Vision Statement
The Conservancy envisions one of the world’s great metropolitan parks.

Mission Statement
The role of the Great Park Conservancy is to generate and maintain public and private support throughout Orange County and beyond for the development and operation of the Orange County Great Park.

About the Great Park Conservancy
• The Conservancy is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.
• The Conservancy is non-partisan and non-political.
• The Conservancy is a countywide organization.
• The Conservancy is dedicated to the best park for the public interest.
• The Conservancy supports a park for the entire Orange County region.
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Friends of the Great Park

The Conservancy formed Friends of the Great Park to spread the word about the Great Park to all of Orange County. Friends of the Great Park includes over 15,000 residents, elected officials, business leaders, and community leaders.

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Advisory Council

The Conservancy created a distinguished Advisory Council of influential community leaders who lend their names in support of the Great Park. The Advisory Council includes representation from north, central and south Orange County cities, as well as community leaders countywide.

U.S. Members

John Campbell
Congressperson 48th District

Linda Sanchez
Congressperson 39th District

Loretta Sanchez
Congressperson 47th District

State Members

Todd Spitzer
Assembly Member 71st District

Jose Solorio
Assembly Member 69th District

County Members

Pat Bates
Orange County Supervisor
Fifth District

Bill Campbell
Orange County Supervisor
Third District

Tom Daly
Clerk-Recorder, County of Orange

Janet Nguyen
Orange County Supervisors
First District

Chris Norby
Orange County Supervisor
Fourth District

City Members

City of Anaheim
Mayor Curt Pringle

City of Aliso Viejo
Mayor William Philips

City of Costa Mesa
Council Member Katrina Foley

City of Dana Point
Mayor Joel Bishop

City of Fountain Valley
Mayor Gus Ayer

City of Huntington Beach
Mayor Debbie Cook

City of Irvine
Mayor Beth Krom

City of Laguna Beach
Mayor Jane Egly

City of Laguna Hills
Mayor L. Allan Songstad Jr.

City of Laguna Woods
Mayor Bert Hack

City of Lake Forest
Mayor Richard Dixon

City of Mission Viejo
Council Member Gail Reavis

City of Placentia
Mayor Scott W. Nelson

City of Rancho Santa Margarita
Mayor Neil Blais

City of San Clemente
Mayor Joe Anderson

City of San Juan Capistrano
Mayor Joe Soto

City of Santa Ana
Mayor Miguel A. Pulido

City of Tustin
Mayor Lou Bone

City of Villa Park
Mayor Brad E. Reese


Individual Members

Larry Agran
Irvine Council Member

Alexandra Airth
Chair, Children’s Museum of Orange County

Sam Allevato
San Juan Capistrano Council Member

Michael Alvarez
Orange Mayor Pro Tem (Ret.)

Lara Anderson
Dana Point Council Member

Sandra Ayres
Community Leader

Douglas Blonsky
President
Central Park Conservancy

Connie Boardman
Huntington Beach Council Member (Ret.)

Mario H. Boiardi
Principal, RCG, Inc.

Robert Bouer
Laguna Woods Council Member

Randy Bressette
Laguna Hills Council Member

Emil J. Brolick
President
Taco Bell

Cheryl Brothers
Fountain Valley Council Member

Elisabeth Brown, Ph.D.
Laguna Greenbelt, Inc.

Joe Brown
Laguna Niguel Council Member (Ret.)

Jack Camp
President
Urban Design Camp

Melody Carruth
Laguna Hills Council Member

Sarah L. Catz
Director
Center for Urban Infrastructure

Carmen Cave
Aliso Viejo Council Member

Mike Clesceri
Fullerton Mayor (Ret.)

Gil Coerper
Huntington Beach Council Member

Richard Cohn
Aitken Aitken & Cohn

Diane Cotton
Diane Cotton Jewelry

Jim Dahl
San Clemente Council Member

Glenn D. Dassoff
Attorney
Paul, Hastings

Lynn Daucher
California State Assembly (Ret.)

Doug Davert
Tustin Council Member

Mackey Deasy, AIA
Callison Architecture, Inc.

G. Wayne Eggleston
San Clemente Council Member

E. K. Fisher
President
American Pacific Printers College

Fredrick M. Freeman
Los Alamitos Mayor (Ret.)

George Giacumakis, Ph.D.
Director
Cal State Fullerton, Irvine Campus

Brent D. Glass
Smithsonian Institution

Joan Halvajian
Community Leader

Diane Harkey
Dana Point Council Member

Wyatt Hart
San Juan Capistrano Mayor (Ret.)

Gary Hayakawa
President
Three Star Nursery

Gavin Herbert, Jr.
President
Roger's Gardens

Peter Herzog
Lake Forest Council Member

Jerry Holloway
Rancho Santa Margarita Council Member

William H. Hudnut III
Senior Resident Fellow
Urban Land Institute

Toni Iseman
Laguna Beach Council Member

Jill Johnson-Tucker
Community Leader

Marc Kasky
Director Emeritus
Fort Mason Foundation

A.G. Kawamura
President
Orange County Produce LLC

Parker S. Kennedy
President
The First American Corporation

Cheryl Kinsman
Laguna Beach Council Member

Joel Lautenschleger
Laguna Hills Council Member

John Paul Ledesma
Mission Viejo Council Member

David A. Levine
Natural Resource Consultants

Linda Lindholm
Laguna Niguel Mayor (Ret.)

Barbara Mac Gillivray
Mac Gillivray-Freeman Films

Lance MacLean
Mission Viejo Council Member

Tom Maloney
Naturalist

Jerry Mandel, Ph.D.
President
Orange County Performing Arts Center (Ret.)

Robert Emmett McDonough
Founder
Remedy Intelligent Staffing

Daniel J. McKenna III
Chairman
McKenna Automotive Group

Glenda S. Menges
Program Director
Marisla Foundation

Dick Metz
Founder
Surfing Heritage Foundation

Jeffrey C. Metzger
Attorney

Bill Morrow
State Senator (Ret.)

Jeffrey J. Mosher
Acting Executive Director
NWRI

Douglas C. Neff
Managing Director
Institutional Housing Partners

William L. Ossenmacher
Mayor of Dana Point (Ret.)

Elizabeth Pearson-Schneider
Laguna Beach Council Member

Jack W. Peltason
President Emeritus
University of California

Col. Charles J. Quilter II
USMC (Ret.)

Douglas C. Rankin
President, Irvine Barclay Theatre

Janet M. Ray
Community Leader

Teddie L. Ray
Community Leader

Wayne Rayfield
Dana Point Council Member

Bob Ring
Laguna Woods Council Member

Susan Ritschel
San Clemente Council Member

Milton Robbins
Laguna Woods Council Member

Bill Roley
Permaculture Institute

Kirk Roller
Emulex Corporation

Brenda Ross
Laguna Woods Council Member

Bernie Schneider
Community Leader

Mike Schulman
H & S Ventures

Joan Irvine Smith
Community Leader

Ruben Smith
Alvarado, Smith & Sanchez

Ted Smith
Founder, File Net Corporation

Steve Sullivan
Regional Vice President
Southern California Edison

Peer Swan
Director, Irvine Ranch Water District

James Irvine Swinden
Community Leader

Gary Thompson
Rancho Santa Margarita Council Member

Bill Tidwell
Park Supervisor
County of Orange (Ret.)

Tom Umberg
California State Assembly (Ret.)

Jennifer Van Bergh
City Group Private Bank

Mike Whipple
Laguna Niguel Council Member

Thomas W. Wilson
Orange County Supervisor (Ret.)

Tracy Worley
Tustin Council Member

Members of the Board of Directors volunteer their time in support of the Great Park. They are responsible for the stewardship of the organization.

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Michael D. Ray, Chair
Partner
Sanderson J. Ray Development

David Horowitz, Vice Chair
Trustee, Horowitz Trust

Marian Bergeson, Secretary
State Senator (Retired)

John Katkish, Treasurer
President
First Management Group

Rick T. Hume ASLA, Director
Frederick Thomas Hume
Landscape Architecture, Planning & Design

Sheila Peterson, Director
Master Gardener

James R. Kikta, Director
USMC, Retired
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

Thomas H. Nielsen, Director
President
The Nielsen Company

Tim Paone, Director
Manatt, Phelps & Philips, LLP

James “Walkie” Ray, Director
Partner
Sanderson J. Ray Development

John Sullivan, Director
President
The Producing Group

Robert Currie, Director
Retired Partner
Latham & Watkins

Kris Elftmann, Director
President
Noelle Marketing Group

Allan Gibson, Director
Executive Vice President
Orange County Business Bank

Greg MacGillivray
President
MacGillivray Freeman Films.