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Barbara Jones, President
Born in Long Beach, CA, Barbara holds a Ph.D. in Transpersonal
Psychology. She is in private counseling practice, and leads workshops
on using creativity in the self discovery process. Barbara sings
regularly at the "Purple Rose" restaurant. She is married to
Isaac. They share their life with a Cockatoo. Barbara is the
founder of the Taos Bird Club and a co-founder of "Women You Want
to Know", a women's networking organization.
Ron Urban, Vice President
Ronald
Lee Urban is the owner of the Taos restaurant Ronnie Lee's Supper
Club and the Blue Moon Art Gallery. He is also a minister
of the United Church of Religious Science and has been involved with the
community since moving to Taos in 2002. He has been a member of
the Taos Project group representing the Dona Luz merchants and
on the Taos Plaza Live team since 2003. Ron is a past board
member and president of the Humane Society of Marion Co. Florida.
He has been a volunteer worker with a special Big Brother program and
worked with a group of physically disabled adults called "The Handicapables".
He also helped arrange summer conferences for his church in the eastern
part of the US and was a television spokesperson in Marion County to help
find homes for cats and dogs from the local shelter.
Eileen Kalinowski
Eileen was a high school and middle school teacher for many years in the Boston area. She also has spent several years in health education, helping adults and kids grapple with issues around sexuality, alcohol and drugs (including tobacco) and wellness. She came to Taos on a Wurlitzer Foundation residency in creative writing and never went back to New England. For the last three years, she has been singing, producing a CD of her music, "Yesterday's Rain, " free lance writing for the Taos News, and working in Human Resources at Centinel Bank and as a member of the Taos Coalition to End Homelessness. She has one adult daughter, Jessica, who lives in Boston.
Vivian Santistevan
Vivian Santistevan was born and raised in Taos, NM and is the daughter of the late Mayor Lawrence A. Santistevan. Vivian attended New Mexico Highlands University where she graduated with a Master of Arts degree and her commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. She served thirteen years on Active Duty tours around the world until her return to her beloved home town of Taos eight years ago. In her civilian career, Vivian has established herself as a Human Resources professional working for various local businesses and recently opened her own Human Resources consulting company. Vivian continues to serve her country as a Major in the Army Reserves and enjoys volunteering as a choir director for Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and as a steering committee member for the Taos Coalition to End Homelessness. She is married to Rob Vaccarella, a Major in the Air Force Reserves. They enjoy spending their time with their two four-legged children, Angelita and Faith and working on their ninety year old adobe home and yard in Taos.
CeCe Kirlin
Kim Treiber
" I was born and raised in Chicago, but have lived in Taos for the past 25 years. I love this community and have raised 3 children here, as well as caring for the youth of this region. I worked at Casa de Corazon in the early 90's, where I met a group of wonderful women who shared a vision of increased services
for "homeless youth". Together we founded the DreamTree Project in 1998. I was Co-Director with Cami Hartman until moving to the Board of Directors in May 2007. I love the DreamTree Project and am honored to be part of a community that supports our dream of a safe transition to adulthood for our youth."
Shirley Norton
Shirley started her Insurance carrier in Charlotte, North Carolina working in Personal Lines for Kemper Insurance. She transferred to Commercial Lines Underwriting Department in Houston, TX where she worked for 16-1/2 years. Shirley began working as an Insurance Agent in Taos in 1992 and is currently working at Peoples Bank Main location at 1356 Paseo del Pueblo Sur. She is very proud to be a member of the Board for Dream Tree Project.
Carlos Gutierrez
Carlos A. Gutierrez is the third of four children born to
Deacon Julian and Maria del Rosario Gutierrez, who are originally from San Luis Potosi , Mexico . In 1993, Carlos received a Bachelor's of Business Administration degree from The University of Iowa. In 1996, he graduated from The University of Iowa College of Law, a top 25 law school in the nation, and was Co-Chair of the Chicano-Hispanic Association for Legal Education while at the law school. He currently is an attorney in private practice specializing in adult criminal and juvenile delinquency defense, and is also a Contract Town of Taos Attorney prosecuting Town cases in Municipal Court. Carlos is a former Assistant District Attorney in the Santa Fe District Attorney's Office and Senior Trial Prosecutor in the District Attorney's Office here in Taos , NM . Carlos is also a Mayordomo at San Francisco de Asis Church; a Board Member for Habitat for Humanity-Taos; and a member of the Taos Fiesta Council.
Advisory Board
Beth Enson
Fundraiser, poet, mother. Serves as Fundraising Committee
Chair on the Board of the Northern NM Women's Health and Birth Center.
Born in Brooklyn, NY.
John Day
John is a lawyer practicing in Santa Fe and Taos with the firm of Rothstein,
Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom & Schoenburg, LLP. He served as
deputy district attorney for Taos County from 1996-2000. He has
served on the boards of a number of local non-profits. He was born
in Washington, DC and received a bachelor's degree in History from Harvard
University and a law degree from the University of New Mexico.
Miriam Foronda
Born and raised in NYC, parents from Central America. Has
lived in Taos for ten years. Taught computer science publicly and privately
for 21 years. Currently assists low income, 19 and over, first generation
immigrants to attend post secondary school as an educational advisor at
the Educational Opportunity Center of Taos. Has been an artist for 29
years. Single mom raising two kids.
Stuart R. Hamilton
Stuart was born and raised in Santa Fe. He has a BS in
Agriculture with emphasis in wildlife science, NMSU in Las Cruces, 1988
and an MBA, NMSU in Las Cruces, 1991. He is the President-elect of Pilot
Club of Santa Fe, a service organization specializing in brain and spinal
cord injuries and President of Santa Fe Kiwanis Club.
Elton Moy
Elton L. Moy was born and raised in a farming and ranching family in South
Texas. He lived and worked on the San Antonio Riverwalk in the 1980's,
owned and operated the 'Crosswalk Deli & Catering Co.' for 10 years
on ALamo Plaza. He has lived in Taos for the last five years and has been
involved with the Dream Tree Project most of that time. He currently works
in the hospitality industry in Taos and enjoys skiing, hiking and community
awareness.
Elaine Romero
Domestic Violence Advocate, Tribal Court, Taos Pueblo Tribal
Court.
Member
National Indian Child Welfare Association, New Mexico Domestic Violence
Coalition, and Taos County Interagency Family Violence Council.
John W. Szerdi
Born
11/29/52 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, John has a Masters of Architecture,
from Un iversity of Florida, 1977. He has been a General Contractor
since 1977, an Architect since 1979 in Florida and an Architect since
1999 in New Mexico. John has been working in Taos since 1997.
He is the past board chairman of Children's Home Society of Florida Intercoastal
Division from 1997-98. John is married to Jamey Lynn Heuser and
they have 3 Children - Joelle, Jaclyn, John. John loves Fishing,
Skiing, Painting, Drawing, and Working out.
