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Councilmember Robert Thomas,
Councilmember Grace Andrus, Vice President Frank Beyt, Councilmember Danette Erickson,
Treasurer Dennis van Bremen, Third Alternate Joyce Lauterback, Second Alternate Robbyn Battles,
President Steve Pierce, Corresponding Secretary Liz Arnold, First Alternate Charles Beatty,
Councilmember Steve Goldworthy, Recording Secretary Cheryl Davis
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President Steve Pierce
Steve Pierce is a native Californian who graduated
from the University of Redlands with a BA degree in Economics. Steve and his wife Karen have lived in the La Crescenta/Montrose
area for the past 43 years. Steve was a Naval Officer who served during the Viet-Nam conflict, and worked in executive positions
with Xerox Corporation and Pacific Bell before starting a commercial graphics business in 1976. Steve currently serves as
a Director on the Board of the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce, is on the Board of Directors of the Crescenta Valley
Sheriff Support Group, is an active member of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff Volunteers, serves on the Board of the CV Fireworks
Association of which he was the 2008 CV Fireworks president, and serves on the Board of the Montrose Christmas Parade Association
of which he was the 2008 Parade Coordinator. Steve has served on the Crescenta Valley Town Council since 2005
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Vice President Frank Beyt
Frank Beyt is now only half Texan, having been
transplanted to Southern California with a job transfer. After receiving a marketing degree from North Texas University, his
career quickly centered in the ballooning field of computers. He spent six years covering California and the South Pacific,
then migrated to semiconductors where he represented National Semiconductor, ending his career with International Rectifier.
Frank was active for many years with the Boy Scouts of America and served as Verdugo Hills Council Advancement Chairman for
many years. He is a longtime resident of Montrose, with his children graduating from local schools. Frank is married to Nina
and has a daughter, Juliee, an architect in Austin and Brennan, recareering from banking into digital editing. His primary
goal for the coming year is to raise community awareness for the Council as to how the Council can affect and improve the
community, and how to get more residents involved.
Beyt@att.net
Phone: (818) 957-0246
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Recording Secretary Cheryl Davis
Cheryl Davis was raised in San Jose and moved to Southern California while at UCLA, where she received
her B.S. in Biochemistry. She is a law firm Administrator at Bradley & Gmelich, located in Glendale. She married
her husband Mark in 1991, and they have one daughter, Katie, currently attending elementary school in the Glendale Unified
School District. Mark is a local business owner and a member of the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce. Cheryl
is the Treasurer of CV DOGS, a group of community volunteers working with the Town Council to establish a dog park in the
Crescenta Valley.
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Treasurer Dennis van Bremen
Dennis'
family settled in La Crescenta in 1958, immigrants from the Netherlands. Dennis attended local schools, and graduated from
Crescenta Valley High School in 1966. After earning a BA and teaching credential in English/Art, he started teaching English
in Los Angeles Unified School District in 1971. In 1973 he moved to Glendale High School where he taught art and English
as a Second Language. He became a counselor at Glendale High School in 1987 and transferred to Crescenta Valley High
in 1992. Married in 1973, Dennis and his wife, Karin, have two sons. Dennis has always been active in community and
professional organizations, which led to him serving three years on the CV Town Council, the last as treasurer.
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Corresponding Secretary Liz Arnold
Liz Arnold knew she wanted to raise
her family in the Crescenta Valley when she began to work here as a newlywed in 1989. Dream became reality
in 1995 when she and her husband, Todd, bought their home in Montrose. Liz and Todd are raising their children
in the local, award winning public schools. Their son Patrick is a sophomore at CVHS and Elissa is a seventh
grader at Rosemont. Liz is active in the PTA at both the school and district level and served 2 years as the Glendale Council
PTA president as well as numerous other volunteer positions. She also served 2 years as president of the
Verdugo Hills Hospital Womenʼs Council. As small business owners the Arnoldsare aware of the trials and tribulations
that small businesses experience. Liz graduated from CSUN with a BS in Child Development and is currently a full time mom.
arnoldcvtc@sbcglobal.net
Phone: (323) 363-9157
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Council-member Grace Andrus
Grace Andrus moved to La Crescenta from San Antonio, Texas when
she was 11 years old and is an Alumni of Crescenta Valley High School (Class of 1984). She is a Doctor of Naturopathy
with a degree in Business Administration. In 1989, Grace married her childhood friend, Dan Andrus (owner of All American
Landscape and past-President of the Montrose-La Crescenta Kiwanis), who is a La Crescenta native. As business owners,
the Andrus’ are members of the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce. Parents of four children, ages 8-16, the
Andrus family is active in their church and also in local sports organizations including CSA. Grace first ran for a
seat on the Council in order to try to encourage the Council to be more representative of local residents and businesses,
and to encourage the procurement of property for the new La Crescenta Library, both of which have been accomplished.
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Council-member Danette Erickson Danette Erickson has lived in La Crescenta 30 years and has served on the Town Council since 1995. She
and her husband Kerry have raised Deana, Karl and Kraig in our local schools, Monte Vista, Rosemont and CVHS. She has served
in PTA for 25 years including PTA President at all three schools. Both Kerry and Danette are active in many different organizations
including Boy Scouts, St. James, Glendale Assistance League and Republican Women. Danette has worked as a Systems Analyst
for IBM Insurance (Chicago), Customer Record Developer for Centel (Las Vegas), and Systems Analyst/Programmer for JPL (Pasadena).
Danette attended DePaul University, transferring to Univ. of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana where she earned a BS in Math with
minors in Physics & Philosophy.
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Council-member Steve Goldsworthy
Steve Goldsworthy has proudly called the Crescenta Valley
his home since 1960. A former local business owner, he is currently the Vice President of Sales & Marketing for an electrical
wholesale company. Steve and his wife Robin have four sons who have attended all the same schools that Steve did: Monte Vista
Elementary, Rosemont Middle School and Crescenta Valley High School (1977). Steve has been active in all phases of public
safety, having been a reserve police officer, the EMS Reserve Coordinator for the Pasadena Fire Department and currently
a volunteer at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station, where he has served for 22 years. Steve is also a member of the
local Prom Plus committee and is an avid aviation enthusiast holding an FAA pilot certificate to fly helicopters. Steve is
the Chair of our Public Safety and Streets Committee for the Town Council.
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Council-member Robert Thomas Robert Thomas is a native Californian, born and raised in Glendale. He received his BS degree
in Business Administration with an emphasis in Real Estate from San Diego State University. Robert has worked
full time as a real estate broker (Time Realtors) since 1980 selling all types of real estate (homes, apartments and
commercial). He is married to Lynne Thomas, and they have four (school age) children (Tracey, Rebecca, Philip &
Carter). Robert's life is centered around his family, and their many activities in church, school, theater, and
sports.
RobertThomas4CVTC@sbcglobal.net
Phone: (818) 653-8463
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First Alternate Charles Beatty Charles Beatty has lived in La Crescenta since he was three years old and says he loves both the tradition
and change he sees in the community. Charles knows so many of his constituents well from the many years he worked in management
with Ralph's Grocery Company. He is a local Real Estate Broker and has been President of both the Crescenta-Canada
Board of REALTORS and the Crescenta Canada Flintridge Board of REALTORS. He has served as President of the Crescenta
Valley Town Council three times and has chaired numerous meetings, committees, and events such as Arbor Day in March of 2007.
Charles attended Glendale Public Schools and graduated from Glendale High School. He holds both a BA and MA in government
from California State University at Los Angeles. He has been married to his wife Andrea, for thirty-eight
years. Charles has one daughter, Alli, son-in-law Kevin, and three grandsons, Alec, Gavin, and Andrew who all live in
La Crescenta and all have attended or attend Glendale Public Schools.
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Second Alternate Robbyn Battles Robbyn is a local Business Owner in Montrose, Battles Real Estate Company. She has lived in the area since 1964.
Robbyn attended the local schools, Montrose Elementary, Rosemont Junior High and CV High School. Her daughter currently attends
Monte Vista Elementary and her niece and nephew attend CV High. Her Mom,Dad and brother all reside in La Crescenta
as well. The goals for the first year serving on the council is to help more voices in the community be heard and bring more
information and resources to the senior community.
So far this year she has been successful with obtaining an
alternate drop zone for Monte Vista Elementary, located at Two Strike Park, which she runs every day from 7:45-8:15 unless
it is raining. Please drop by and bend her ear if need be. This additional drop zone for the kids has helped to alleviate
traffic congestion in front of the school during the morning drop off rush. Working together with several other council-members
additional safety issues in and around the school were put in place. One of her accomplishments outside of her Youth &
Seniors committee chair position is the designing and maintaining of the Town Council Website. She is currently working to
complete a new Senior Organization which will help serve the Community, the hope is that it will be in place by
mid 2010. There are lot of other little projects she is involved in as well. The newest on her plate will be working
to help gather support and community awareness for the Crescenta Valley Drug and Prevention Council. robbyn@battlesrealestate.com
818-249-7492
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Third Alternate- Joyce Lauterback
Originally from New Jersey, Joyce Lauterback has been a La Crescenta resident for 24 years along with her husband Steve,
a 3rd generation Glendale native. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy
from Russell Sage College, Troy, NY. Following several years in acute care settings, most of her PT career
was with the Verdugo Hills VNA as a home care specialist in the Burbank, Glendale and Foothill communities. In
1989, she received her MA in Marriage and Family Therapy. Recently “retired” after 10
years of teaching in the Physical Therapy Doctorate Program, at Mt. St. Marys College, Joyce maintains a full time counseling
practice.
joycemft@att.net
818-249-3021
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