PATRICIA NIEMAN, PRESIDENT, brings the experience of many years of volunteering to her position on the Board. She and her husband Bob are both natives of Washington State, and in 1980 when they decided it was time to leave the city behind, Friday Harbor was their destination. Ever since the fund-raising campaign to build the Theatre, SJCT has been very important in their lives (early on, Bob was a member of the Theatre's board).

BRUCE HANSEN, TREASURER, received a B. S. from University of Arizona, then joined the CPA firm now known as Pricewaterhouse Coopers, after serving in the USAF. He worked in private industry as a CFO until his retirement in 2004. A homeowner on San Juan Island since 1988, he has been married to wife Francie for 36 years. Bruce serves as the treasurer of the Mineral Point Homeowners Association.

RICK THOMPSON, SECRETARY, grew up in Renton, WA and tried out unsuccessfully for the Seattle Repertory Theater at Age 9. A lifetime educator, Mr. Thompson provided live daily school broadcasts at a high school in Tacoma before turning the job over to more qualified students. When not engaged in his duties as the Superintendent of the San Juan Island School District, Mr. Thompson enjoys reading 20th Century American Poetry and cooking for family and friends. He earned his Bachelors degree in English education in 1985, his Masters in School Administration in 1989, and Superintendent Credential in 2008, all from Western Washington University.

DAVE AAS moved to San Juan Island from SE King County in 2009 along with his wife, Sheila. After many years of boating in the San Juans they decided to locate here permanently after retirement. Dave spent his career working in the wireless phone industry, starting with operator dispatched calls through the implementation and widespread acceptance of cellular service. Theater and the Performing Arts have  been an important part of their lives for many years.

ELAINE KEEFE, co-President of CATS, obtained a BA degree in pyschology from the University of Washington, and completed the academic requirement for a MA in counseling from Seattle University, but due to her family, community and athletic commitments did not fulfill the externship for the degree.  She has been active in soccer, squash, tennis, kayaking, hiking and with her spouse has climbed the major peaks in Washington & Oregon - as well as Mts. Kenya and Kilimanjaro in Africa.   

DEAN MACK is a graduate of U.C.L.A. School of Engineering and served as a U.S. Naval Officer. He had a career in the Silicon Valley(CA) for over 35 years, founding and managing numerous high technology companies and retired to San Juan Island in 2001. He stays busy with boating, gardening, volunteer work, traveling, and keeping in touch with children and grandchildren.

SUSAN STERNER graduated from University of Texas with a BS in Nursing, University of AZ with a MS in Nursing and University of Kansas with an EdD, majoring in curriculum and instruction with a minor in educational psychology. Susan's career has spanned 40 years of service in nursing clinical practice, nursing education and nursing administration. She has served on several community boards, participated in accreditation review of nursing programs, and directed the Membership Committee of the Land Conservancy of Adams County, PA. She and her husband have spent several summers on San Juan Island and moved here permanently in April, 2011. Susan's areas of interest include gardening, needlework, artistic endeavors and walking with the Friday Walkers. She and her husband love to travel and have been participants in many Elderhostel programs across the country.


SALLY TODD moved to San Juan Island from North Carolina, never imagining how important the Community Theatre would become to the quality of her island life. She has enjoyed being on stage with the San Juan Singers in concerts as well as opera and Broadway productions, as Marcellina in the Marriage of Figaro and as a member of the chorus in Hello Dolly. In her board role, Sally brings experience in education, management positions in health care organizations, and having owned her own business.

DAVID VANDERWAL graduated with a B.A. from Hope College and a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from The University of Michigan in 1972.  He retired from The Boeing Company in May 2009 as Director of Contracts after a 36-year career.  He was founder of a successful model-making company, which he sold in 2004 after 25 years.  He is happily married to Bianca, a former Pan Am Flight attendant from southern Germany. Discussions are still swirling as to where their primary residence shall be, here on the island or in Seattle.  For now they split their time between both.

JACK YELVERTON and his wife, noted artist Ann Walbert, moved to San Juan Island in 2006 after living and working for many years in California.  Jack was employed in technical and administrative management for emerging high technology firms there.  He then organized and managed an international executive search consulting business concentrating on recruiting senior management for both new ventures and Fortune 500 companies throughout the U.S. and abroad.   Among his various  civic projects, he particularly enjoyed working with and advising the group relocating the American Conservatory Theatre to San Francisco and serving as Chairman of the San Francisco Friends of Recreation and Parks, supporting a continuing series of entertainment and cultural programs for the Bay Area.

BILL WERTZ, who was born in York, PA, entered radio broadcasting in 1968, and then moved to Kalamazoo, MI, to start his own Fairfield Broadcasting Company.  In June 2007, he moved to Friday Harbor with his wife, Maria.  Bill enjoys their sailboat AirWaves and cruising the magnificent waters available in the San Juan Islands and beyond.  His entire career has played to the largest theater of all -- the theater of the mind -- and he looks forward to helping in any way he can to continue to ensure the San Juan Community Theatre remains one of the very best “jewels” in the Pacific Northwest. 

BRAD WILLIAMSON is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Islanders Bank, a three branch community bank headquartered in Friday Harbor.  Prior to joining Islanders in February 2011, he was the Director of Banks for the State of Washington’s Department of Financial Institutions and spent many years working as a banker, bank examiner and practice leader for an international accounting and consulting firm specializing in risk management for financial institutions.  He was an organizing member of the Bank on Seattle Initiative and has frequently provided testimony to the Washington State Legislature regarding the financial crisis and other regulatory matters.  Brad is married to Laurie Williamson, a neo-natal nurse practitioner; they have two teenage children, Collin and Madeline. 

Past Theatre Board of Trustees

1984 ? Board formed
George O Thorson (5 years; President in 1984, 1985, 1986)
Mary L. Weed (1 year only)
Edward Weed (3 years)
Frank Kelly (3 years)
Frank Klingberg (3 years)
John Linde (10 years)

1985
Continuing: George O. Thorson, Edward Weed, Frank Kelly, Frank Klingberg, John Linde
New:
Verne Howard (2 years, then 2 more starting in 1995)
Henry Curtis (7 years, then 4 more starting in 1993; President in 1990)
Roz Duthie (1 year only)
David Skinner (6 years; President in 1987, 1988, 1989)
June Vynne (4 years)

1986
Continuing: George O. Thorson, Edward Weed (last year), Frank Kelly (last year), Frank Klingberg (last year), John Linde, Verne Howard (last year before rejoining in 1995), Henry Curtis, David Skinner, June Vynne
New:
Connie Graef (1 year only)
Nash Gubelman (5 years)

1987
Continuing: George O. Thorson, John Linde, Henry Curtis, David Skinner, June Vynne, Nash Gubelman
New:
Kit Moorhouse (4 years, then 3 more starting in 1997)
Connie Erickson (3 years)
Sonnie King (1 year only)
Mike Renner (4 years)
Lynne Rogers (7 years)

1988
Continuing: George O. Thorson (last year), John Linde, Henry Curtis, David Skinner, June Vynne (last year), Nash Gubelman, Kit Moorhouse, Connie Erickson, Mike Renner, Lynne Rogers
New:
Alan Vaines (1 year only)
Tim Judkins (5 years)
John Lackey (1 year only)
Shirley Nielsen (6 years, then 3 more starting in 2000; President in 1991, 1992, 1993)

1989 (ED: Pamela Kingsley)
Continuing: John Linde, Henry Curtis, David Skinner, Nash Gubelman, Kit Moorhouse, Connie Erickson (last year), Mike Renner, Lynne Rogers, Tim Judkins, Shirley Nielsen
New:
Edgar Stern (6 years, then 5 more starting in 1996, then joins again, 2002-03)

1990 (ED: Pamela Kingsley)
Continuing: John Linde, Henry Curtis, David Skinner (last year), Nash Gubelman (last year), Kit Moorhouse (last year before rejoining for 3 years in 1997), Mike Renner (last year), Lynne Rogers, Tim Judkins, Shirley Nielsen, Edgar Stern
New:
Lloyd Benedict (6 years; President in 1994)
Paul Dossett (4 years)
Consuelo Larrabee (7 years)
Ted Tiegs (1 year only)

1991 (ED: Doug Scott)
Continuing: John Linde, Henry Curtis (last year before rejoining for 4 years in 1993), Lynne Rogers, Tim Judkins, Shirley Nielsen, Edgar Stern Lloyd Benedict, Paul Dossett, Consuelo Larrabee
New:
Joyce Leeming (2 years)
Court Bell (6 years)
Lance Crosby (6 years)
Thelma Howarth (4 years)
Gordon Steele (3 years)

1992 (ED: Doug Scott)
Continuing: John Linde, Lynne Rogers, Tim Judkins (last year), Shirley Nielsen, Edgar Stern, Lloyd Benedict, Paul Dossett, Consuelo Larrabee, Joyce Leeming (last year), Court Bell, Lance Crosby, Thelma Howarth, Gordon Steele
New:
Sondra Raub (6 years; President in 1995)
Bob Sanders (6 years)

1993 (ED: Doug Scott)
Continuing: John Linde (last year), Henry Curtis (rejoining), Lynne Rogers (last), Shirley Nielsen (last year before rejoining in 2000), Edgar Stern, Lloyd Benedict, Paul Dossett (last), Consuelo Larrabee, Court Bell, Lance Crosby, Thelma Howarth, Gordon Steele (last), Sondra Raub, Bob Sanders
New:
Emma Eden (6 years)
Bob Nieman (6 years; President in 1998)

1994 (ED: Doug Scott)
Continuing: Henry Curtis, Edgar Stern (last year before rejoining in 1996), Lloyd Benedict, Consuelo Larrabee, Court Bell, Lance Crosby, Thelma Howarth (last year), Sondra Raub, Bob Sanders, Emma Eden, Bob Nieman
New:
Brian Brown (5 years)
Gerry Jones (1 year, then 3 more starting in 1997)
Andrew McLaglen (6 years; President in 1996, 1997)
Don Pollard (2 years)

1995 (ED: Doug Scott)
Continuing: Verne Howard (rejoining), Henry Curtis, Lloyd Benedict (last year), Consuelo Larrabee, Court Bell, Lance Crosby, Sondra Raub, Bob Sanders, Emma Eden, Bob Nieman, Brian Brown, Andrew McLaglen, Don Pollard (last year)
New:
Carole Ford (6 years)
Kirk Fuhrmeister (4 years)
Bill Giesy (2 years)
Nancy Jones (5 years)
Chuck Wilder (3 years)

1996 (ED: Doug Scott)
Continuing: Verne Howard (last year), Henry Curtis (last), Edgar Stern (rejoining), Consuelo Larrabee (last), Court Bell (last year), Lance Crosby (last), Sondra Raub, Bob Sanders, Emma Eden, Bob Nieman, Brian Brown, Andrew McLaglen, Carole Ford, Kirk Fuhrmeister, Bill Giesy (last), Nancy Jones, Chuck Wilder
New:
Bob Bender (4 years)
Gary Enerson (4 years)
John McLeod (4 years; President in 1999)
Dan Paulson (4 years)
Susan Williams (4 years)

1997 (ED: Frank Geltner)
Continuing: Kit Moorhouse (rejoining), Edgar Stern, Sondra Raub (last year), Bob Sanders (last), Emma Eden, Bob Nieman, Brian Brown, Gerry Jones (rejoined), Andrew McLaglen, Carole Ford, Kirk Fuhrmeister, Nancy Jones, Chuck Wilder (last year), Bob Bender, Gary Enerson, John McLeod, Dan Paulson, Susan Williams
New:
Steve Enoch (4 years)
Trish Lehman (1 year only)
Kate Schuman (3 years)

1998 (ED: Frank Geltner)
Continuing: Kit Moorhouse, Edgar Stern, Emma Eden (last year), Bob Nieman (last), Brian Brown (last), Gerry Jones, Andrew McLaglen, Carole Ford, Kirk Fuhrmeister (last), Nancy Jones, Bob Bender, Gary Enerson, John McLeod, Dan Paulson, Susan Williams, Steve Enoch, Kate Schuman
New:
Juan Lopez (1 year only)
Martha Padve (4 years)
Derek Rouse (4 years)
David Bayley (7 years; President in 2000, 2001, 2002)

1999 (no ED)
Continuing: Kit Moorhouse (last year), Edgar Stern, Gerry Jones (last), Andrew McLaglen (last), Carole Ford, Nancy Jones (last), Bob Bender (last), Gary Enerson (last), John McLeod (last), Dan Paulson (last), Susan Willams (last), Steve Enoch, Kate Schuman (last), Martha Padve, Derek Rouse, David Bayley
New:
Laurie Carter-Piff (1 year only)
David Jones (5 years)
Stan Kramer (3 years)
Jane Stoddard (4 years)

2000 (ED: Merritt Olsen)
Continuing: Shirley Nielsen (rejoining for 3 more years), Edgar Stern (last year before rejoining in 2002), Carole Ford (last year), Steve Enoch (last year), Martha Padve, Derek Rouse, David Bayley, David Jones, Stan Kramer, Jane Stoddard
New:
Margaret Hall (6 years)
Robert deGavre (3 years)
Joe Todd (6 years)

2001 (ED: Merritt Olsen)
Continuing: Shirley Nielsen, Martha Padve (last year), Derek Rouse (last year), David Bayley, David Jones, Stan Kramer (last year), Jane Stoddard, Margaret Hall, Joe Todd, Robert deGavre
New:
Bill Lembeck (6 years; President in 2003)
Sam Connery (3 years)
Carolyn Haugen (President in 2006, 2007)
Pam Nichols (6 years; President in 2004, 2005)

2002 (ED: Merritt Olsen)
Continuing: Shirley Nielsen (last year), Edgar Stern (rejoining for 2 years), David Bayley, David Jones. Jane Stoddard (last year), Margaret Hall, Joe Todd, Robert deGavre (last year), Bill Lembeck, Sam Connery, Carolyn Haugen, Pam Nichols
New:
Janet Ludwig (3 years)
Tony Vivenzio

2003 (ED: Merritt Olsen)
Continuing: Edgar Stern (last year), David Bayley, David Jones (last year), Margaret Hall, Joe Todd, Bill Lembeck, Sam Connery (last year), Carolyn Haugen, Pam Nichols, Janet Ludwig, Tony Vivenzio
New:
Fred Bowen
Julie Greene (3 years)
Bob Stavers

2004 (ED: Merritt Olsen)
Continuing: David Bayley (last year), Margaret Hall, Joe Todd, Bill Lembeck, Carolyn Haugen, Pam Nichols, Janet Ludwig (last year), Tony Vivenzio, Fred Bowen, Julie Greene, Bob Stavers. Marci Hahn attended as CATS representative.
New:
Cloud McCauley

2005 (ED: Merritt Olsen)
Continuing: Margaret Hall (last year), Joe Todd (last year), Bill Lembeck, Carolyn Haugen, Pam Nichols, Tony Vivenzio, Fred Bowen, Julie Greene (last year), Bob Stavers, Cloud McCauley. Janet Ludwig attended as CATS representative.
New:
Janice Peterson
Mary Sliger
Gene Bornholdt (2 years)

2006 (ED: Merritt Olsen)
Continuing: Bill Lembeck (last year), Carolyn Haugen, Pam Nichols (last year), Tony Vivenzio, Fred Bowen, Bob Stavers, Cloud McCauley, Janice Peterson, Mary Sliger, Gene Bornholdt (last year)
New:
George Johnson
Michael Soltman
Farhad Ghatan
Lynda Guernsey
CATS voting member: Janet Ludwig

2007 (ED: Merritt Olsen)
Continuing: Carolyn Haugen, Tony Vivenzio, Fred Bowen, Bob Stavers, Cloud McCauley, Janice Peterson, Mary Sliger, George Johnson, Michael Soltman, Farhad Ghatan, Lynda Guernsey.
New:
Joe Cussen
Dean Mack
Sally Todd
CATS voting member: Jo Cleary

2008 (ED: Merritt Olsen)
Continuing: Janice Peterson, George Johnson, Michael Soltman, Sally Todd, Dean Mack, Wendy Wood
New:
Bruce Hansen

Bill Wertz

Annette Schaffer

Rock Sorensen

Denise King

Bruce Corey
CATS voting member: Pat Nieman

2009 (ED: Merritt Olsen)
Continuing: Janice Peterson, George Johnson, Sally Todd, Dean Mack, Annette Schaffer, Rock Sorensen, Bill Wertz
New:
David Ralston

Jack Yelverton

Bruce Westmiller
CATS voting member: Sherri Harrison

2010 (ED: Merritt Olsen)
Continuing: George Johnson, Sally Todd, Dean Mack, Bill Wertz, Jack Yelverton, Bruce Westmiller
New:
Rick Thompson

David VanderWal
CATS voting member: Elaine Keefe