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2025-2027 Board of Directors



Leadership Team
Janice Langley, First  Vice President
Joanne Schultz, Secretary
Wendy Brown, Treasurer
Jacquie Canfield , Membership

Directors
Ed Cabrera, Voter Service
Nancy Clark, Government Policy
Kim Gravell, DEI

Anne Quinn, Civil Discourse
Glenn Silloway, Housing and Homelessness
Karen Venditti, Natural Resources
Straith Smith-Zanartu, Member at-Large

Nominating Committee
Cindy Marie Absey (chair)
Shelly Higginbotham
Ed Gravell

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Past Presidents


1961 – 1963

Jan Clucas

1963

Anna Alexander

1963 – 1965

Ruth Wirshup

1965 – 1967

Jacque Streeter

1967 – 1969

Sharon Winslow

1969 – 1971

Dotty Conner

1971 – 1973

Joan Rich

1973 – 1974

Glenna Deane Dovey 

1974 – 1975

Joyce Pederson

1975 – 1977

Dotty Conner

1977 – 1979

Laurie Rice

1979

Louise Radcliff





1979 – 1980

Helen Carr 

1980 – 1981

Jan Clucas 

1981 – 1983

Joan Leon 

1983 – 1987

Martha Schwartz 

1987 – 1989

Adele Stern 

1989 – 1991

Avis Austin 

1991 – 1993

Beverly Hund 

1993 – 1995

Lorna Brown 

1995 – 1997

Jane Gladvelder

1997 – 2001

Gwen Henry 

2001 – 2003

Sara Horne 

2003 – 2005

Marguerite Bader 




2005 – 2007

Trudy Jarratt 

2007 – 2010

Ann Garfinkel 

2010 – 2011

Emily Penfield 

2011 - 20122

Emily Penfield/Sharon Whitney

2012 – 2013

Sharon Whitney 

2013 – 2015

Marilee Hyman 

2015 – 2017

Marguerite Bader 

2017 - 2018

Marilee Hyman/Ann Havlik

2018 - 2020

Ann Havlik/Cindy Marie Absey

2020 - 2023

Cindy Marie Absey

2023 - 2025

Ann Havlik/Elizabeth Manak



Email: info@lwvslo.org

Phone 805-242-6990

League of Women Voters of San Luis Obispo County

P.O. Box 4210

San Luis Obispo, CA 93403