Millbrae Community Foundation Biographies

OFFICERS

Janet Fogarty

Attorney, Janet Fogarty & Associates, Attorneys at Law

Millbrae Resident since 1978

Affiliations: Former Mayor of Millbrae; Past Chair of the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors; Past President of Soroptimist International Millbrae-San Bruno; Past member of the Millbrae Downtown Process Committee; Past President of St. Dunstan’s Women’s Club; Past Chair of VNA Hospice of Northern California; Past Chair and Founding Member of Sam Trans Board of Directors

Daniel Lawson, Vice President

Executive Director of Public Safety, University of San Francisco; Retired Captain, San Francisco Police Department; Adjunct Instructor, Administration of Justice

Millbrae Resident

Affiliations: Past President of St. Dunstan's School Advisory Board; Former Youth Sports Coach; Board Member, Law Enforcement Leadership Institute (USF); Board Member, San Francisco SAFE; Member, Archdiocese of San Francisco Independent Review Board

Catherine Quigg, Treasurer

Retired Banker, Wells Fargo Bank

Millbrae Resident since 1969

Affiliations: Past Treasurer of St. Dunstan's Women’s Club; Former Cub Scout Leader; Past President of Soroptimist International Millbrae-San Bruno; Member of the Menlo Park Rotary Club; Member of the Millbrae Planning Commission; Member and Past Trustee of the Millbrae Historical Society

Awards: Millbrae Woman of the Year 2008

Pam Herriott, Secretary

Retired Realtor, Alain Pinel Realtors Referral Network

Millbrae Resident since 1992

Affiliations: Volunteer at Peninsula Humane Society - Community Education and Outreach; East Palo Alto Library Quest Program


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Paul Bourque

Retired Account Manager with Reliance Electric Division of Rockwell Automation; 50-year employee

Millbrae Resident since 1962

Affiliations: Past President of the Millbrae Lions Club 1989-90; Board Of Directors member for the Millbrae Community Foundation since 1999; Member of the South City Elks, Sirs, and AARP; Currently Vice President of the South City Duffers and a member of the Sharp Park Golf Club.

Awards: Millbrae Lion of the Year; District Lion of the Year

Calvin Chin

Program Manager for Electronic Arts in Redwood City

Millbrae Resident since 2000

Affiliations: Millbrae Lions – Board of Director, Bulletin Editor, and Leos Advisor; Millbrae Education Foundation Board of Director (Finance and Operations); Committee Chair for Millbrae Cub Scouts Pack 355; Past PTA Treasurer for Green Hills School

Scott Fong

Finance and Accounting Manager

Millbrae Resident

Affiliations: Member, Millbrae Bond Measure X Citizens Oversight Committee; Treasurer; UCSF Kirkham Childcare Center Parents' Action Committee; Volunteer, Donaldina Cameron House

 

Walter Gladwin

Retired Manager of Systems & Programming

Millbrae Resident since 1973

Affiliations: Past President and Past Treasurer of Rotary Club of Millbrae; Volunteer, Millbrae Police Department

 

Joe Teresi

Retired Senior Engineer, City of Palo Alto

 

Millbrae Resident since 1981

Affiliations (past and present): Green Hills Elementary School PTA, Cub Scout Pack 90, Boy Scout Troop 355, Mills High School PTO, Mills Musical Arts Group, Millbrae Fire Assessment Election Campaign Committee, Millbrae Community Television and Millbrae Historical Society

 

Debbie Van Wart

Supervisor, United Airlines

 

Millbrae Resident since 1994

Affiliations: Boy Scout Troop 355, Mills High School PTO

 


ENDOWMENT TRUSTEES

George Corey

Senior Partner: General Practice Firm 1964- Present: Corey, Luzaich, Pliska, DeGhetaldi & Nastari, LLP

Affiliations: San Bruno City Council Member 1968-1974; Mayor and Vice Mayor 1970-1973; Chairman North County Council of Cities – 1972; LAFCO – 1973-1974; Panel Member League of California Cities 1969-1974; President of San Mateo County Trial Lawyers – 1973; Candidate Eleventh Congressional District – 1979; Board Member for the Center for Independence of the Disabled, Shelter Network – San Mateo County; Chairman, San Mateo County Historical Association – Courtroom A Restoration

Alma Massolo

Partner in the Millbrae Lumber Company; Former Real Estate Agent in Mel Massolo Realty

Millbrae Resident since 1944

Affiliations: Opened the first floral shop in Millbrae with husband Silvio Massolo; Founded the Starbright Chapter of the California Children’s Home Society in Millbrae in 1959; Served on the Millbrae 50th Anniversary Committee; Volunteer Curator of the Millbrae Museum since 1991

Awards: Millbrae Woman of the Year 1997-1998

Joan Ryan

Retired Real Estate Agent

Millbrae Resident since 1966

Affiliations: Executive Vice President of the local Real Estate Association for over 17 years; Current member and former board member of the Millbrae Chamber of Commerce; Originated and chaired the Hospitality Committee of the Art & Wine Festival for five years; Member of the local St. Vincent de Paul Society; A Mercy Associate and a volunteer at St. Dustan parish.  Joan has served as a Trustee for the Millbrae Community Foundation since its inception

Mary Vella-Treseler

Former Millbrae City Treasurer; Worked in banking for 30 years, 17 of those years in Trust Administration; Currently retired

Millbrae Resident since 1977

Affiliations: Past President of the Millbrae Newcomers Club, Soroptimist International of Millbrae-San Bruno, and Millbrae Community Television; Was part of the transition committee known as Public Access Committee to non-profit Millbrae Community Television (MCTV); Former member of Mills Estate Women’s Club, Millbrae Constitution Bicentennial Planning Committee, Community Preservation Commission, Smoking Ordinance Committee, and Millbrae’s 50th Anniversary Committee; Represented Millbrae on the SMC Sesquicentennial Committee; Currently serves on the Mayor’s Civic Coordinating Council; Chairman of the Millbrae Man & Woman of the Year Committee; Past President of the Millbrae Historical Society; Director Soroptimist International of Millbrae-San Bruno

Awards: Millbrae Woman of the Year 1999