OFFICERS

Andrew Thomas, President
Andrew is an educational researcher and advisor to the L.A. Unified Board of Education. He has lived in and been an active member of the Silver Lake community since 1993 and volunteered on the SLRC Board since 2016. He raised his two kids in Silver Lake, helped found the Silver Lake Independent Jewish Community Center, coached soccer at the Silver Lake Recreation Center and AYSO, and was active with the Franklin Elementary, King Middle School and Marshall High School parent booster clubs. He lives in Silver Lake with his wife.

Cyndi Hubach, Vice President
After a long career in television news and documentary production and a short one in real estate, Cyndi is currently focused on wildlife, local food, and sustainability issues, and is especially concerned about birds and critters around the reservoir. Cyndi founded and manages the Elysian Valley Community Garden, and is proud to serve on the board of the LA Community Garden Council and as the Mayor’s appointee on LA’s Community Forest Advisory Committee. When she isn’t gardening or attending meetings, she enjoys hiking, traveling, reading and annoying her animals. She joined the SLRC board in 2017.

Stephanie Bartron, Secretary
Stephanie has lived in or near Silver Lake since 1991. She is the principal at SB Garden Design LLC, designing residential gardens in Silver Lake and greater LA since 2000. She has also authored (with G3) several sustainable landscaping handbooks. While her home faces the LA River, she grew up by the lake near Seattle and shares the community's love for the reservoir, where she enjoys picnicking at the meadow with her two children. Stephanie joined the SLRC Board in 2015

Julia King, Treasurer
Julia has been a resident of Silver Lake since 2001; and is a long-time walker, gardener and enjoyer of the reservoir; co-founding the Silver Lake Meadow Native Garden volunteer group (now merged with the SLRC’s Armstrong Native garden volunteer program). She lives in the neighborhood with her husband and two sons – one furry, one not.
 

DIRECTORS

Leslie Edmonds
Most of Leslie's professional life in Human Resources was focused on helping people realize more of their potential and the potential of those they work with and work for. But 15 years ago she wondered how to get Silver Lake runners off the dark and dangerous city streets and onto something safer. That's how she became involved with SLRC, whose first project was to create a walking/running path. Running has since been replaced with yoga, traveling around the world and taking photos of people, places, and things she encounters along the way.

Herb Gold, Treasurer
Herb joined the SLRC Board about 15 years ago to help implement the Master Plan that was developed for reservoirs. Seven years ago his background in finance and amazing facility with long division was recognized by the group, so they elected him Treasurer. Now he oversees the dollars coming in and the dollars going out, and reports all this activity to several interested government agencies.

Marilyn Tower Oliver
Marilyn is a writer/author with 500 articles in local, regional, and national publications and 9 books for teens. She is a theater critic for the Los Feliz Ledger and Larchmont Ledger, and a contributor to Stanford Magazine. She is a founding member of SLRC and a long time resident of Silver Lake.

Glen David Gold
Glen is the most recent arrival on the board and in Silver Lake itself. A novelist and screenwriter, he walks around the Reservoir muttering while he makes up things that sound like they could be true, as do the other 37% of Silver Lake residents who are also novelists and screenwriters. He and his girlfriend live adjacently in a duplex. They each have two cats, but that does not mean they have four cats. That would be a little much.

Ian Kroll
Ian is an environmental project manager focused on developing sustainable transportation and transit programs. While his background is in marine and aquatic science, he now spends most of his time daydreaming about green infrastructure and car-free cities. Ian is an LA native who recently moved back to the area after spending over a decade on the east coast and in Seattle. Since moving to Silver Lake, Ian has gained a deep appreciation for the neighborhood's culture, diversity, and its crown jewel, the Silver Lake Reservoirs. Ian is also passionate about civic involvement and creating accessible community spaces, with volunteer experiences that include the Griffith Observatory Foundation, Seattle Aquarium, and several LGBTQIA+ youth organizations.

Madeleine McKenna
Madeleine is an attorney and has been a Silver Lake resident since 2017. She enjoys running and walking around the reservoirs, taking in the views of the mountains from the South Dam path, and taking her two huge Labradors to the Silver Lake dog park. A native of the Seattle area, Madeleine is passionate about preserving and improving public green spaces and making them accessible to all. She joined the SLRC Board in 2022.

Daniel Weidlein
Daniel is a performing musician, composer, and music producer. He's also a nature lover and lives in Silver Lake with his wife and dog, Puri Bhaji. He has lived in the neighborhood since 2018 but has been an Eastsider for well over a decade. 

Daniel served two years (2021-2023) as an elected member of the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council's governing board where he was the Vice-Chair, co-chair of the SLNC Reservoir Committee, and a representative of Region 7 (the Northeast corner of Silver Lake). 

FORMER BOARD MEMBERS

1990s
Kathy Brisker
Tom Steele
Rick Clair
Susan Cooley
Judith Dolan
Tom Francis
Doug Hill
Elaine Sawaya
Ted Horzella
Carlos Jimenez
Jim Potepan
Kathleen McCafferty
Joyce Poulson
Terry Riemer
Rick Scholl
Nancy Smith
Kyle Smith
Marion Spencer
Peter Taylor
Win Bowen
Dale Flanagan
Sharon Flanagan
Alita Hanger
Kathy Ito
Tony Exter
Joe Wilson
John Wasielewski
Nicole Wolff
Jan Soo Hoo
Glen Constantino
Catherine Moyers
Jill Halverson

2000s
Greg Ptacek
Mark Beall
Amy Wakeland
Glen Dake
Jack Gold
David Bermudez
Whitney Blumenfeld
Jed Donaldson
Leni Fleming
Mark Harvey
Andrew Sears
Thaddeus Herrick
Lori Oddino
Cherie Miller
Wendy Hodgin
Rachael Stauffer
Jim Hunter
Penny Hunter
Howard Kalishman
Carla Lazzareschi
Ralph Knowles
Mer Knowles
Kirk Nozaki
Tanya Peacock
Doug Reed
Michael Slater
Wendy Storch
Dana Wakefield
Harvey Steinberg
Beth Knox
Catherine Stafford
Noah Stein

2010s
Dave Keitel
Shelley Marks
Maryann Kuk 
Patty Jausoro
Larry Kaplan
Guy Vidal
Craig Collins
Frances Tran
Jeff Wayne
Bruce Chan
Lora Hall
Rachel Klein-Tucker
Gabe Mason
Brian Janeczko
Howard Petersen
Jed Donaldson
Reinder Oldenburger
Nicole Baker
Michael Stallcup
Jake Glicker