AVCA Board of Directors and Committees

AVCA Board of Directors

Ron Blake, President (Term: 2009-2011) ronblake@sbcglobal.net
	An Almaden resident since 1971 and member of the AVCA since 1995, Ron has a BSEE degree from San Jose State University and is a Professional Engineer. He currently chairs the County Airports Commission and is also a County Airport Land Use Commissioner. He previously served as commissioner and vice-chair of the City Airport Commission. He has a keen interest in local politics having previously chaired a Political Action Committee (PAC). He is legislative action chair for the Santa Clara County Airmen’s Association and represents that organization as a member of the Mineta San Jose International Airport ANAC (Airport Noise Advisory Committee). He was elected AVCA President in 2009.
Jerry Mungai, Vice President (Term: 2009-2011) jmungai@pacbell.net
	A California native, Jerry Mungai has a BA degree from Stanford University and a MBA from UC Berkeley. He worked for over 30 years in high tech companies and was his semiconductor company's representative on the then Santa Clara County Manufacturing Group, now known as the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. He has a keen interest in local politics particularly in areas that involve city finances and local public school education issues. Jerry and his wife, Joanne, have resided in Almaden since 1970. Their two sons are graduates of Bellarmine College Preparatory and UC Berkeley.
Bob Boydston, Treasurer (Term: 2009-2011) rboydnet@sbcglobal.net
	An Almaden resident since 1965, Bob has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology with a graduate Business degree from the University of Chicago. He is a former air force pilot and has been active in a variety of volunteer programs including litter pickup on the Almaden Expressway, the Red Cross, teaching at Foothill College, and the interviewing of student candidates for the University of Chicago. He has served as Treasurer for the University of Chicago Bay Area Alumni Group and the IBM San Jose Retirement Club. Bob is an IBM retiree with experience in market planning, computer modeling, and financial system programming. He currently acts as an investment advisor for clients and with his wife, Adele, has founded a Boydston Family Foundation which gives grants to educational, artistic, and environmental organizations. He was AVCA Treasurer from 1997 until 2001, was responsible for the ARK program until the end of 1998, and was editor of the AVCA Web site from 1997 to 2005. He served two terms as AVCA President, from 2001 to 2005. In 2008, Bob was elected as a District 10 Neighborhood Commissioner. He is now serving his second term as AVCA Treasurer and is again active as a Webmaster, backing up Linda Spencer.
Ray Strong, Secretary (Term: 2009-2011) hrstrong@hotmail.com
	Ray is a Computer Scientist employed by the IBM Almaden Research Center. He was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He received a B.A. degree from Dartmouth College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle. He and his wife Gloria have lived in San Jose since 1976 and in the Almaden Valley since 1979. Their daughter Alissa was born in 1980. She is now attending Law School at Santa Clara University. Ray has a long term interest in politics. He has been a member of the Libertarian Party since the year of its founding in 1972. He is past Chair of the Libertarian Party of Santa Clara County. He has found the AVCA to be a great source of knowledge about how local politics works and believes it is performing a vital service for the community. He has served two years as AVCA Secretary and two years as AVCA Vice President. He was elected Director in 2007 and is now serving the remainder of his term as Secretary.
Kitty Monahan, Director (Term: 2010-2012) NAQCPAKIT@aol.com
	Kitty, a retired educator, has been a director of AVCA for fifteen years. She is a past member of the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Commission and president of the New Almaden Quicksilver County Park Association. Kitty serves on numerous other boards including the New Almaden Community Club, Santa Clara County Trail Task Force, Preservation Action Council, Friends of Santa Teresa County Park, California Conservation Corp., Bay Area Ridge Trail, and the Citizens Advisory Board of the Santa Clara County Open Space District.
Pat McMahon, Director (Term: 2010-2012) PMcMahon@prodigy.net
	Pat and his wife, Margie, have lived in Shadow Brook, where they raised three sons and one daughter, since 1970. After completing his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame and his M.B.A. at Stanford, he worked at IBM in San Jose, Palo Alto, and Havant, England, as a Quality Engineer, Systems Engineer, and Quality Manager. Pat subsequently held quality professional positions at Acuson and Sun Microsystems, and is currently a Business Performance Improvement Consultant. He is a ten-year Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award Examiner, a Senior Examiner for the California Governor's Golden State Quality Award, and a member of the Board of Judges for the International Asia Pacific Quality Award. Pat was on the Board of Directors of the Council for Continuous Improvement for ten years, serving as Chairman in 2002. He is a past Director for the Silicon Valley chapter of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), is an ISPI Certified Performance Technologist, and is a recipient of the ISPI Outstanding Human Performance Intervention Award. He has written extensively on quality and business performance topics, and is a frequent speaker at professional conferences. Pat is a member of the San Jose Leadership Council and, as a regular light rail user, has a particular interest in transportation issues.
Steven Levin, Director (Term: 2010-2012) Steve_Levin@msn.com
	Steve has been a resident of Almaden Valley since 1981. His children have attended Almaden Country School, Castillero, Leland, Los Alamitos, and Pioneer schools. He is an experienced software development, business development, marketing, sales, and technical writing person. He holds positions on the follow commissions and committees: • AVCA Transportation Committee – Chairman • Santa Clara County Roads Commission – County District 1 representative • Commuter Network Committee – member • Comprehensive County Expressway Planning Study Policy Advisory Board – Roads Comm. Rep. Previous positions: • AVCA/AVHA – Vice President of Transportation • Horizon 2000 (San Jose planning study) – member • Route 85 Task Force (advocacy group to build Route 85) – President • Santa Clara County Transportation Commission – San Jose representative • Operations Committee (bus and light rail) – Vice Chairman • Transportation 2020 (County planning study) – member • Woodside of Almaden Homeowners’ Association – President
Susan Bailey, Director (Term: 2010-2012) spdbailey@yahoo.com
	Susan was born and raised in the Bay Area, graduated from UC Davis, and earned her teaching credential from UC Santa Barbara. She and her husband have lived in San Jose since 1970. They have been residents of and homeowners in Almaden Valley since 1972. They have three children who all graduated from San Jose high schools and California colleges and universities. Susan has always felt it to be very important to stay informed and to vote to preserve, protect, and defend our country, our liberties, and our way of life. She has voted in every election since she turned 21 years of age. Susan has been attending AVCA meetings since 2008 and says, "The AVCA provides information and helps educate its members on local and statewide matters. I hope to facilitate this very important function as a Board Member." Her work experience includes teaching both home economics and K-8 classes, receptionist, bookkeeper, office work, retail associate and manager positions. Specials interests, projects, and volunteer work include: • President of Santa Clara Valley Veterinary Medical Association Auxiliary (1980-82) • Volunteer work at Saint Frances Cabrini School (1981-87) • Started and served as President of Saint Clare's Guild at Saint Frances Cabrini School (1982-85) • Helped start and served as First President of Saint Frances Cabrini Parent Teacher Group (1986-87) • Active in phoning and writing to our elected Representatives concerning illegal immigration (2006-09) • Attending and speaking at City Council meetings (district and general) (2008-10) • Member of Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley (2009-10)

Committees

Lee Dimmitt, Membership Committee LDimmitt@aol.com

A native of San Jose, Lee graduated from San Jose High School and attended San Jose State University. He settled in Almaden Valley in 1968 where he raised his family. During the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War, Lee served as an Electronic Technician, a Navy Carrier Pilot, and a flight instructor. He retired as Lieutenant Commander after 20 years in the Naval Reserves. After flying international routes for Pan American Airways for 25 years, Lee retired as Captain. Currently, he is a general aviation pilot.

Lee has served as Master of his lodge, Commander of his American Legion Post, and is a recipient of the Golden Gate Award for outstanding achievement in the Toastmasters organization.

An experienced property owner, Lee was vice president of the Magliocco/Huff Owners Association. Over several years, this group converted a neighborhood with drive-by shootings and dope dealers into a viable family community by working with property owners and city officials.

As a member of Woodside of Almaden Homeowners Association from 1977 - 2006, he served as newsletter editor and vice president. In 1997, he joined AVCA serving as vice president for four years and president through 2007 and is currently communications manager.

Lee is married and has two daughters who live in Almaden.

Communications Manager: Lee Dimmitt LDimmitt@aol.com

Parks and Recreation Committee: Kitty Monahan NAQCPAKIT@aol.com

Transportation Committee: Steve Levin Steve_Levin@msn.com

Special Positions

Trent Engler, Public Safety Advisor Trent.Engler@SanJoseca.gov

Trent has lived in Almaden Valley since 1969. He has attended Simonds Elementary, Bret Harte and Castillero Junior High, Leland High, San Jose City College, Mission College, and Cal State Long Beach. Trent has over 24 years of Fire Service experience. He is certified as an Emergency Medical Technician, Hazardous Materials Specialist, Rescue Systems Instructor, Urban Search and Rescue Team, Certified in Fire Prevention, and a Fire Officer, to name just a few specialties. He is currently employed as a Fire Captain with San Jose Fire Department. Trent has been a member of AVCA since 2000.

Ray Holly, Special Projects rah-mah@sbcglobal.net

Ray is a retired IBMer. He has a graduate degree in Education and came to California in 1961 and taught junior high school for a year. He then joined United Technology and then IBM, where he performed various administrative and quality control functions. He is a deacon in the Family Bible Church. Ray moved to the Almaden Valley in 1980 and before joining our Board was an active participant at AVCA meetings. Several years ago, Ray was Treasurer.

Linda Spencer, Co-Webmaster Linda@spencer40.com

Linda was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware; graduated from the University of Delaware; and worked in Wilmington as a Systems Engineer for IBM. She moved to San Jose in 1968 and to the Shadow Brook development of Almaden Valley in 1971. Linda worked in the computer field for many years in jobs as diverse as teaching computer programming, system and application programming, and Web site development. Linda and her husband are now keeping very busy with retirement projects and travel. Linda is President and Membership Chairman of the Friends of the Almaden Library working with their semi-annual book sales and newsletters as well as writing their Web site. She also edited the AVCA Web site for several years, took a short break from it, and has now returned as co-Webmaster with Bob Boydston.

Bob Boydston, Co-Webmaster rboydnet@sbcglobal.net

An Almaden resident since 1965, Bob has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology with a graduate Business degree from the University of Chicago. He is a former air force pilot and has been active in a variety of volunteer programs including litter pickup on the Almaden Expressway, the Red Cross, teaching at Foothill College, and the interviewing of student candidates for the University of Chicago. He has served as Treasurer for the University of Chicago Bay Area Alumni Group and the IBM San Jose Retirement Club. Bob is an IBM retiree with experience in market planning, computer modeling, and financial system programming. He currently acts as an investment advisor for clients and with his wife, Adele, has founded a Boydston Family Foundation which gives grants to educational, artistic, and environmental organizations. He was AVCA Treasurer from 1997 until 2001, was responsible for the ARK program until the end of 1998, and was editor of the AVCA Web site from 1997 to 2005. He served two terms as AVCA President, from 2001 to 2005. In 2008, Bob was elected as a District 10 Neighborhood Commissioner. He is now serving his second term as AVCA Treasurer and is co-Webmaster with Linda Spencer.

Ray Holly, Special Projects rah-mah@sbcglobal.net
	Ray is a retired IBMer. He has a graduate degree in Education and came to California in 1961 and taught junior high school for a year. He then joined United Technology and then IBM, where he performed various administrative and quality control functions. He is a deacon in the Family Bible Church. Ray moved to the Almaden Valley in 1980 and before joining our Board was an active participant at AVCA meetings. Several years ago, Ray was Treasurer.
Linda Spencer, Co-Webmaster Linda@spencer40.com
	Linda was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware; graduated from the University of Delaware; and worked in Wilmington as a Systems Engineer for IBM. She moved to San Jose in 1968 and to the Shadow Brook development of Almaden Valley in 1971. Linda worked in the computer field for many years in jobs as diverse as teaching computer programming, system and application programming, and Web site development. Linda and her husband are now keeping very busy with retirement projects and travel. Linda is President and Membership Chairman of the Friends of the Almaden Library working with their semi-annual book sales and newsletters as well as writing their Web site. She also edited the AVCA Web site for several years, took a short break from it, and has now returned as co-Webmaster with Bob Boydston.
Bob Boydston, Co-Webmaster rboydnet@sbcglobal.net
	An Almaden resident since 1965, Bob has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology with a graduate Business degree from the University of Chicago. He is a former air force pilot and has been active in a variety of volunteer programs including litter pickup on the Almaden Expressway, the Red Cross, teaching at Foothill College, and the interviewing of student candidates for the University of Chicago. He has served as Treasurer for the University of Chicago Bay Area Alumni Group and the IBM San Jose Retirement Club. Bob is an IBM retiree with experience in market planning, computer modeling, and financial system programming. He currently acts as an investment advisor for clients and with his wife, Adele, has founded a Boydston Family Foundation which gives grants to educational, artistic, and environmental organizations. He was AVCA Treasurer from 1997 until 2001, was responsible for the ARK program until the end of 1998, and was editor of the AVCA Web site from 1997 to 2005. He served two terms as AVCA President, from 2001 to 2005. In 2008, Bob was elected as a District 10 Neighborhood Commissioner. He is now serving his second term as AVCA Treasurer and is co-Webmaster with Linda Spencer.