Leonard D. Beil and his wife Stella Ley have lived on Bainbridge Island since 1998.  After retiring from US West, Len has devoted much time to community service and helping others, including working as Executive Director of Catholic Community Services, as Executive Assistant to the President at Seattle University, and then bicycling around the world raising scholarship money for Seattle University. Len has received recognition for his volunteer service, including Seattle University’s 1986 Alumni Community Service Award and the 2008 BI Kiwanis Citizen of the year.  Locally, Len is a member of St. Cecilia’s parish, was the President of the Interfaith Council of North Kitsap in 2009, and has served on the board of the Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers of Bainbridge Island, including serving as Board President.  He received a BCS and Doctorate from Seattle University and an MBA from the University of Oregon.

Anne Shermack Blair (joining board in May 2010) is a 34-year resident of Bainbridge Island.  She also is a former teacher with more than 30 years experience as a professional nonprofit manager and executive director. A founding board member of Leadership Kitsap and the Puget Sound Restoration Fund, her background includes volunteer leadership on local, regional and national boards and commissions as diverse as Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Olympic College, National Faculty of Arts and Sciences, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Community Salmon Recovery Technical Review, Kitsap Community Foundation, Junior League of Seattle and International Association of Junior Leagues, Bainbridge Library and Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council. She is the recipient of the Mary Maxwell Gates Community Leadership Award and was elected to the Olympic College Hall of Fame in 1998.

Paul Carroll and his wife Betsy moved to Bainbridge Island in 1991 and raised three children here.  After earning BS and MS degrees in geology, Paul started a career in teaching at The Bush School in Seattle in 1983. He taught science in the middle school for 10 years, commuting the last two years from the Island. Soon after arriving, however, he was drawn into conversations about starting a private middle school on the Island; Hyla Middle School started in 1993 with Paul serving as the head of the school. In 2007, he stepped down as head of the school, but continues teaching 8th grade algebra. He has served on the BCF board since 2007.

James F. (Jim) Chapel and his wife Faith moved to Bainbridge Island in 2000.  Jim had a 30-year career with the YMCA, including positions in Tucson, Phoenix, Santa Monica, Los Angeles and Portland.  He retired in 1987 as C.E.O. of the Portland Association.  Jim also ran his own career management company, CHAPEL STOWELL, for a few years prior to moving to Bainbridge Island.  Always active in community volunteer challenges, Jim has been President of his alma mater (University of Arizona) National Alumni Association, President of the Lake Oswego Rotary club, President of Health Housing and Human Services on Bainbridge, to list a few. Fundraising has been a particular passion, and Jim has been involved in organizing and conducting numerous campaigns. Jim enjoys cruising the waters around Bainbridge with Faith and spending time with their two very active Weimaraners.

Tom Croker is a 5th generation islander, married with two grown children. He received a BS and MS in fisheries science in the early '70's, but had a 20-year career as a small business owner on Bainbridge. His business, Netsystems, grew to become a highly successful employer for and supporter of the Island.  Now retired, Tom has devoted time to local non-profits, including serving as President of the Bainbridge Island Land Trust. He and his wife Luanne have always been supportive of human services and the arts. His hobbies include sailing, skiing and spending time with his grandchildren.

Steve Davis has lived on Bainbridge Island for more than 60 years. His career was in banking, working at U.S. Bancorp for many years. In his retirement, Steve has worked with several Bainbridge Island organizations, including the Bainbridge Diversion Board, Helpline House, One Call for All and the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial.  After being asked by Lou Goller (American Marine Bank) to serve as a trustee of the old One Call For All trust, Steve applied his trust expertise and founded the Bainbridge Community Foundation. Steve is currently on the boards of the Health Housing & Human Services Council, The Bloedel Reserve, and the Bainbridge Art Museum. In addition, he is on the Medici Committee of Bainbridge Arts & Crafts and the Capital Campaign Committee of the Kids Discovery Museum.

Barry Fetterman and his wife Jo Ann have lived on Bainbridge Island for 19 years.  Barry retired in 2004 from a 25-year career in the investment management business, including principal and executive roles at for Sirach Capital Management, an institutional investment management firm, and at SEI, a NYSE-listed investment services company.  He is a graduate of Kent State and currently is President of the Kent State University Foundation.  Barry serves on the board of the Bainbridge Island Land Trust, and was President in 2008.  Barry’s athletic passions include bicycle riding, skiing and hiking.

Jola Greiner and husband Albert are both Florida natives who moved to Bainbridge Island in 2005 from Georgia.  They chose to move to Bainbridge for the wonderful summer weather and are delighted with the vibrant community and the wonderful, talented and diverse residents.  Jola served on the BCF Grants Committee in 2009 and agreed to join the Board beginning in 2010.  Her professional background includes teaching college-level German and spending several years in sales at the wholesale level.  She also sits on the board of the Greiner Family Foundation. 

Stephen Larson and his wife Patsy moved from Seattle to Bainbridge Island in 1981. Their two adult children have moved on, but Steve remains a daily ferryboat commuter to Seattle where he is a senior shareholder and litigator with the law firm Stafford Frey Cooper. Prior to joining the Bainbridge Community Foundation, Steve was active with Bainbridge Youth Soccer, coaching for 16 years, and was a member of the Bainbridge Island Public Library Board, serving as President for two years.

Mark Lund and his wife Lisa have lived on the Island for 16 years. They have two grown children.  Mark is a Senior Vice President of Ragen MacKenzie (a money management subsidiary of Wells Fargo) and Lisa runs a physical therapy practice at Island Fitness. Past volunteer activities for Mark include serving as President of One Call For All and the Bainbridge Island Youth Soccer Club. He also chaired the fundraising activities that resulted in the construction of two new artificial turf fields at Battle Point Park.

Larry Mills has lived on Bainbridge Island for nearly 35 years.   He served on the board of the Bainbridge Community Foundation from 2001 to 2007 and was the President of BCF in 2006-2007.  Larry has also served on the board and as President of One Call for All.  Over the years, he has been a board member of the Bainbridge Chorale, Bainbridge Performing Arts, Helpline House, and the Bainbridge Public Schools Trust, as well as taking a lead role on the fundraising teams for the Playhouse, an addition to the Bainbridge Public Library, and the Bainbridge Aquatics Center.  In 2001, he was honored by the Bainbridge Kiwanis Club as Bainbridge Island Citizen of the Year.  Larry is the founder and the senior principal attorney of the Seattle law firm Mills Meyers Swartling, where his practice includes business and personal planning together with frequent service as a mediator and arbitrator in commercial matters.  Larry and his wife, Barbara, a marriage and family therapist, are actively involved in human services and the arts.  

Wendy O’Connor, a long-time resident of Bainbridge Island, has been actively involved with our community since moving here with her family in 1979.  She is currently the President of the Marge Williams Center and has served on its board since 2004.  Over the years she has been a board member of Bainbridge Performing Arts, serving on the Executive Committee from 1993 to 1998, Bainbridge Youth Soccer Club, and IslandWood’s West Sound Steering Committee.  Committed to the arts, and particularly arts education, she served on the both the Board of Trustees of Cornish College of the Arts and the Cornish Foundation.  For 12 years, while working in Seattle as the Client Development Director for a large law firm, she recorded books on tape for the Library for the Blind.  Wendy, and her husband Peter, work together at O’Connor Architects, a firm focusing on sustainable architecture, planning and design for commercial and residential projects.

Sandy Schubach moved to Bainbridge with her husband and son in 1999.  She has spent six years as an Art Docent in the school system, volunteered on the IslandWood Steering Committee, and is also a volunteer for Clear Path International.  She also volunteers for BITV where she can pursue her latest passion of videography.  Sandy works for the school district helping transition special needs young adults into community life after their time in school.  She has been a Trustee for BCF for eight years, serving on several different committees, but currently chairs the Events Committee and co-chairs the Community Response Fund. 

Chris Snow and his wife Cameron came to Bainbridge Island in 1998 after a 35-year career in Public Diplomacy with the U.S. Foreign Service overseas and in Washington, D.C.  He became a trustee of the Bainbridge Economic Council in 2000 and joined the Board of Bainbridge Performing Arts in 2002, where he served until he was elected to the City Council in 2005.  He was Vice Chair of the Economic Council and BPA, Chair of the City Council’s Finance and Personnel and Public Works and Transportation Committees, and Council Chair in 2007.  Following the change in the form of government in May 2009, Chris was elected by the Council to be Council Chair again and Mayor until his term completion at the end of 2009.

Bill Sperling and his wife Gerry have lived on Bainbridge Island on two occasions since 1994. He is currently Vice President of Foundation Affairs for The Seattle Foundation, having been a senior member of the Foundation’s team since 1996. Bill joined the Foundation after 25 years with US Bank, from which he retired as a vice president and manager of a private banking team. He is a current member and former trustee of the Washington Planned Giving Council and a member of the Seattle Estate Planning Council. He has served on numerous boards, including Helpline House, Seattle 4 Rotary, Puget Sound Young Life, United Way of King County’s Campaign Cabinet, and the United Way of Spokane.  He is currently the President of the Seattle Rotary Service Foundation and is also serving on the Boards of Bainbridge Community Foundation and the San Juan Island Community Foundation. Bill graduated from Whitworth College and has done graduate work at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Oklahoma.

Elaine VonRosenstiel has lived on Bainbridge Island for 20 years.  After a career in health plan strategic planning, Elaine began working in the area of education public policy, focusing on K-12 funding and early learning investments.  She has been involved in board service locally for many years, having served on the Bainbridge Island School Board and the Board of the Health, Housing and Human Services Council prior to her current position on the Bainbridge Public Library Board.  She is also active on several statewide boards, including the League of Education Voters and the Washington State Child Care and Resource Referral Network.  Her grant making experience includes serving on the Grants Committee of the Washington Women’s Foundation and advising several private foundations on their early learning investments.

Carol White has lived on Bainbridge Island for 40 years and has had the opportunity to work with many Island agencies as a volunteer or Board member, including One Call For All, Bainbridge Youth Services, the Home Tour (when it benefited the Schools), Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge Swim Club, and Bainbridge Juvenile Diversion. She has sat on committees for Helpline House, KiDiMu, and helped originate the Steve Killpack Scholarship. While working off Island in the emergency medical services and career development fields, she was a board member at the Seattle Children's Theatre and produced a non-profit cookbook.

Past Board Members:
Bess Alpaugh 2001-2002
Tom Beierle: 2001-2006
Anne Browne: 2001-2002
Kate Carruthers: 2001-2007
Doug O'Connor: 2001-2002
Jon Doll: 2004-2006
Joan Lindall Holcomb: 2001-2002
Bob Karr: 2001-2009
Ed Kushner: 2001-2004
Tad Lhamon: 2007-2009
Sonya Marinoni: 2001-2009
Dave Moen: 2002-2004
Emma Patterson: 2002-2003
Channie Peters: 2003-2009
Margaret Powers: 2008-2009
Jeff Pritchard: 2001-2007
Tom Reveley: 2002-2009
Cynthia Sears: 2003-2005
Ellin Spenser: 2001-2004
David Veterane: 2005-2008

Advisory Committees:
Community citizens volunteer time and expertise to serve as advisors to the Bainbridge Community Foundation.   We appreciate their dedication and commitment to making our community more sustainable and healthy!

Community Response Fund (for urgent social service needs on Bainbridge Island)
Anne Blair
Joanne Ellis
Carol Emery
Anna Garrity
Dick Goff
Sally Hewett
Tom Kilbane
Jan Lambert
Charisa Moore
Pat Murray
Dana Quitslund
Nancy Quitslund
Merry Palmer
Barb Pettit
Joanne Tews
Sue Vincent

Housing Action Fund (for affordable housing projects and programs in our community)
Dick Abrams
Ed Kushner
Sonya Marinoni
Ned Palmer
Jo Vander Stoep
Charlie Wenzlau

Holt Webster Fund (an advised fund to support at-risk youth and their mentors)
Ronelle Browning
Kris Rogers
Tom Leigh
Jo Vander Stoep
Kate Webster
Kelly Webster

Staff:

Jean Casey (2008-present), Grants & Donor Services

Kassia Sing (2006-present), Development and Community Relations

Volunteers:
Bainbridge Community Foundation has a dedicated group of volunteers who help in a variety ways.  We thank them for their commitment and energy!
Lynn Agnew (since 2009)
Luanne Croker (since 2008)
Harriet Davis (since 2001)
Tracy Dickerson (since 2009)
Bob Karr (since 2001)
Judy Karr (since 2009)
Shel Klasky (since 2009)
Tad Lhamon (since 2007)
Cherie Levan (since 2008)
Sonya Marinoni (since 2001)
Judi Nieukirk (since 2008)
Channie Peters (since 2003)