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Members and Staff of the SCRL Board of Directors

RESIDENTS SERVING ON THE SCRL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Therese (Tessa) Baker-Degler, Mears Court.

My interests in serving on the SCRL Board stem from two sources. First, I have co-chaired the Stanford Historical Society’s Historic Houses Committee for the past four years, and contributed to the research and writing of the histories of pre-1930s campus houses in Books III and IV. In addition, I carried out an oral history of the original owners of Mears Court houses, built during the campus housing expansion that began in the 1960s. These interviews showed how the street was initially developed, maintained and changed over the past 40 years.

Second, prior to retiring, I was an academic sociologist, first in Chicago and then, for 13 years a founding faculty member at a new Cal State campus in North County San Diego. Developing a new campus for a new university was an intense experience in “community” building. Stanford faculty, staff and their families are the benefactors of the Stanford’s original plan to build a residential campus for both students and faculty. It is essential that the current residents of the campus houses take responsibility to maintain and strengthen this special community, and I am prepared to help SCRL achieve these goals.

Naturally, I am interested in historic preservation issues, and am familiar with some of the challenges that have had to be addressed to the county. I am also especially interested in community building: fostering programs and efforts that will bring residents together to address problems (traffic issues, home security, etc.) and also to strengthen social connections among the residents. I would also be interested in working on efforts that might be undertaken to support and plan for the growing number of elderly among the campus residents.

Jennie Bernheim Jennie Jayne Bernheim, Estudillo Road.

Jennie has been a campus resident for 10 years. She and her husband, Doug, have two children in elementary school and a golden retriever. Jennie is hard at work on her first novel, and since she wants it to sell, it has nothing to do with Stanford or the neighborhood. In her previous life she was on the management team for the Sundance Film Festival, held administrative positions at Stanford and Harvard, worked for KCBS radio, CBS Sports, KQED and worked in media relations for the National Basketball Association. She currently helps out on the Welcome Committee for SCRL and volunteers too much at her children's school. Jennie is most interested in the Community Planning Project, Stanford Avenue issues, traffic calming, traffic/sidewalk safety, tree planting, anything that helps community building and outreach.

Chuck Bonini, Vernier Place. Treasurer of the SCRL Board of Directors.

Chuck is an Emeritus Professor at the Stanford Business School. He has lived in his current residence on Vernier Place in Frenchman’s Hill for over 15 years. He has served on the SCRL Board for the past eight years. As Treasurer, a lot of his focus has been on the financial issues related to SCRL, including Chair of the Ground Rent Task Force. He considers an active SCRL important for communicating with the University and for representing leaseholders. He is a HAM radio operator.

Bob Byer, Allardice Way.

Bob and Evi built their house on campus in 1969 and raised four children, two of whom attended Stanford. Bob is Professor of Applied Physics and has served in the Stanford administration in the past as Associate Dean of Humanities and Sciences, and as Dean of Research. He is interested in building stronger relations with the university and in renewing the vision of housing on campus as a key asset and benefit to the Stanford family. He has participated in the political process to secure a voluntary historic housing ordinance in Mountain View, and is interested in finding a better balance between homeowners’ rights and the interests of the broader community as expressed through zoning ordinances.

Bruce Clemens, Tolman Drive.

Bruce has been on the Stanford Faculty in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering for 20 years. For most of that time he lived off campus, but moved to his campus home on Tolman Drive in 2005 with his wife, Stacey Bent, who is a faculty member in the Chemical Engineering Department at Stanford. They have two school-age children. Issues that interest Bruce are 1) energy conservation and alternative energy; he would like to see conservation of energy and water be encouraged in any way possible; 2) He would also like to promote cycle safety and access. Bruce is a regular cycle commuter, having logged around 75,000 miles commuting to and from Stanford by bike during the time he has been on the faculty; 3) Foothill and park development and access. He is a regular runner and hiker in the local hills, including the dish area.

Gerry Fuller, Junipero Serra Blvd.

Gerry Fuller is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and joined Stanford 28 years ago. He and his wife Mary (a patent attorney in the Valley) live on Junipero Serra Blvd. in an older home they enjoy restoring. Gerry's two older children work in the Bay area and the youngest is anxiously awaiting the results of her college applications. Having built two homes and finding himself with a historical home with its share of aches and pains, Gerry finds himself with a garage that doubles as a hardware store. Gerry is particularly interested in working with our administration and our surrounding communities to ensure that the needs of our community are understood and met.

Rita Koltai, Tolman Drive.

Rita Koltai moved to California in the summer of 2004 with her husband Peter, Professor and Chief - Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology. They purchased a home on Tolman Drive about a year ago and would like to participate in the Stanford community. Their three children are already grown-up. Rita is a professional lighting designer with a strong interest in architecture and experience working with architects, contractors, facilities managers, and homeowners. After many years in the cold of Albany, New York and Cleveland, Ohio, Rita considers Stanford an exceptionally delightful place to live.

Jeff Moore, Esplanada Way. Secretary of the SCRL Board of Directors

A campus resident in the Pine Hill area for more than 30 years, Jeff is a Senior Lecturer in the Graduate School of Business. He has two adult children, both of whom attended Nixon, Escondido, Jordan and Paly HS. He has served as an Alternate Area Captain in the SCRL Emergency Plan for the past two years and, as an avid bicyclist, is interested in campus transportation issues.

Amado Padilla, Tolman Drive.

Amado moved to Stanford University from UCLA in 1988 and bought his current home on Tolman Drive. One of the attractions to living on Tolman was its proximity to Nixon Elementary school where his son began school in kindergarten. Amado is Professor of Psychological Studies in Education in the School of Education. He was elected to the Board of Trustees of the PAUSD in the 1990s and has been active with other Palo Alto organizations serving families and children. Amado and his wife, Deborah, enjoy the convenience of living on the Stanford campus with its easy access to the dish, biking paths, and cultural and academic activities of every type.

Margaret “Macke” Raymond, Cathcart Way.

Macke has lived with her husband Eric Hanushek on Cathcart Way since 2000. They both work at the Hoover Institution, where Eric is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow and Macke is the Director of the Center for Research on Education Outcomes. Both study K-12 publiceducation policy. Macke has several interests that she hopes will support the mission of SCRL: she has lived in two National Register homes; she is an avid campus dog walker and she is interested in emergency preparedness.

Katie Shoven, Frenchman’s Road. Vice-President of the SCRL Board of Directors

Katie and her husband John, have lived on Frenchman's Road for 24 years. Their son, Jimmy, is a junior at Santa Clara University. Katie previously served on the SCRLBoardfrom 1996 through 1999. HerSCRLinvolvement and interest have includedthe renovation of our neighborhood parks (most recently the restoration of Frenchman's Park), and traffic safety issuesaroundour neighborhoods and schools.She was an active participant in SCRL's Community Planning Project (1995), and she servedas a member ofthe Working Group on Homeowner/University Relations (2001)representing faculty spouses.Katieheld chair and executive board positionsin PTA at Nixon, JLS, and Gunn and shehelped coordinateemergency preparedness plans for Palo Alto schoolsas a member ofthe Palo Alto Council of PTAs. AtNixon she was a Site Council member for four years andhelped found the Tutorial and the Classroom Volunteer Coordinator programs.Katiewould like to help support SCRL's ongoing efforts in neighborhood community-building, homeowner/university relations, emergency preparedness and traffic safety.

Tony Siegman, Junipero Serra Blvd.

Tony is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, specializing in lasers and fiber optics. He was one of the founding board members when SCRL was created in 1988 under then-Provost Jim Rosse, and he served as its first treasurer. He as served as Director of the Ginzton Lab, and on numerous University committees. Since retirement from his formal academic duties, he has remained active in his field, serving as President of the Optical Society of America, publishing and consulting. He is also a member of the board of the Stanford Historical Society, the Faculty Emeriti Council, and is a current member of the Faculty Senate. As an SCRL Board member, Tony is particularly interested in long-term planning for our community, including infrastructure./p>

Bob Street, Cathcart Way.

Norma and Bob have lived at their Cathcart Way house since 1972. They went to high school together at a school known by most by its zip code---90210. Norma is the school secretary at Gunn High School. Their two daughters live in Oklahoma (one owns an equine training center) and Maryland (busy at the TSA ensuring that your airplane travels are secure). Nicely avoiding the question, “how long is too long?”, let it be said that except for three years in the Navy (’57-‘60), Bob has been at Stanford since 1952, being Class of ’56, MS ’57, and Ph.D. ’63. He has been a faculty member in Civil and Environmental Engineering since 1962. He works on numerical simulations of atmosphere and ocean processes. For over a decade, he was in charge of academic information systems and then libraries and information systems for Stanford. Now emeritus, Bob is concentrating on research projects. His interests in SCRL focus on capital planning (from his management side), and water drainage issues (from his fluid mechanics side).

Jim Sweeney (Incumbent) El Escarpado Way.
President of the SCRL Board of Directors

Jim has been a campus homeowner since 1985 and is married to Susan Sweeney. They have three adult children and one college-age child. A professor of Management Science and Engineering, Jim’s professional activities focus on economic policy and analysis, particularly in energy, natural resources, and the environment. Jim is a Senior Fellow of the Stanford Institute for economic Policy Research and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution. He currently serves as the president of the SCRL Board. He has played an active role in Stanford land use issues and in building positive and effective SCRL relationships with the University administration, with Palo Alto, and with the Santa Clara County. He is interested in further expanding the role of homeowners in managing their own community, while further improving the working relationships with the Stanford administration.

Allyn Taylor, Gerona Road.

Allyn and John Taylor have been living on campus, first on Pine Hill Road and now on Gerona Road, since 1984. They have raised two children here, each of whom attended local public schools. John is a professor in the Economics Dept. as well as a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Allyn is a practicing IP lawyer at DLA Piper. In addition to her legal career, Allyn is an enthusiastic tennis player and active member at SCRA. Allyn hopes to use her legal training to benefit SCRL in it's a dealings with both Stanford and Santa Clara County. Her primary interest is in land use, as affected by Stanford and the County. She would also like the opportunity of expanding her ties in the community via SCRL activities.

Ellen Waxman, Peter Coutts Circle

Ellen lives with her daughter, a third grader at Nixon. She has been a campus resident since 1998, and before that, lived in College Terrace. She used to love biking and has aspirations to be a frequent user of the area's bike trails some day. Before graduating to Nixon parent status, she was a long-time CCSC parent. Ellen recently expanded her range of interests from school-age children, parks, and play spaces, to dogs and the peaceful coexistence between cats and dogs, an area where she hopes to increase her expertise rapidly. She has also recently become a big fan of Mutt mitts and appreciates the opportunities to recycle without ever having to leave home. Ellen came to Stanford in 1995 to serve as the Ombudsman for the School of Medicine, and was introduced soon after to a variety of housing and community issues. Ellen also served as the University’s Ombudsman. Since 2002, she has been the Director of Faculty Relations at the medical school. More recently, Ellen has been interested in issues involving the Palo Alto schools and because she continues to be drawn to thankless, no-win situations, served as Nixon’s representative to the AAAG (school boundary task force). In good weather, when not at work, she can usually be found hanging out at either the Peter Coutts pool or the pool at SCRA. Ellen loves living at Peter Coutts and is interested in working to benefit the homeowner communities on campus.

Charles "Chuck" Whitcher (Incumbent) Dolores Street.

Chuck has been a campus resident since 1961, living in the San Juan Hill area since 1963. In 1990, he retired from the medical school faculty as Emeritus Professor of Clinical Anesthesia. If re-elected as a member of the Board of Directors of SCRL, Chuck would continue to initiate and support SCRL activities of interest to campus homeowners, consistent with constructive goals of the university administration and the communities of Palo Alto and campus leaseholders. He is presently active in the SCRL Emergency Committee, being particularly interested in, and concerned about, disaster preparedness. In the recent past, he has been active on other SCRL committees, such as Senior Housing, Nominating, and Solid Waste Disposal. Chuck's family includes his wife, Mary Lue, a Year 2001 retiree from the university registrar's office, three adult children who grew up on-campus, two being Stanford graduates, and eight grandchildren.

PROVOST DESIGNATED UNIVERSITY LIAISON TO SCRL

Robert Carpenter

Robert has been at the University since 1996 and is currently the LBRE Director of Operations at the University. He is dedicated to providing outstanding services to the SCRL community. Robert hopes to assist SCRL to develop a long term maintenance/capital plan for the community. "Working together we can achieve great things."

STAFF

Lowell Price, Executive Director, SCRL

Lowell received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford before serving in a wide range of roles such as Senior Associate Provost for University Governance, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, and University Ombudsman. He and his wife Carole, also a Stanford alum and former Stanford employee, raised two children on campus and are the delighted grandparents of three-year-old Wyatt and baby Maya. Lowell is committed to applying his interest, experience and skill in serving and building community, and considers Stanford a magnificent idea and place. He says, “Let us together do all we can to be worthy of our history as a residential community and build it up to be the best it can be for our time and the future.”

Rachel Wei, Administrative Assistant

Rachel has worked at Stanford in one capacity or another since she was a junior in high school. She began providing administrative support to SCRL in 2005 and has had the privilege to be involved with the Stanford community through SCRL since then. Rachel greup in the Bay Area, attended the University of California, San Diego, and currently lives in Cupertino with her husband and two sons, Jeremy and Tyler.