Lou Marek • President -Lou Marek joined in January of 2010 and quickly gained the trust and friendship of the members of Mountain Arts Network. His art background is extensive and most importantly his art marketing background is too. He grew up in NYC and since grade school has been in special art schools culminating in Pratt Institute one of the oldest and most renown art institutes in the world. His lessons continued on to study with legendary artists and designers while enjoying a successful career in the creative side of the New York Ad business working for some of the top ad agencies and their international accounts as an art director, creative director. In 1994 Lou started a mural business than ran full force for thirteen years doing murals and decorative finishes for residential and commericial buildings including Symantec corporation, NBC studios in Burbank, Merril Lynch offices in NY and many more. Lou brings his experience and talents to Mountain Arts Network now as our newly elected President.

Suzanne Klump• Vice President •Suzanne has been an amateur photographer for a number of years, only recently switching to digital photography and photo art. While working for 23 years as an attorney, she has more recently been working harder with her photography and scaling back on the attorney work. She is a member of the Mountain Arts Network and has begun showing her photography in different locations locally. She loves to travel and has incorporated photography into each trip. Her favorite subjects are animals and people.’’

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.

Jon Olson• Archival information and Art Center Teacher

Victoria La Vers• Coordinator of promotional and advertising