents Assoc.  Chris Spitz 459.8061 ppfriends3@hotmail.com
     Alternate 1  Lorraine Oshins 454.6771 -
     Alternate 2  Todd Sadow 459.1743 tscubed@earthlink.net
Recreation  Dan Clement
 Club Soccer
459.2589 clementdan@aol.com
     Alternate  Bob Benton
 Pac Pal Baseball
459.8451 bentons@earthlink.net
Service Clubs Open - -
    Alternate Open - -
Youth Jane Steele 454.5796 JaneS@wildwood.org
    Alternate Julie Kellman 795.5699 juliek831@hotmail.com
    Alternate Alex Lehrhoff 454.0765 alex.lehrhoff@gmail.com
    Alternate Jacob Correia 454.0285 youngcaptain2@msn.com
    Alternate Josh Moscot 459.6299 j2.moscot@verizon.net

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-Richard Cohen
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