Board Matters
2025 Board Members
Donna Snyder, President
Dori Frankel, Vice President
Susan Sferra, Secretary
Barb Fleming, Treasurer
Mike Ignatowicz, Member
Kris Dolezal, Member
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And with thanks...
We are indebted to our GPANA members, our elected representatives, and the Pima County staff who gave and give time to make all this happen...
GPANA and TMWNA Board Presidents - past and present: William Saller, Roger Carpenter, Donald Uhlir, Keith Johnson, Joe Jablonski, Barbara Fleming, Gary Kordosky, Denise Garland, Donna Snyder
GPANA and TMWNA Board members - past and present: Mike Addis, Melisa Ambers, Bill Bracker, Gary Bruins, Olivia Cajero Bedford, Hector Campoy, Helene Cann, Judy Constantine, Janice Crowder-Torrez, Joan Darnell, Pat Darnell, Kris Dolezal, Doris Evans, Barb Fleming, Dori Frankel, Denise Garland, Joanne Garry, Bruce Gungle, Ellie Hawkins, Richard "Pete" Hawkins, Ethan Henderson, Michael Ignatowicz, Michael Jones, Suzanne King, Tony Knight, Carolyn Leigh, Diane Luety, Laural Park, Susan Sferra, Bob Smith, Jack Snider, Donna Snyder, Karen Sweeney, Al Weigel, Patricia Wersal, Jim Wilson, Roger Wolf, John Zadrozny, Nancy Zeller (Please send us any names we may have inadvertently omitted.)
Contributing elected officials - past and present: The late Congressman Raúl Grijalva; Adelita S. Grijalva, our former District 5 Supervisor and current US Congresswoman; Andrés Cano, our current District 5 Supervisor and Jen Allen, current District 3 Supervisor. Also the late State Representative/State Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford and the late District 5 Supervisor Richard Elías.
Pima County Staff: former Pima County Administrator, Chuck Huckleberry. Current Pima County Administrator, Jan Lesher
Board Minutes and Bylaws
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Meet the Board, 2025
Donna Snyder, President
Donna, a retired graphic designer, has lived off of Trails End Road since 2007. She is an East Coast transplant where she and her husband Bob owned an advertising/marketing firm. She enjoys the beauty of the flora and fauna in the Sonoran Desert and wants to work to keep it that way.
Dori Frankel, Vice President
Dori Frankel has been a part-time resident of Tucson for 10 years, summering in the northern New Hampshire and Boston areas. A retired paralegal specializing in real estate and estate dissolution, her other major interest is environmental conservation. She served 26 years on the Conservation Commission in Stoughton, MA, as Chairperson. She has also been a proud supporter and developer of numerous 501C3 public charities for local food pantries and library support organizations.
Susan Sferra, Secretary
Susan Sferra knew she wanted to live amongst saguaros and roadrunners ever since a childhood trip to Arizona, and moved to Tucson in 2011. She is a retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and her husband Mike is a retired herpetologist. Her interests are birding, hiking, environmental stewardship, and art.
Barb Fleming, Treasurer
Barb Fleming has lived in the immediate area since 2011 and was President of GPANA from 2013-2018. She's retired from 20 years as a museum administrator of various U.S. museums, 12 years as a personal financial advisor in Tucson, 5 years as administrative coordinator for Clinica Amistad in South Tucson, and is the author of the !Sailing Que Barbara! trilogy of true-life adventure humor. She lives with her husband Bob Peyser (aka JojobaBob) in a LEED-qualified solar-powered home. Barb is an avid hiker and also serves as our Adopt-a-Road trash pickup coordinator.
Mike Ignatowicz, Board Member
Mike and his wife Norma began coming to Tucson in the early 2000s. On their first night they stayed at a B&B on Camino de Oeste and that began a 20 year love affair with Tucson and the Gates Pass Area. Mike enjoys cycling, hiking, and motorcycle touring, and his grandkids back east. He is involved in many volunteer organizations and sits on the board of the Canton Land Conservation Trust in Connecticut. In his professional career, he worked in large-risk casualty insurance underwriting. He is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter.
Kris Dolezal, Board Member Longtime residents of Arizona, Kris and her husband Mitch moved from the Phoenix area to Tucson in 2021 and enjoy living among the saguaros. In her spare time, Kris teaches statistics at Grand Canyon University and Pima Community College.
We are always looking for enthusiastic folks who love our Gates Pass Area to serve on the board. If you would like to learn more about what that would entail, or would like to volunteer to serve, please email us at gpanasec@gmail.com.