Board of Directors

The Point Lobos Foundation is a legally constituted 501(c)3 non-profit organization and is governed by a Board of Directors representing a broad cross section of the community.

Officers

Sandy Hale, President

Sandy has been a Point Lobos docent since 2006 and a Board member since 2008.  Sandy was a senior official at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, co-founded two companies that subsequently were sold to Fortune 100 companies, and headed the business school at Cal State University Monterey Bay.  He is Chairman of the Board of the California Coastal Rural Development Corporation and previously was a member of the Board and Executive Committee of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Monterey County.  He is a graduate of Stanford, Harvard Business School, and the Economics University of Vienna.  His wife Hope also is a Point Lobos docent.

Lynne Miles, Vice President

Lynne Miles, is a highly trained educator specializing  in early childhood, elementary and adolescent programs. In addition to a liberal arts degree from Wells College, she has six years of post-graduate education and holds three levels of early childhood and elementary classical Montessori teaching credentials. She has taught every grade level from preschool through middle school, and spent the second half of her career as a private school administrator and director.

In that role, she has specialized training in staff development, curriculum development, coaching and counseling, conflict resolution, board management and non-profit school management. She is also a trained grant writer with many successful grant proposals to her credit. As an educator, her particular passion is environmental education and the fostering of connections between students and the natural world.

Drawn to the unique beauty of Point Lobos on a family vacation over thirty years ago, she and her husband, who is a docent at the Reserve, moved to the Monterey Peninsula several years ago to be able to enjoy Point Lobos’  wildlife, trails and vistas, and to support its ongoing well-being.
 

Jay Sinclair, Treasurer

Jay’s introduction to the Monterey Peninsula came while attending basic training at Ft. Ord in 1962. Mississippi-born and Arizona-raised, he fell in love with the Central Coast and vowed to make it his home one day. Thirty years later this became a reality with the purchase of Peninsula Laser Print in Carmel. During those 30 years, Jay earned an accounting degree at Arizona State University, moved to Southern California to begin his career as a CPA with Haskins and Sells. Various positions in the accounting and finance fields led to multiple moves to Woodbridge, CT, Palm Desert, San Diego and Saratoga, CA before finally making it back to the ocean. Always an ardent volunteer, Jay is past President of the Monterey Museum of Art, served as Vice President of Arts Habitat, tax preparer for low-income seniors at Alliance on Aging, and is currently a docent at Point Sur Light Station, and a 17-year volunteer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. He also enjoys working as an occasional naturalist on local whale watching boat trips.

Jay and his wife Pat, a Point Lobos docent, enjoy hiking, photographing and relaxing along the trails of the Reserve between travel adventures and spending time with their son, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren in Lake Oswego, OR.

John Drum, Assistant Treasurer

Bill Eckert, Secretary

Bill is co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Chrysalis Software, Inc. He has over thirty years in the computer industry architecting and developing communications software for firms such as StrataCom, GraphOn, and Chrysalis Software. Bill is an expert in the design and implementation of software for telephone call centers. Bill is a 1978 graduate of Stanford University who was amazed by his first visit to Point Lobos as a student 35 years ago and who grows more enamored with every visit.  Bill and his wife Priscilla are avid hikers, tackling the John Muir Trail in 2010.  He is grateful for this opportunity to give back to Point Lobos.

Board Members

Frederick R. Brown

Until 2005, my wife Carolyn and I lived in Southern California.  I attended UCLA and CSUN, graduating with a Business Administration Degree as a Finance Major in 1969.  We have two boys and one grandson who all live in Oakland.  I am a semi-retired tax consultant and portfolio manager now living in Carmel and a volunteer at the Point Lobos Natural Reserve.  Currently I am the Website Administrator for the docent website and active in leading public walks at the reserve. I am the president of U S Tax Systems, Inc., a privately held tax software company.  I designed the professional tax preparation software for the company and presented tax update seminars to thousands of tax professionals for over 30 years.  Ever since our 1968 honeymoon in Carmel, Carolyn and I have been frequent visitors to Point Lobos, and we are now enjoying the benefits of living in this beautiful and exciting area.

Steve Dennis

Steve Dennis founded two Silicon Valley software firms: Smith, Dennis & Gaylord in 1973, and SD&G Healthcare Systems in 1988. Since moving to Carmel in 1996, Steve volunteers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. In 1997 Steve joined the Board of the Family Service Agency. In 2002, as Board President, Steve helped plan and negotiate a merger with Community Human Services creating the largest human services agency in the County. In 2002, Steve received the Lucille Packard Volunteer of the Year Award. In 2003, Steve assisted the Aquarium in the development of the Strategic Plan for 2004-2008. Steve is currently on the Board of Sea Studios Foundation, BuildingWise LLC, GetGear.org, Sealife Conservation and the Elkhorn Slough Foundation. In addition, Steve has taught Strategic Management at Cal State Monterey Bay. Steve and his wife Sona have two married sons and six grandchildren. Steve graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a BS degree in Management Engineering.

Robert B. 'Skip' Flohr, Past President

Robert B. 'Skip' Flohr for most of his business career worked as the western regional manager for a national educational publisher.  He has also served as Chairman of the Sunnyvale Planning Commission and was a member of the Santa Clara County Planning Policy Committee.  Skip is a retired Naval Reserve captain.  He and his wife Dianne have two children and two grandchildren.

Sharon Hoffman

Sharon Hoffman is an English language and writing specialist. She was coordinator of a student learning center at National-Louis University in the Chicago area.  In addition, she taught research writing to international masters and doctoral degree candidates in Divinity at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.  Sharon worked with cross-cultural training companies where her clients were employees of International Fortune 500 corporations. She was, also, a biographical researcher and special projects editor for Marquis Who’s Who publications, such as Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, regional Who’s Who publications as well as other Marquis biographical publications. Sharon received a B.A. from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; she received Masters of Adult Education from National-Louis University, Chicago. She has lived and worked in France, Germany and the United States. Sharon feels very fortunate to be a Point Lobos docent and a member of the Point Lobos Foundation Board.

K. Jeffrey Johnson

Jeff has been thoroughly enjoying retirement in Carmel for the past six years.  His career spanned two fields –chemistry and telecommunications.

Jeff earned a Ph. D. in chemistry from Washington State University, and then taught at the University of Pittsburgh for 11 years.  His research involved a variety of applications of computers in chemistry.  Then Jeff changed careers and joined Bell Laboratories, first when it was the R&D division of AT&T, and later when it became part of Lucent Technologies.  He became a technical manager, and worked on a number of telecommunications services including video teleconferencing and data transmission. Jeff has a life-long quest for learning.  He misses teaching, and therefore welcomes opportunities to explain scientific issues to others.  For example, he has become involved in the training program for Monterey Bay Aquarium volunteers as a teaching assistant. 

Augie Louis

Augie is a Marin County native who graduated from Cal-Berkeley with a B. S. in Conservation of Natural Resources.  He spent 15 years in San Jose working for a residential development company.  He currently operates his own real estate investment and management firm.  He is a real estate broker and a general engineering and building contractor.  He and his wife, Holly Hudson-Louis built their home on the Hudson Ranch 10 years ago.  His son is a senior at Carmel High and his daughter is in 3rd grade at All Saints Day School.  He enjoys sailing and hiking the trails at Point Lobos.

Kathy Petty

Kathy was born and raised in Los Angeles and received a B.A. in sociology from UCLA and an M.A. in educational administration from Santa Clara University.  She briefly worked at Intel before spending most of her career as the director of administrative affairs at Santa Clara University Law School.  During that time she and her husband built a geodesic dome in an old apricot orchard in the foothills of San Jose.  In 1991 Kathy and Bob moved to the Monterey Peninsula living first in Carmel Valley and later moving to the old town area of Monterey.  Kathy has volunteered at a number of organizations including, currently, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, National Marine Sanctuary, City of Monterey, SPCA for Monterey County, and Point Lobos State Reserve.

Stan Dryden, Docent Administrator

Stan Dryden has been a docent at Point Lobos since 1999.  A former president of the then-called Point Lobos Natural History Association, Stan now serves on the board in his capacity as Docent Administrator.  Stan retired from Chevron Corporation in the early 1990’s and moved to the Monterey Peninsula in 1997.  He has volunteered as a guide at the Monterey Bay Aquarium since 1998.  Stan is an avid birder, and is the author and publisher of Birding Lite: A Humorous How-to Guide for All Who Enjoy Watching Birds (birdinglite.com), which is sold at the Information Station at Point Lobos.

Stella Rabaut, M.A., J.D.

Stella practiced law in corporate settings and in private practice in Texas and in Washington state for over twenty-five years.  During these years, she practiced as a solo practitioner, in-house counsel for an oil and gas company and as general counsel for a non-profit institution of higher education.  She has consulted with the Fetzer Institute on its Healing and the Law Project and has facilitated retreats for lawyers and judges in various settings, including the Whidbey Institute. Stella taught at the Leadership Institute of Seattle where she also served on the Board of Directors.  Her particular interest is sustaining the human spirit and well being while practicing law. Most recently she has focused on the challenge of Civility in the context of the legal profession.  She is currently serving as Consultant to Robert’s Fund, offering programs for lawyers on Civility at the Seattle University School of Law. 

Cindy Walter

Cindy Walter is the co-owner of the award winning Passionfish restaurant in Pacific Grove and an activist for sustainable oceans. Walter was instrumental in the launch of the sustainable seafood movement in Monterey County through legislative advocacy, public presentations, and educational forums for culinary students, restaurateurs, chefs and the public.  Passionfish holds the designation of Monterey County’s 1st officially green restaurant and boasts a sustainable menu. Walter serves on the Advisory Council for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and is a member of the Seafood Choices Alliance. During the past few years, Walter has been inducted into the California Restaurant Association’s Hall of Fame, been named  “California Woman of the Year” by State Assemblyman John Laird, labeled a "sustainable seafood expert" by Bon Appetit Magazine, and been among the Top Ten Finalists for the International Seafood Champion’s Award.
 

Non-Voting Board Members

Dana Jones - Monterey Sector Superintendent, Monterey District- California State Parks Cooperating Association Liaison (CAL)

Candida (Dida) Kutz, Managing Editor Point Lobos Magazine

Dida is an editor, writer, biologist, research diver, former opal dealer, and founder of the scientific diving website, BluePlanet Divers.org. As well as being on the board of Point Lobos Foundation, she has in the past been on the boards of the Pacific Cetacean Group and the Monterey Chapter of the American Cetacean Society, where she continues to be part of “Team Vaquita.” She is a full-time editor for the Defense Language Institute, volunteers as a Monterey Bay Aquarium diver, and is a Member National of the Explorers Club.

 

Emeritus Board Members

Judd Perry

Judd Perry has lived in Pacific Grove for 10 Years.  He has a Bachelor of Arts, History, Columbia University, Doctor of Law, University of California, Berkeley. Judd has 35+ years in the practice of business and corporate law, Vice President & General Counsel to Kaiser Industries Corporation, Kaiser Steel Corporation and Prodigy Services Company. Judd also serves on the Board of Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History.

 Carl Voss

A native of San Jose and graduate of UC Davis. He retired in 1996 from his farming business, (orchards and row crops) and he and his family moved to Prunedale in 1999. He became a Master Gardener in 2001 and volunteers in the gardens at La Mirada.  He is also been a docent at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas since 2003.