Los Alamitos
California
ARNIE FINE
Arnie has been a member of the Youth Center Board for over 14 years. His involvement with the organization stems form his own experiences in a similar agency as a youth growing up in New York. It was such an important and formative experience that he continues to support youth programs in order to provide similar experiences for the children served by the Youth Center.
Arnie and his family have lived in the community for over 20 years. His two college-age sons also benefited from the Youth Center and often volunteer when home. Arnie owns a business in Los Angeles and his wife, Lynda, is a teacher in the Los Alamitos Unified School District. In his spare time he is an avid sports fan who enjoys golf, tennis and baseball.
BETH PIBURN
Beth has been a Los Alamitos resident for over 30 years and a member of the Youth Center board for 23 years. As a member of the Youth Center board Beth has served as President, Secretary, and Vice President of Community Activities. She is also active with Grad Night. Beth is a Registered Nurse, works at Los Alamitos Medical Center and teaches nursing at Cypress College where she is involved with faculty leadership through the Academic Senate.
DAVE APPLING
Dave has served on the Youth Center's board for over 25 years and twice held the position of President. He and his wife Diane have lived in the community for 40 years, have 3 sons and 5 grandchildren. Dave is a founder of the Los Alamitos High School Football Foundation and is past President of the Los Alamitos Education Foundation. He has been named Man of the Year by the Los Alamitos Area Chamber of Commerce, past President of Los Alamito/Seal Beach Rotary, and Cypress College's Americana Citizen of the Year.
DEAN GROSE
Dean has been a resident and business owner in Los Alamitos since 1988 and active in community and civic affairs since 2000. His involvement with the Youth Center stems from his belief in its focus of "keeping good kids good" and desires that the organization grow and prosper.
Dean is a member of the Los Alamitos/Seal Beach Rotary Club and serves as President of the Delta Los Alamitos Business Association. His business, Event Medical Services, developed programs for on-site first aid and medical services that have become a model throughout California. Today the business focuses on the sale of first aid supplies and equipment.
Dean and his wife Wendy together have 6 children and 6 grandchildren.
DEBBIE KENT
Debbie has been a teacher at McAuliffe Middle School for 17 years and has lived in Los Alamitos for 28 years. She has been honored with the PTA Honorary Service Award and is a member of the American Legion. Debbie has been a volleyball, basketball and softball player and coach.
DEBRA MACKNICKI
HEATHER RAMIREZ
 
JAMES DOULL
 
KAREN FRANKENBERG

Resident of Los Alamitos (Rossmoor) since 1991, Karen, her husband Eric and her 3 children have been involved in many of the local community groups, from sports (baseball, basketball, soccer) to scouting (Los Alamitos/Rossmoor Girl Scouts).  She is a strong supporter of Girl Scouting in the community, most recently having held the positions of Service Unit Manager and Treasurer and holds the Orange Owl, the highest Girl Scouting honor within the local Service Unit.  Karen is currently CFO of Altura Communication Solutions and prior to her business career was a professional musician in Venezuela for the Orquesta Filiarmonica de Caracas where she played first violin.  Her three children have benefited greatly from participating in the classes at The Youth Center and volunteering at The Christmas Tree Lot and she believes strongly that the diverse set of programs offered by The Youth Center provides unique benefit to the youth of the surrounding communities.  She is pleased and proud to be able to give back to The Youth Center as a board member.
KEYANUS PRICE
Before joining Trend Offset Printing in 2002, Keyanus spent 10 years working for the President and CEO of a Fortune 500 marketing company. At Trend, Keyanus is responsible for corporate functions inside and outside of Trend, including company community service and administrative duties for the Corporate Executive Team. Keyanus believes strongly in investing in the future of our youth - she joined the Youth Center Board of Directors to make a difference in the development and success of the community's children.
LAURA HERZOG
LUIE RODRIGUEZ
MIKE RAMIREZ
NEWT HART
Newton (Newt) Hart was born in Hawaii of Polynesian and Portuguese ancestry, and moved to Los Angeles when he was 9. Following high school he served in the Navy, then went to Santa Monica CC and UC Berkeley for his undergraduate degree. He then earned degrees and credentials at San Jose State, San Francisco Law School, and Azusa Pacific University in education and law. After 32 years as a teacher, coach and administrator in public education in he retired in 2005.

Newt has been married for 38 years to Carol, a former principal and superintendent in Los Alamitos. His children, Brandon and Allison, each graduated from Los Alamitos USD schools.

As a teen-ager and young adult, newt was a referee/umpire in youth sports at a city park, and worked as a program director at a Boys Club during college; most of his life has involved supervising and supporting young people. Helping the Youth Center is now part of that mission.
NORM WRAY
 
PATRICIA ESKENAZI
Patricia and her husband Rey own Servpro of Seal Beach/Los Alamitos/Cypress.
They have been in business for 14 years and are very active in the community. Over the years she has watched the Youth Center grow in service to the young people of the community and serves on the board to help sustain its programs.
PAUL BARBIERI
 
RON GRUNZWEIG
SHAWN MCLEAN
Shawn has been involved in his family business, Sir Speedy Printing, for over 15 years. Sir Speedy celebrated their 27th anniversary in 2010 and is active in our community supporting youth events at Los Alamitos High School as well as supporting Casa Youth Shelter and Precious Life Shelter. He and his family have been supporters of the Youth Center for a number of years. He started his education at Lil’ Cottonwood Preschool and remained in the Los Alamitos School District thru High School before attending CSULB.  Growing up, Shawn also was involved in the Boy Scouts and became an Eagle scout, Boy Scouts highest honor.  He is honored to serve on the board of the Youth Center.
SHEILA OTTONE
Sheila has lived in the community for over 25 years and has been a member of the Youth Center Board of Directors since 1996. She and her husband, Phil, have 2 adult children who attended local schools and currently act as volunteers for Youth Center projects. They both feel that being a part of an organization that makes a difference in the lives of so many young people is a worthy investment of their time and resources.
STEVE SCHOGER
 
TOM BARCLAY
TOM CURRAN
 Having grown up in the community, he has been active with his family in various fund raising activities as well as coaching various sports teams for his 2 sons. Tom and his wife Nancy have been a supporter of the Youth Center for over 15 years.
VERA FAIR

In Vera’s undergrad years, she was extensively involved in serving the community in a multitude of organizations and also worked for a AmeriCorps as a team leader and tutor for the America Reads program.  She was awarded the Chancellor’s Service Award when she graduated from UCLA for her community involvement.  The primary focus of her community service efforts has been toward organizations supporting educating and mentoring underprivileged youth, because she believes that we can make a difference in their lives by providing them with direction, guidance, and a good education.  Growing up underprivileged, Vera personally understands how difficult it can be to succeed when there are so many factors inhibiting these children from achieving their full potential.  She was lucky enough to have role models who provided her with the guidance to make the right choices in life.  Financial aid and scholarships enabled her to attend undergrad at UCLA.  Since then, she has continued her education with a MBA from USC, worked hard to achieve her dream of buying a house in Huntington Beach by 25, and became a manager at The Boeing Company before she turned 30.  Without the support she received, she would not be as successful as she is today, which is why she is motivated to help, guide, and mentor underprivileged youth. 

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