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Board Matters

2024 Board Members
Donna Snyder, President

Gary Bruins, Vice President

To be announced, Secretary

Sue King, Treasurer

Barb Fleming, Member

Dori Frankel, Member

Tony Knight, Member

​Karen Sweeney, Member

Contact the board:

​gpanasec@gmail.com

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, Doris Evans, Dori Frankel, Denise Garland, Joanne Garry, Bruce Gungle, Ellie Hawkins, Richard "Pete" Hawkins, Ethan Henderson, Michael Jones, Suzanne King, Tony Knight, Carolyn Leigh, Diane Luety, Laural Park, 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 area elected officials - past and present: Congressman Raúl Grijalva (formerly our District 5 Supervisor, Pima County Board of Supervisors), current District 5 Supervisor  Adelita S. Grijalva, current District 3 Supervisor Dr. Sylvia M. Lee and past Supervisor District 3 Sharon Bronson. Also the late State Representative/State Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford and the late District 5 Supervisor Richard Elías. Both are sorely missed for their commitment and contributions to our Gates Pass area.

 

Pima County Staff: former Pima County Administrator, Chuck Huckleberry. Current Pima County Administrator, Jan Lesher

Board Minutes and Bylaws
Our latest board Meeting was held May 13, 2023 via Zoom. Click the "Latest Minutes button below to see the minutes from that meeting.

Meet the Board, 2024
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.


Gary Bruins, Vice President

Gary lives on the west side of Painted Hills Road. He’s been a resident since 1979 with a career at Tucson’s VA Hospital. Retired, Gary enjoys yard work and hopes to help grow our membership by enlisting neighbors in his area.

To be announced, Secretary

We are in need of an enthusiastic person to join the board for the position of Secretary. To learn more, please email us at gpanasec@gmail.com.

Sue King, Treasurer

Sue moved to Tucson in 1971 from Maine. She and her husband Jerome were attracted to the west side, loved the Desert Museum and hiking Gates Pass. In 1978 they bought their house in Mountain Gardens. She retired from accounting five years ago and has done a lot of traveling, but loves coming back to their desert home.
 

Tony Knight, Member

Tony was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. He is a former Professor, Colorado Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University and a Pima County master gardener. Tony’s “pet” project is helping to maintain Feliz Paseos Park as part of GPANA Adopt-A-Park mission.

Karen Sweeney, Member
Karen moved to Tucson in March of 1978 and was instantly hooked on the Sonoran Desert. She worked at the School for the Deaf and Blind until 1985 and taught 2nd-4th graders in Flowing Wells until retirement. She and her husband Bob recently moved into their new house on Placita de Laroca. They hike the neighboring washes daily, and enjoy their welcoming neighbors.

Barb Fleming, Member

Barb Fleming has lived in the immediate area since 2011 and was President of GPANA from 2013-2018. She currently serves as our Adopt-a-Road trash pickup coordinator. 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 husband Bob Peyser in a LEAD qualified solar-powered home, and has no children or pets and few house plants. She'd almost always rather be hiking.

Dori Frankel, Member

Dori Frankel has been a part year 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, 8 as Chairperson.  She has also been a proud supporter and developer of numerous 501C3 public charities for local food pantries and library support organizations.

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.

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