The Allan Hancock College Foundation has appointed three new directors, two returning directors and has elected new officers for 2003.  Each new director will serve one-year terms renewable for an additional two years.

The new directors are Santa Maria residents Mario A. Juarez, attorney with Chern & Brenneman; Vincent T. Martinez, Esq., managing partner with Twitchell and Rice, LLP; and Pismo Beach resident Ernest DeGasparis (no photo available), partner in the law offices of Weldon & DeGasparis in Santa Maria. DeGasparis is also a former instructor at Allan Hancock College.

Returning for additional terms, Royce R. Lewellen, retired Superior Court Judge and Brian Allison, owner of House of Glass, each rejoin the foundation board for a three-year term.

(Pictured l-r) 2003 Officers: Sue Sword, Rob Moss, Katherine Sheehy, Eddie Stanfield. 
Not pictured Michael Galloway

The elected officers for 2003 are Robert Moss, M.D., president; Katherine Sheehy, vice president; Sue J. Sword, secretary; Michael T. Galloway, treasurer; and Eddie Stanfield, past president.
            Moss is a surgeon and owner of Santa Maria Surgical Group, Inc. and is serving his second year as president.
            Sheehy is a teacher at Santa Maria’s St. Louis de Montfort School and is serving her first year as vice president.

Sword is the retired president and manager of Santa Maria Valley Railroad Company and has served as secretary to the board of directors for three years.
            Michael T. Galloway is a partner/CPA at Andrews, Galloway & Associates in Santa Maria and is in his second year as treasurer, while Eddie Stanfield is a Broker Associate of Century 21 Advantage in Santa Maria and will serve his first year as past president.

In addition to the new directors and elected officers, Allan Hancock College board of trustees members Henry M. Grennan and Richard Jacoby were appointed as representatives to the foundation board. Grennan begins his third year, while Jacoby replaces Carol Anders who fulfilled her third year in 2002.

Allan Hancock College Foundation executive director Tim Flemming describes the mission of the foundation to support the pursuit and achievement of academic accomplishment for students and faculty. “The most important role we can play in supporting our community college is to strive to bring in additional financial resources to provide more scholarships for deserving and qualified students, to support faculty, and to assist the college in meeting its capital needs in areas of equipment and facilities.” Last year, Flemming reports the foundation raised $1,256,000.

For more information about the foundation, please call 925-2004.
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