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Board of Directors

Officers

Wes Troy, President
  • General Manager, La Mesa Lumber
     

Jeremiah Shultz, VP Operations
  • Senior Leader - Operations

  • Professor

  • Mt. Helix resident 

Chris Naire, VP Development
  • Real Estate Broker

  • Former Fern Street Circus Board member

  • Former CALSEIA Board member

  • Mt. Helix resident

Christopher Kilrain, CFO

​Yvonne Goff, Secretary
  • Mt. Helix Resident

  • Obstetrician/Gynecologist, ret.

Norm Hapke, Immed. Past President
  • Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, Board member

  • United States Naval Academy alumni

  • Former USMC officer

  • Mt. Helix resident

Bob Ball, Past President
  • Mt. Helix Park Foundation Co-Founder

  • Attorney at Law, Robert A. Ball, APC

  • Past Director, La Mesa Parks Project

  • Founding Director, The Donate-a-Pack Foundation

  • Mt. Helix resident

Members at Large

Steve Clay
  • Long-time La Mesa resident

  • Past Board member, East County Visitors Bureau

  • President, Business Boosters of East County

  • Past member, Kiwanis of La Mesa

  • Board member, Postal Annex Ad Association of San Diego

  • Owner, Postal Annex, La Mesa.

Caroline Harrod
  • Former Employment Coordinator, CA State Dept. of Rehabilitation

  • Former Policy Advisor San Diego County Board of SupervisorsPast Board member San Miguel Consolidated Fire District

  • Past Commissioner Heartland Training Facility

  • Mt. Helix resident

  • Co-chair, Habitat Restoration Group

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Jason Kardos
  • Real Estate Broker

  • President of the East County Referral Group

  • Past President, Rebuilding Together

  • La Mesa resident

Andy Phemister

  • Realtor, Tracey Stotz Realty, La Mesa

  • Former Vice President - San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce

  • Member, La Mesa Historical Society

Alice W. Smith
  • Descendent of Mary Yawkey, to whom the Park is dedicated

  • Secretary, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI

  • Secretary, Sunrise Intracoastal Neighborhood Security District, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

  • Newsletter Editor, Funding Arts of Broward County

  • Resident of Hazelhurst, WI and Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Don Teemsma
  • Owner; Ideal Plumbing Heating Air Electrical, Inc

  • San Diego Rotary Board member

  • San Diego Fire Rescue Foundation Board member

Staff: 
Krista Powers, Executive Director
Mary Kirk,
Event and Development Coordinator

 

 

Mt. Helix Park Foundation

is the non-profit organization responsible for preserving and enhancing the park, amphitheater and cross memorial on

top of Mt. Helix.

 

The Foundation, originally formed in 1999, has since purchased additional land adjacent to the park.

 

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