SANTA MONICA CONSERVANCY - Key Persons
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- Counselor, Advisor, Author, and Speaker in the Structured Real Estate Finance Industry. Formerly With Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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- Attorney in Private Practice
Attorney in private practice, preservationist, formerly on the Mar Vista Community Council Board of Directors and Venice Neighborhood Council. Led preservation effort to save Lincoln Place, a 791-unit apartment complex in Venice.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Secretary / Co
Co-chair of the Conservancy's Advocacy Committee and past President. Chair, Steering Committee of the 2011 California Preservation Foundation Annual Conference in Santa Monica. Co-developer of the Conservancy's Downtown Walking Tour. Retired marketing and product development manager at Teradyne, Inc.
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- Director of the Quinn Research
Director of the Quinn Research Center, an educational resource promoting the study and research of Black Family History and Culture in the Santa Monica Bay Area. Retired teacher, Santa Monica Unified School District.
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- Communications Manager
- Media Contact
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Principal
- Treasurer
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- Co - Founder, 2002 - 2022
Doris passed away in January of 2022. She was a Co-founder of the Conservancy and served continuously on the Board from 2002-2022. Founder and past chair of the North of Montana Association. Former Curator of Textiles at the Skirball Museum. Former Santa Monica Recreation and Parks Commissioner.
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- Architect
- Executive Director
Kaitlin Drisko is a preservation architect with more than 30 years of experience in architectural design and historic preservation. She is privileged to have participated in the rehabilitation of such iconic properties as the San Gabriel Mission, Manzanar National Historic Site, Wilshire Ebell, Scripps College, Wilshire Boulevard Temple, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Lopez Adobe, as well as churches, museums, and National Park Service sites. Her work has been awarded by the LA Conservancy, California Preservation Foundation, California Office of Historic Preservation and City of Claremont. A 25+ year Santa Monica resident, Kaitlin previously served on the Santa Monica Conservancy Board for 6 years.
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- Member Emeritus of the Board
Former City of Santa Monica Landmarks Commissioner, architectural historian, writer and Associate Professor Emeritus in USC's School of Architecture. Founder and Director of the USC Graduate Programs in Historic Preservation.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Principal
- Vice President
Principal of Fonda-Bonardi & Hohman Architects, specializing in residential design. Member and former chair of the Santa Monica Planning Commission. Former member of the Third Street Historic District Community Participation Committee.
Member and former chair of the Santa Monica Planning Commission. Former chair of the Civic Working Group, formed to advise Council on options for the future of the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Previously served three terms on the Landmarks Commission.
Descendant of the Marquez family of the 1839 Mexican land grant. Historian and preservationist for the archival materials of Rancho Boca de Santa Monica and her family history. Preserved the Marquez Family Cemetery in Santa Monica Canyon.
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- Founding President
- Member of the Board of Directors
- President
Founding President of the Conservancy. Member, Santa Monica Urban Forest Task Force, Former board member, Friends of Sunset Park. Retired Vice President, Asset Management at Mesa West Capital.