Linda Harlan-White • President • Graduate of El Camino College 1980 with a AA degree in Art, Joslyn Center for the Arts, City of Torrance; worked as a ceramic teacher for 4 years. Globe Ticket Company as a graphic artist and designed the inaugural tickets for Reagan and Bush in 1980 and designed the Rose Bowl tickets that same year. Creative Circle as a graphic artist and designer. Started own business, Tile Painting by Linda Harlan White, in 1986, which consisted of painting murals for homes in Orange County for 20 years. Artwork appears in over 300 homes along with many commercial displays. Designing one of a kind tile artwork. Organizations: Mountain Arts Network- President Lake Arrowhead, CA. Saddleback Art League- Co-chairman, Member, Mission Viejo, CA. Orange County Fine Arts- Member, Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa, and Santa Ana, CA. Orange Art Association- Member Orange, CA.

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 • Director • 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.

Phil Yeh • Director • Born October 7, 1954 in Chicago, Phil Yeh moved to New Jersey almost immediately and was drawing and making his own books before the age of six when he moved to Los Angeles for his wonder years near the Watts Towers (still his favorite one-man piece of work on this planet). Moved to Seal Beach to finish high school, started his own art studio and publishing company at age 16, his own arts newspaper (Uncle Jam) at 19 at Cal State University Long Beach and his own art gallery in Long Beach from 1976 to 1987. Formed Cartoonists Across America & The World in 1985 and has been on the road painting more than 1,800 colorful murals and ever since he has been speaking in schools, libraries, museums, and conventions about the importance of the arts and the connection between the arts and literacy. Moved to Running Springs, CA, recently and is now painting away among the blue jays and the squirrels while continuing to write and illustrate his books (over 85 published in the last 39 years) and touring the world. His new series of fine art prints combine his watercolors with the unique copper lace art of Lieve Jerger, his longtime artistic partner.