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2008-09 Board of Directors
The Caltech Y Board of Directors is composed of faculty, JPL and Caltech staff, alumni, students, and community members dedicated to the enhancement of student life. The Board guides the organization and defines the Y's mission and what it strives to accomplish.
Board Officers:
Chairman, Carolyn Ash
Vice Chairman, Susan Murakami
Treasurer, Peter Mason
Secretary, Connie Kofahl
ExComm President, Ilia Shadrin
Board Committees:
Finance—Peter Mason, Chair
Student Relations—, Chair
Nominating—Bob Perpall, Chair
Development—Frank Dryden, Chair
Public Relations—Harry Kawahara, Chair
Personnel—Lee Fisher, Chair
Friends—Jim Workman , Chair
The Caltech Y 2008 - 2009 Board of Directors
Carolyn Ash is the director of the Caltech Student-Faculty
Programs Office. She has served in many positions for both the National
Conferences on Undergraduate Research and the Council on Undergraduate
Research..
Richard Beatty is a Caltech alumnus (Class of '77)
and is a member of the Gnome Glub. A JPL engineer for 15 years,
he co-founded the "Triangle Project", a non-profit for new
foster parents in LA County. He is a member of the Anglican Chorale of
Southern California and the Gay & Lesbian Alumni Association of the
University of Notre Dame.
Abel Bourbois is a Caltech alumus (Class of 2003). He serves as a high school teacher and has great interest in minority student education and community service.
Donald Brown is community member and retired golf course manager of Brookside Golf Course in Pasadena.
Bill Burrows is a development professional with the California Institute of Technology.
Marshall Cohen is a professor of anstronomy in Caltech. He was intrumental in setting up Y Friends trip to Palomar observetory a few years back.
Daniel Erickson is a Caltech graduate (Class of '67) and works at JPL.
Lee Fisher is a Caltech graduate (Class of '78) and currently serves as Secretary on the Gnome Club Board.
Samantha Foster is a Caltech alumnus (Class of '98). She got her MBA in stanford in 2007, and she works as a finance/hedge analyst in Pacific Alternative Asset. She has long experience with the Y, enthusiasm, and asking good questions.
Steven Frautschi is a longtime Physics Professor at Caltech. He served as the Master of student Houses from 1997 through 2002. He has also served as the chairman for the Performing Arts Committee.
David Gillies is a retired Personnel Executive of the Braun Engineering Company. He has been an active volunteer at the Southwestern Museum and his church.
Marjorie Gooding is the director of International Scholar Service in Caltech. Marjorie has great interest in the work of the Caltech Y. She is dedicated to the experiences of students at the institute.
Kevin Gunning is a Caltech Alumnus (Class of '85).
Gunilla Hastrup is a retired Library Assistant from the Caltech Environmental Engineering Library.
Rolf Hastrup is a Caltech Alumnus (Class of '53) and was a member of Blacker House. He is an employee of JPL and is a member of the Caltech Gnome Club. Barbara Heublein is a Friend of Caltech Athenaeum. She is involved with the Assistance League, Huntington Hospital, PEO, and is a Huntington Library Fellow.
Eric Hochberg works at JPL. First joined the Caltech Y board in 2006.
Catherine Jurca is an associate professor of English in Caltech HSS department.
Harry Kawahara has been a Professor and student counselor at Pasadena Community College for 25 years. He has also served on the board of many community agencies including Pasadena Planned Parenthood and Five Acres.
Connie Kofahl is a community member. This is Connie's second 6-year term on the Board of the Caltech Y.
Nancy Lan is a former Caltech Professor serving her second 6-year term with the Y Board.
Anthony Leonard is a Caltech mechanical engineering graduate of Caltech (Class of '75) and was a member of Ricketts House. He serves on the Gnome Club Board and is a professor of Aeronautics at Caltech.
Gretchen Leonard is involved with the Linda Vistans. She is returning for her second term to the Y Board.
Tom Mannion is Associate V.P. of Student Affairs at Caltech.
Doreen Mason is a retired nurse and a former nursing director at the Caltech Health Center. She and husband, Peter, met on the Y Board in the early '90s.
Peter Mason is a Caltech alumnus (B.S. '51, Ph.D. '62). He has taught in the Electrical Engineering department at Caltech and currently dabbles part-time in the Physics Department. He is returning for his third term on the Board.
Sharyn Slavin Miller is the former Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs. Currently, she is a full-time faculty member at the Department of Higher Education and Organizational Leadership at Azusa Pacific University.
Susan Murakami-Fisher is a Caltech alumnus (Class of '75). She is a pathologist at Huntington Memorial Hospital and is past president of the Gnome Club.
Robert Nathan is a retired engineer from JPL and also a Caltech alumnus. He has his PHD in chemistry and biology. After receiving his PHD from Caltech, Bob had a distinguished career at JPL, where he was awarded the largest monitary award ever given(at that time) by NASA, for his work on image processing.
Antoinette (Toni) Perpall graduated from Seattle University, majoring in Psychology. She then attended the Graduate Business School at UCLA and worked in Business Systems Management until retiring. ‘Toni' has contributed 6 years of service to the SURF Board. She is also the Chair of the Trinity Care Hospice Foundation and is a ‘Skipper' First Mate at the King Harbor Yacht Club. She enjoys tennis, ballet, ice skating, speaking and entertaining.
Bob Perpall was a member of Fleming House before graduating from Caltech in 1952. With his Mechanical Engineering degree, he started working on turbochargers for Garrett Corp. He served as the Vice President and Division Manager before retiring. During part of 12 years of service with the SURF Board, Bob acted as Chairman. He is now a life member. In addition, he is a Board Member of the Caltech Alumni Association. For 5 years, he has been a trustee and board member at the Trinity Care Hospice Foundation. Sailing and photography occupy his free time.
Don Pinkerton graduated from Caltech in 1957. While a student, he was active on the Y ExComm and has previously served on the Y Board. Don is also active with the Burbank YMCA and is a member of the Gnome Club. In addition, Don and Jane are active members of the Caltech Associates.
Jane Pinkerton has served previously on the Y Board and was active with the Friends Committee. In addition, Jane is active with the PTA, National Charity League, and La Providencia.
Jean-Paul Revel is a former Dean of Students at Caltech. Jean-Paul started his first term on the Y Board in 2006.
Candace Rypisi graduated from Arizona State University with a BA in Women's Studies and received an MA from Colorado State in Literature and Women's Studies. She is currently an Ed.D student at USC and the Director of the SURF program at Caltech. In addition to playing with her kitten, she also takes pleasure in traveling and cooking.
Fredrick Shair is a retired Caltech professor(1965-1995). He got his MA in ChemE in UC, Berkeley. He is a member of Gnome Club. He likes music, poetry, kauakin, tennis, and mentoring in science.
Betty Sirri is a community member serving her second 6-year term with the Y Board.
Norri Sirri is a community member serving his second 6-year term with the Y Board.
Deborah Smith is a community member. Deborah started her term with the Y Board in 2006.
Douglas Smith is the Editor of Caltech's publication "E & S". He started his term with the Y Board in 2006.
Ben Turk is a Caltech alumnus (Class of '98) from Blacker House. A mechanical engineering, he then joined Boeing as a design engineer in the satellite development center. He enjoys backpacking, cycling, photography, and basketball in his spare time.
Dorothy Tyson is a retired staff from Alhambra Adult School. She graduated from UCLA, and she is a member of Caltech Women's Club. She likes traveling, gardening, and reading.
Howell Tyson is a retired industry consultant from IBM. He is a Caltech alumnus(Classs of '50) majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He loves traveling and sailing.
James Workman is a Caltech alumnus (Class of '57) majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He is a member of Gnome Club. He is very active and dynamic participant in Y board activities.
Robin Abraham
Abdul Ahad
Pradeep Bugga
Sunny Chun
Shankar Kalyanaraman
DK Lim
Leon Liu
Peter Liu
Rory Perkins
DJ Seo
Susan Shen
Bouyan Sun
Leslie Tong
Jonathan Tsai
Christina Weng
June Wicks
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