Lou Marek • President

Kelly Pajak • Vice President • Having married into the mountain nearly 4 years ago, while living in Running Springs, and working for Charter Communications, Kelly has experienced bountiful opportunities capturing the wonderful environs, in which we live, on digital media. The ability to share his perspective with others is a pleasure, as well as becoming a growing passion, that fuels his appreciation of Our Mountain.

Darleen Ortlieb • Parliamentarian • Certified Wildlife Rehabilitator, Wildhaven educational program. Degree from Cazenovia College in New York. She taught art at the high school level. She was also active in dance and theatre. Darleen has been a Fine Arts and Cultural Affairs Commissioner for the past 16 years in the City of Los Alamitos, CA. She pyroengraves, carves and paints her wildlife art on California, hard shelled gourds. Darleen's work can be found in private collections across the United States and Hawaii, many art shows and festivals throughout California. She is a member of the Orange County Art Consortium. Her work can also be found locally at the Blue Jay Art Gallery, Brenda Johnson's Cougar Creek Gallery, Michael Bates Gallery in Sky Forest and Van Buskirk Artistry in Crestline.

Sherry Noone • Treasurer • Graduated from UCLA in 1970 and worked as a software programmer for several years. The last fifteen years were spent as a department manager in a corporate data center. After retiring, Sherry completed a Masters’ degree in counseling from California State University, Fullerton. She has since worked as a therapist. Her artistic endeavors have included singing in several choirs and nearly twenty years of ballet training. The last twelve years have been devoted to becoming competent in needlepoint. Organizations: Secretary of the Sierra Club San Bernardino Mountains Group Executive Committee; Secretary of the Bear Valley Center for Spiritual Enrichment Board; Treasurer of the Los Angeles Area DB2 Users Group; Mountain Literacy; Friends of the Library; and Treasurer of the Mountain Arts Network.

Penny Shubnell • Secretary • Grant Writing Professional; BA Sociology, Certificate in Grant Development and Management - CSUF and CSUSB; Retired IT Technical Manager having served in Retail, Aerospace, Restaurant and Health Industries; General Partnership Business with Mountain Grants; affiliations with Friends of the Library, Crest Forest Senior Citizens' Club, Mountain Communities Seniors, Senior Affairs Commission and Mountain Arts Network.