Long Beach Public Library Foundation

About Us

Board of Directors

Dorothy Abrahamse, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Liberal Arts
California State University Long Beach

Robert Alperin
Vice President
Cushman & Wakefield of California

Rich Archbold
Executive Editor
Press-Telegram

Cheryl Avirom
Attorney at Law

Mary E. Barton, Ph.D.
President
The Barton Group

Sarah C. Bennett
Community Leader

Dr. Darrell Cannon
Physician, retired

Evelyn Christensen
Attorney
Keesal, Young & Logan

Susan Deland
Director of Retail & Merchandising
J. Paul Getty Museum

Margaret Durnin
Community Leader

Miriam Garcia
Program Administrator, Child Development
Long Beach Unified School District

James Grubbs
Director of Development
Volunteer Center of the South Bay

John Hancock
Principal & Founder
Bancap Investment Group

Mary Hinds (Secretary)
Former Director of Communications
U.S. Representative Steve Horn

Lorrie Hutton (V.P.)
Dealer Development Manager
American Honda Motor Co.

Jack Irvin
Owner
Coldwell Banker/Coastal Alliance

Donita Joseph (Treasurer)
Partner
Windes & McClaughry

Tim Kirk
President
Kirk Designs Inc.

Josephine Molina-Battiste
Community Leader

Ludmila Montoya
Director of Resources
Legal Aid Society

Joseph Prevratil
President/CEO
Queen Mary

Susan Redfield
Director of Development
University of Southern California

Thomas Reep
Co-Founder, retired
First Consulting Group

Eleanore Schmidt
Director of Library Services

Leo Vander Lans (President)
Attorney, retired

David Zanatta
Senior Vice President
JCA Resources

Jo Rae Zuckerman
Friends of the Long Beach Library