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KARE BEARS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
Kare Bears is governed by a Board of Directors.  All members of the Board must be full time residents of PebbleCreek and at least three (3) members of the Board must be current or former Unit Coordinators.  Board members are elected for a two-year term of office and may seek re-election for a second term.  A Board member may not serve longer then four (4) years, however, he/she may seek to be re-elected to the Board after a one (1) year hiatus.  The Board welcomes any questions or inquiries that you may want to submit.  Please use the "Contact Kare Bears" option on the main menu.  You can also contact individual members of the Board of Directors by clicking on their email address shown below.
 
You can email individual Directors by clicking on the email address under their name.  They, or one of their representatives, will respond as quickly as possible.
 
 
Laura Measles

Laura Measles
President

Executive Director of the Kenai Alaska Chamber of Commerce; Board member of Alaska United Way; Alaska Junior Miss; Alaska State Chamber of Commerce.  Currently serves as Kare Bear Coordinator in Unit 9.

Contact about: Kare Bears

 

 
Mary McMahon
1st Vice President

Mary and her husband Mike moved to PebbleCreek in 2005 from Iowa. Mary holds an Iowa CPA certificate and is a past board member of  the National Association of Management Accountants. She has volunteered with Iowa Special Olympics and Boy Scouts of America as well as church activities.
 
Contact about: Unit Coordinators and CATs
Arlis Legler
2nd Vice President

Arlis relocated to Pebblecreek in 2008 from Honolulu, and has over 37 years experience teaching high school Business Education courses. She was was active in the Hawaii Business Education Association serving as president, and also taught for the Department of Defense and coordinated University of Hawaii courses for military enlisted personnel in Korea.

Contact about: KB House Office, Transportation, Medical Equipment


Susan Bergstrom
Secretary



Contact about: Meeting Minutes, Correspondence

Jerry Briner
CFO/Treasurer

 
Contact about: Financial Issues 

Sandie Thom
Health Events Director

Contact about: Health Related Programs/Services 

Bonnie Marks
Programs Director

Contact about: Programs 
Mark Pelletier
Chief of Information Technology,
Webmaster
 
Mark's career history includes computer programming, system analysis, project management, Electronic Data Interchange, web site creation/maintenance and IT management.  Mark and Sue relocated to PebbleCreek in 2006 from suburban Chicago. 

Contact about:  Web site, computer systems

 
Non-Director Advisors
 
Rayma Scalzo
Founder
 
Rayma is the person who founded Kare Bears in 1995.  
 
Contact about: History of Kare Bears and its Activities
 
Patti Wegehaupt
Past President
 
As immediate Past President, Patti serves as an advisor to the current Board of Directors.