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Board of Directors
Karen Ursini - President
Karen Ursini and her husband have owned the Newport
Rib Co. in Costa Mesa for 22 years. They have
raised their three children in Costa Mesa and
have been active in youth sports, PTA organizations,
and the Costa Mesa Child Care and Youth Services
Committee. She is retired from the non-profit
organization, Coalition for Children, Adolescents
and Parents (CCAP) where she served on the board
and then on the staff as a Parent Educator Coordinator..
In 2003, the Ursini family received the Costa
Mesa Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame Award.
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Mary
Fewel - Vice President
Mary Fewel has been a cheerleader for West Costa
Mesa for the past 20 years, helping to re-open
Victoria Elementary School in 1993, creating
a long-running newsletter for the Freedom Homes
(now Canyon Park) neighborhood, and serving on
various Westside improvement committees. She
is a sales associate for Re/Max Metro, and lives
in Costa Mesa, overlooking Canyon Park, with
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Jamie Brownlee - Secretary
Jamie Brownlee
is the Director of Outreach Ministries
at Vanguard University and her
role is to oversee both local
and global ministries. Jamie
is responsible for creating a
vision for Outreach and organizing
opportunities for students to
serve in our own backyard of
Costa Mesa and internationally.
She partners with organizations
within Orange County and has
developed an intense training
program to prepare students to
work in other cultures.
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Tom
Sutro - Treasurer
Since
1980 Tom Sutro has served
the community on a number
of non-profit and community
organizations. He joined
the Costa Mesa Community
Foundation’s Board
in 2007 and is currently
the Treasurer. He also serves
in a leadership role for
Mesa Emergency Service Amateur
Communications, the Costa
Mesa Chamber of Commerce
and is a member of the Coast
Community College Oversight
Committee. In the past he
has served on the City’s
Planning Commission and 3
R Committee and President
of the Board of Directors
of Youth Employment Service.
Tom is a Risk Manager and
REALTOR® with ALTERA
Real Estate and his wife
Terri, a Vice President with
Orange County’s United
Way.
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Committee Members
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Dr.
Steven Grant
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Wendy Leece
Wendy Leece came to Costa
Mesa from Tucson, Arizona in 1972 and
never left. Always a resident of the
Westside, Wendy’s early years in
the city were spent raising her five
children who attended local schools and
played in many sports leagues.
In 1994, Wendy was elected
to the Newport Mesa Unified School District
School Board and served two terms representing
Trustee Zone 7. Wendy was appointed to
the Parks and Recreation Commission in
2003 and served as Chair of the Commission
in 2006. Wendy has also served on her
homeowner’s association’s
Architectural Review Committee and is
the immediate past president of the Costa
Mesa Republican Assembly. She was elected
to the City Council on November 7, 2006.
Council Member Leece states, “The
Costa Mesa Community Foundation is a
very active group of committed people
who give of their time to make Costa
Mesa a better place to live and work.”
Wendy is very proud of her
children: Bret, daughter-in-law Blithe,
grandchildren Kennedy and Hamilton; Megan,
Stephen, Amy and Emily.
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Jeffrey Harlan
Jeffrey Harlan is an urban planner and
environmental consultant with The Planning
Center in Costa Mesa. Formerly an environmental
attorney, Jeff has been a long-time advocate
for, and practitioner of, community and
open space/recreational planning, sustainable
development, and green building. Having
served in a leadership role in a number
of non-profit and community organizations,
he is currently a member of the City
of Costa Mesa Santa Ana River Trail Blue
Ribbon Committee, and Orange County Green
Connect. Jeff and his family live in
Eastside Costa Mesa.
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Jeff
Teller
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William Turpit
Bill Turpit moved to Costa Mesa at the
beginning of his career as a lawyer and
has enjoyed being active as a volunteer
with a number of Costa Mesa's neighborhood
and civic committees and organizations. Of
special importance to Bill has been his
involvement with organizations serving
youth and families, primarily in the
Westside where he resided for his first
25 years in Costa Mesa. Bill is
a real estate lawyer and partner with
the firm Jackson, DeMarco, Tidus & Peckenpaugh
in Irvine.
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