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Board of Directors and Staff

Jim Rawitch dir. and Connie Ransom board Pres emeritus

Officers

 

President

  • Katie Nartonis - Curator/Writer

 

First Vice President

  • Tom Bostick - IBM Data Consultant (Retired)

 

Second Vice President

  • Ron Prater - Physicist/Woodworker

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Treasurer

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Secretary

  • Diane Williams - Community Leader

 

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Directors

 

  • James Becerra - Professor - Cal Poly (Retired) Landscape Architecture

  • Nick Brown - Financial Advisor

  • Steffanie Dotson - Furniture Maker

  • Catherine Gudis - History Professor/UC Riverside

  • Joanne Johnson - Sam Maloof Woodworker, Inc.

  • Mark Nay - Architect

  • Deborah Robertson - Mayor, City of Rialto

  • Ashley Stickler- City Council Member, City of Rancho Cucamonga

  • Todd Wingate - Curator

Emeritus Directors

 

  • Anthea Hartig - California Historical Society

  • Ann Joslin - Community Leader

  • Beverly Maloof - Community Leader and Horticulturist

  • Dr. W. Knox Mellon - California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO, Retired)

  • Carolyn Owen-Towle - Retired Unitarian Minister

  • Connie Ransom - Past Board President.  Realtor

  • David Spencer -  Community Leader

  • Dr. Joseph S. Unis - Radiologist 

  • Fritz Weis - Past President, Scripps College

 

Staff

 

  • Jim Rawitsch - Executive Director 

  • Melanie Swezey-Cleaves - Associate Director/Collections Manager

  • Leslie Matamoros - Director of  Museum Education

  • Scott Lukesh - Visitor Experience Ambassador

  • Heidi Burnett - Tour Services Lead

  • Janay Sandoval - Bookstore

  • Larry White - Resident Artist 

  • Seth - Garden Manager 

  • Patricio Rodriguez - Maintenance

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 Education Team

  • Leslie Matamoros - Director of  Museum Education

  • Crystal Rodriguez - Teaching Artist

  • Rosemary Rivas - Teaching Artist

 

 

 

 

 

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