{"id":2395,"date":"2019-03-12T13:41:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=2395"},"modified":"2020-11-28T20:47:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T01:47:17","slug":"staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/dbe-community\/staff\/","title":{"rendered":"State Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2020 to 2022 Northern California State Board<\/h1>\n<div class=\"row \">\n<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div><!-- .spacer (end) -->\n<p>(Click Above Title For Complete List)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"recent-posts team unstyled\"><li class=\"recent-posts_li post-2588 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry  list-item-0 clearfix\"><figure class=\"thumbnail featured-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/president\/\" title=\"Edith Caponigro &#8211; President\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Edith-Caponigro-120x120-5.jpg\" alt=\"Edith Caponigro &#8211; President\"\/><\/a><\/figure><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/president\/\" title=\"Edith Caponigro &#8211; President\">Edith Caponigro &#8211; President<\/a><\/h5><div class=\"excerpt\">Born in Bowden, Cheshire, England and lived with my family in Manchester until I emigrated. After receiving a high school certificate from Chorlton High, I continued my education and received a diploma from the Union of Lancashire &amp; Cheshire Institutes in Business and Secretarial. In 1964 with emigration documents in hand I left the UK with plans to spend two&nbsp;Continue&hellip;<\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/li><!-- .entry (end) --><li class=\"recent-posts_li post-2590 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry  list-item-1 clearfix\"><figure class=\"thumbnail featured-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/1st-vice-president\/\" title=\"Sue Wong &#8211; 1st Vice President\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sue-Wong-120x120-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sue Wong &#8211; 1st Vice President\"\/><\/a><\/figure><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/1st-vice-president\/\" title=\"Sue Wong &#8211; 1st Vice President\">Sue Wong &#8211; 1st Vice President<\/a><\/h5><div class=\"excerpt\">I was born in Lewes, Sussex, England, where I grew up and married. In 1987, I arrived in Santa Cruz, No. California for a 4 month trip where I met my present husband Ken. Between us we have 3 children and 5 grandchildren. In 1991, I became a founding member of Copperfield Chapter and later a founding member of Cotswold&nbsp;Continue&hellip;<\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/li><!-- .entry (end) --><li class=\"recent-posts_li post-2606 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry  list-item-2 clearfix\"><figure class=\"thumbnail featured-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/2nd-vice-president\/\" title=\"Val Tudor &#8211; 2nd Vice President\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Val-Tudor-120x120.jpg\" alt=\"Val Tudor &#8211; 2nd Vice President\"\/><\/a><\/figure><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/2nd-vice-president\/\" title=\"Val Tudor &#8211; 2nd Vice President\">Val Tudor &#8211; 2nd Vice President<\/a><\/h5><div class=\"excerpt\">I grew up in Derbyshire and attended Matlock Grammar School. After leaving school I worked for the Derbyshire County Council and at 21 became a flight attendant for British Midland Airways. A year later I moved to London and joined BOAC (now British Airways). I came to Los Angeles in 1973 with my husband and two small daughters. He had&nbsp;Continue&hellip;<\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/li><!-- .entry (end) --><li class=\"recent-posts_li post-2604 team type-team status-publish hentry  list-item-3 clearfix\"><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/sandy-filson-3rd-vice-president\/\" title=\"3rd Vice President- Sandy Filson\">3rd Vice President- Sandy Filson<\/a><\/h5><div class=\"excerpt\"><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/li><!-- .entry (end) --><li class=\"recent-posts_li post-2602 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry  list-item-4 clearfix\"><figure class=\"thumbnail featured-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/recording-secretary\/\" title=\"Barbara Bahler- Recording Secretary\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Moms-photo-120x120.jpeg\" alt=\"Barbara Bahler- Recording Secretary\"\/><\/a><\/figure><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/recording-secretary\/\" title=\"Barbara Bahler- Recording Secretary\">Barbara Bahler- Recording Secretary<\/a><\/h5><div class=\"excerpt\">Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Mother was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and maternal grandparents were born and raised in Skipton, Yorkshire, England. Moved to California when father accepted employment in the San Francisco Bay Area. Graduated from Diablo Valley College (CA) with an A.A. in Business Administration and from American International College (MA) with a B.S. in Business Administration.&nbsp;Continue&hellip;<\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/li><!-- .entry (end) --><li class=\"recent-posts_li post-2600 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry  list-item-5 clearfix\"><figure class=\"thumbnail featured-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/communications-secretary\/\" title=\"Kristen Bahler- Communications Secretary\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Kristensphoto-1-120x120.jpg\" alt=\"Kristen Bahler- Communications Secretary\"\/><\/a><\/figure><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/communications-secretary\/\" title=\"Kristen Bahler- Communications Secretary\">Kristen Bahler- Communications Secretary<\/a><\/h5><div class=\"excerpt\">I was born in Stockton, California. I graduated from San Joaquin Delta College (CA) with A.A's in Early Childhood Education and Liberal Studies; Sacramento City College (CA) with an A.S. in Library &amp; Information Technology; Sacramento State University (CA) with a B.A. in English and a concentration in fiction, and a minor in ASL\/Deaf Studies, and Emporia State University (KS)&nbsp;Continue&hellip;<\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/li><!-- .entry (end) --><li class=\"recent-posts_li post-2873 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry  list-item-6 clearfix\"><figure class=\"thumbnail featured-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/jenny-whitehouse-corresponding-secretary\/\" title=\"Jenny Whitehouse- Corresponding Secretary\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Jenny-Whitehouse-120x120-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny Whitehouse- Corresponding Secretary\"\/><\/a><\/figure><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/jenny-whitehouse-corresponding-secretary\/\" title=\"Jenny Whitehouse- Corresponding Secretary\">Jenny Whitehouse- Corresponding Secretary<\/a><\/h5><div class=\"excerpt\">I was born and raised in Staffordshire U.K., where I attended Wulfrun College.\u00a0 \u00a0I served in the Civil Service, in Staffordshire, Lancashire and finally in Gloucestershire, before moving to upper New York State, in the 1970s. I joined the DBE over thirty years ago after moving to California. \u00a0I have been Regent and Vice Regent of my chapter several times.&nbsp;Continue&hellip;<\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/li><!-- .entry (end) --><li class=\"recent-posts_li post-2598 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry  list-item-7 clearfix\"><figure class=\"thumbnail featured-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/treasurer\/\" title=\"Pam Sweetman &#8211; Treasurer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pam-Sweetman-120x120.jpg\" alt=\"Pam Sweetman &#8211; Treasurer\"\/><\/a><\/figure><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/treasurer\/\" title=\"Pam Sweetman &#8211; Treasurer\">Pam Sweetman &#8211; Treasurer<\/a><\/h5><div class=\"excerpt\">Born in Mancot, Wales was raised and educated in Saltney and Shotton, Wales.&nbsp; I attended the University of Chester, England and took additional Accounting courses at Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA In 1961 I married Patrick Sweetman and we have been happily married for 58 years, have one son, two grandchildren and two step-grandchildren. We emigrated to Greensburg, Indiana,&nbsp;Continue&hellip;<\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/li><!-- .entry (end) --><li class=\"recent-posts_li post-2597 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry  list-item-8 clearfix\"><figure class=\"thumbnail featured-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/organizer\/\" title=\"Pam Stewart- Organizer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sam-Stewart-e1572022998549-120x120-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pam Stewart- Organizer\"\/><\/a><\/figure><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/organizer\/\" title=\"Pam Stewart- Organizer\">Pam Stewart- Organizer<\/a><\/h5><div class=\"excerpt\">Born in Reading, Berkshire I spent my childhood in Oxfordshire and Surrey (England). Prior to emigrating to the U.S. in 1972, I worked for the British Government on a Royal Air Force and a United States Air Force Base in Oxfordshire. Prior to living in Northern California, I lived in Colorado and Minnesota. My husband Jim and I have been&nbsp;Continue&hellip;<\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/li><!-- .entry (end) --><li class=\"recent-posts_li post-2595 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry  list-item-9 clearfix\"><figure class=\"thumbnail featured-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/standard-bearer\/\" title=\"Nikki Agius &#8211; Standard Bearer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nikii-Agius-120x120.jpg\" alt=\"Nikki Agius &#8211; Standard Bearer\"\/><\/a><\/figure><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/team-view\/standard-bearer\/\" title=\"Nikki Agius &#8211; Standard Bearer\">Nikki Agius &#8211; Standard Bearer<\/a><\/h5><div class=\"excerpt\">Born in Hindhead, Surrey, England and at aged four, moved to Durban, South Africa where I spent my formative years before returning to England in 1964. Emigrated to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area in 1978 with my husband and two young daughters where, in Wayne, PA, I joined the DBE as a member of Kent Chapter. In 1989 we moved to&nbsp;Continue&hellip;<\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/li><!-- .entry (end) --><\/ul><!-- .recent-posts (end) -->\n<\/div><!-- .row (end) -->\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 to 2022 Northern California State Board<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2517,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2395","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2875,"href":"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2395\/revisions\/2875"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbenca.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}