The Governing Board of Friendship Force Santa Barbara for 2025
2025 Officers (from left to right), Co-Treasurers: George Lehtinen & Karolyn Hanna, President: Barbara Rose, Secretary: Suzy Pevlosky
2025 OFFICERS
President: Barbara Rose
Vice President & Programs Coordinator: position open
Secretary: Suzy Pevlosky
Co-Treasurers: Karolyn Hanna & George Lehtinen
DIRECTORS
Past Co-Presidents (ex officio): Bonnie Dutton
Domestic Outbound Journey coordinator for 2025
Pam Vestal
2025 Board and Committee Members as follows:
Communications Coordinator- open
Purpose: a. Primary responsibility is to facilitate communication between the Club and its members; b. Serves as liaison with chairs of the following Standing Committees: Directory, Newsletter, Telephone, Email, Sunshine, Publicity, and the club Historian; and c. Ensures that Webmaster is notified of information that is to be included on the FFSB website.
committee chairs, the calendar of meetings, events, journeys, and the Bylaws. It will be updated annually. A printed copy to be provided to all members at 1st program meeting of the year. An updated copy to be sent out via email and posted on the website during the year as changes are made.
and all other records.
Position open (editor) - Contact contributors, send reminders for submittals of articles and photographs
agendas, the newsletters, exchange information, photos, and other information as requested by the board.
Journey Coordinator: position open
Purpose: a. Works with the Club President to develop a schedule for Inbound and Outbound Journeys; b. Obtains Ambassador and Host Coordinators for Inbound and Outbound Journeys and mentors new ambassadors and hosts; and c. Ensures completion of required documentation regarding international and domestic journeys with Friendship Force International (FFI) (i.e. Payment of fees, evaluation of journeys, etc.)
Membership Coordinators: George Lehtinen and JoAnn Magistad
Purpose: Primary responsibility is to coordinate vetting prospective members by accepting applications for membership, orientating prospective members to opportunities and responsibilities for serving as a home host or ambassador, obtaining references, and ordering name badges for new members and/or replacement badges for existing members; and b. Maintains communication regarding new members with the individuals responsible for the Club Newsletter and the Club Directory,
Social Coordinators: Roberta Lehtinen
a. Obtains member input regarding potential social activities; b. Develops an annual schedule of social activities; c. Recruits individual(s) to serve as hosts for each social event; d. Oversees publicity related to individual events; and e. Serves as liaison to Refreshment and Welcome Committees.
Setup: Sherman & Julie Vincent
Purpose: Setup for program meetings
Vice President & Programs Coordinator: position open
Secretary: Suzy Pevlosky
Co-Treasurers: Karolyn Hanna & George Lehtinen
DIRECTORS
Past Co-Presidents (ex officio): Bonnie Dutton
Domestic Outbound Journey coordinator for 2025
Pam Vestal
2025 Board and Committee Members as follows:
Communications Coordinator- open
Purpose: a. Primary responsibility is to facilitate communication between the Club and its members; b. Serves as liaison with chairs of the following Standing Committees: Directory, Newsletter, Telephone, Email, Sunshine, Publicity, and the club Historian; and c. Ensures that Webmaster is notified of information that is to be included on the FFSB website.
- Directory: Dee Wilkerson
committee chairs, the calendar of meetings, events, journeys, and the Bylaws. It will be updated annually. A printed copy to be provided to all members at 1st program meeting of the year. An updated copy to be sent out via email and posted on the website during the year as changes are made.
- Historian: position open
and all other records.
- E-Mail: Dee Wilkerson
- Newsletter: position open
Position open (editor) - Contact contributors, send reminders for submittals of articles and photographs
- Publicity: George Lehtinen
- Sunshine: Terry Scrivner
- Webmaster: Paula Gregoire-Jones
agendas, the newsletters, exchange information, photos, and other information as requested by the board.
Journey Coordinator: position open
Purpose: a. Works with the Club President to develop a schedule for Inbound and Outbound Journeys; b. Obtains Ambassador and Host Coordinators for Inbound and Outbound Journeys and mentors new ambassadors and hosts; and c. Ensures completion of required documentation regarding international and domestic journeys with Friendship Force International (FFI) (i.e. Payment of fees, evaluation of journeys, etc.)
Membership Coordinators: George Lehtinen and JoAnn Magistad
Purpose: Primary responsibility is to coordinate vetting prospective members by accepting applications for membership, orientating prospective members to opportunities and responsibilities for serving as a home host or ambassador, obtaining references, and ordering name badges for new members and/or replacement badges for existing members; and b. Maintains communication regarding new members with the individuals responsible for the Club Newsletter and the Club Directory,
Social Coordinators: Roberta Lehtinen
a. Obtains member input regarding potential social activities; b. Develops an annual schedule of social activities; c. Recruits individual(s) to serve as hosts for each social event; d. Oversees publicity related to individual events; and e. Serves as liaison to Refreshment and Welcome Committees.
- Refreshments: position open
- Welcome: open
Setup: Sherman & Julie Vincent
Purpose: Setup for program meetings