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Meet the Board
Purpose of the Board
The Board is made up of up to 23 members and 2
nonvoting ex-officio directors who govern manage and controls the affairs of
Friends of Oakland Parks and Recreation.
 John
Bliss is a Civil Engineer/Political
Consultant who specializes in tax revenue measures and assessments for local
governments throughout California. Many of his clients are independent
park and recreation, and open special districts, as well as park and recreation
departments within cities and counties. Mr. Bliss graduated from Brown
University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, and holds a Masters
Degree in Civil Engineering from The University of California, at Berkeley.
He is a licensed professional Civil Engineer in the State of California.
John Bouey
 John
Brown
is managing director of Futton, Inc. in San
Francisco. Futton, Inc. creates business partnerships and opportunities
between Chinese and American businesses, designs
training programs for Chinese executives and government officials, and runs
summer and winter camp and home stay programs for Chinese junior and high school
students desiring to spend time in America. John has been with Futton,
Inc. since 1997. Prior to Futton, Inc. John was President of a data
processing service bureau in San Francisco and CEO of an international data
entry service. He has served as a founder of FYI and Board member and
Officer of several companies in San Francisco. In addition, he serves on
the Board of the non-profit organization, JVS, and is currently treasurer for
JVS. John and his family have enjoyed the use of the Oakland Parks for
over 20 years.
 Kim
Duff
is a seasoned marketing and web professional with
extensive experience planning and developing advertising, marketing and online
campaigns and developing web site strategies. Prior to starting her own
consulting business, Kim was the Director of Web Experience for Blue Shield of
California. Kim lives in Oakland with her husband and two children and has
a BA in Communications from the University of Pennsylvania.
 Patricia
Hardy
grew up in Oakland and she and her late husband
Milton raised the three daughters in Oakland. Pat is a member of the Statistics
Department at the University of California Berkeley. She has a B.A. Degree in
Sociology from UC. Pat and her family have always enjoyed the beauty of the
Oakland Parks and she is continuing that tradition by spending time in the
Oakland parks with her three grandchildren, Morgan (10) , Michaela (4) and
Tipkins (3).
Ethel Howze
Matthew Inadomi
Howard Nathal
Jacqueline
Phillips
 Steven
Singer
is a CPA and has over 24 years of experience in corporate finance, tax and
management advisory services.
He has
acted as interim CFO for eight high technology firms and advisor for a variety
of manufacturing, retail and distribution companies for whom he raised over
$25MM in seed and venture capital. He currently is a director at Greenstein
Rogoff & Olsen LLP. Steve is a native San Franciscan and currently resides
in Oakland.
Miyé Takagi
Sedrick Tydus
Midge Walterhouse
Walter
Williams is a mentor, community activist, and an entrepreneur.
Walter has been a resident of Oakland for 13
years and understands the significant role that local clubs and parks play in
the lives of the youth and the lasting impact those activities have on being
responsible citizens and community members. Walter is founder of
I Love Oakland, and has worked in the fundraising arena for the past
several years. An avid sportsman, Walter’s
involvement with Parks and Recreation began in the early 1990’s when he coached
boys’ basketball for four years in Daly City, CA. When Walter and his wife
moved to the Maxwell Park neighborhood in East Oakland, Walter wanted to
“really” get to know his neighbors, so he began knocking on doors and
introducing himself. Soon afterwards, he organized weekly neighborhood walks,
where neighbors get together, with their children and dogs, to cruise the
neighborhood, picking up litter and reporting abandoned cars and unusual
activities. This experience led to his nomination for the 2004 Local Hero Award
through District #4. Additionally, Walter hosts a monthly Economic
Empowerment lectures series, which includes topics from real estate to Financial
and Retirement Investing. The series is free to the community.
Executive Director
 Kathryn
Raymond
has an undergraduate degree from Iowa State
University and went on to receive her Masters
in International Business from Pepperdine University. She has a strong
background in sales and marketing and was most recently employed as a Marketing
Manager
in the telecommunications industry. Kathryn and her husband Craig have
been residents of Oakland for eight years and have lived in the bay area for the
last decade. They have two children a son, Aidan that is 4 and a daughter Chloe
that is 2. Kathryn has been with Friends for six years.
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