The CESP Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the work of CESP. CESP's board members are government officials, environmentalists, and concerned citizens like you. Meet them!

Officers

Arthur Feinstein

President
Citizens for East Shore Parks (CESP) is pleased to announce Arthur Feinstein as ...

Norman La Force

Vice-President
Norman La Force is Vice-President and a founding member of Citizens for East ...

Sally Tobin

Vice-President
Sally Tobin grew up west of Port Angeles, Washington, within sight of Olympic ...

Marge Atkinson

Recording Secretary
Marge Atkinson is the former Mayor and city council member for the City of ...

Alan Carlton

Treasurer
Alan Carlton is a lifelong resident of the East Bay, an avid hiker and biker on ...

Board of Directors

Ellen Barth

Board of Directors
Ellen Barth has been a member of local environmental groups for many years, ...

Helen Burke

Board of Directors
A 45-year resident of Berkeley, Helen moved here with her former husband John ...

Brennan Cox

Board of Directors
Brennan is a landscape architect and urban designer with 15 years of  experi...

Shirley Dean

Board of Directors
Shirley Dean started her civic career in the late 1960s by working with Urban ...

Kelly Hammargren

Board of Directors

Alix Mazuet

Board of Directors
Originally from Southern France, Alix spent most of her childhood between ...

Doris Sloan

Board of Directors
Doris Sloan is a retired Adjunct Professor in the Dept. of Earth and Planetary ...

Pam Stello

Board of Directors
Pam is an environmental activist and an educator. She has worked for years to ...

Tony Sustak

Board of Directors
Tony is a longtime activist, who was recruited to join CESP in 2008, by former ...

Staff

Robert Cheasty

Executive Director
Robert Cheasty is the former President and a founding member of Citizens for ...

Roberta Wyn

Roberta Wyn was Associate Director of Research at the UCLA Center for Health ...

Advisory Board

Robert Lieber

Advisory Board
Robert Lieber is former mayor and council member of Albany is a member of ...

Patty Donald

Advisory Board
Patty Donald was a member of the City of Berkeley Shorebird Park staff. In ...

Larry Kolb

Advisory Board
Larry Kolb is a civil engineer with a career focus on water. He served for many ...

Tom Bates

Advisory Board Elected Official
Tom Bates Tom Bates has served as Vice-President of Citizens for East Shore ...

Mark Liolios

Advisory Board
Aquatic Park Mark Liolios has long been active in improving Berkeley's open ...

Rich Walkling

Advisory Board
Rich Walkling is the CFO for Restoration Design Group in West Berkeley – a ...

Ken Bukowski

Advisory Board
Ken Bukowski has served in the Emeryville City Council since 1987, including ...

David Lewis

Advisory Board
David Lewis returned to his native Bay Area to lead Save the Bay in 1998, after ...

Former Board and Advisory Board

Betty Olds

Advisory Board (1920-2017)
A native of Missouri, Betty Olds moved to Berkeley in the mid- 1940s with her ...

Stana Hearne

Advisory Board (1926-2016)

Ed Bennett

Co-Treasurer
Ed Bennett served as Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer of Citizens for East ...

Dwight Steele

Emeritus Co-Chair (1914-2002)
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