Board of Directors

Tom Klitzner, Chair. Professor of Pediatrics, Emeritus at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Renee Meshul, Treasurer. UCCE Master Gardener. MEd in Counseling Psychology. Child development specialist. Entrepreneur

Robin Conerly,  Retired Executive Director, West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation.

Jill Matteson, Environmental & Nonprofit Professional; UCCE Master Gardener; Regenerative Agriculture & School Garden enthusiast, Master of Environmental Science & Management.

Jeanie Won- Parent Volunteer and new garden enthusiast


Advisory Board

Rick Perdue, MBA - President of Rosewood Property Company, Dallas, TX. BS Civil Engineering from Auburn University, MBA from Tulane University. CFA charter holder since 2011, LEED Accredited, and Licensed REB in Texas.

Marianne Brown, MPH, Founding member of Seeds to Plate

Mary Siewert,  Director of Audits and Grant Administration at Venice Family Clinic

Cambria L. Garell, MD, Associate Program Director for the UCLA Pediatric Residency Program and directs the Primary Care and Public Health Track (PHABB - Public Health Ambulatory Basics and Beyond)

Patty Kestin, Founding member of Seeds to Plate, M.B.A., J.D., Community Activist and School Garden Advocate, UCCE Master Gardener

Elizabeth Benson Forer, MSW, MPH, Chief Executive Officer at Venice Family Clinic

Chaka Forman, Volunteer Outreach Committee

Bob Gottlieb, Retired Executor Director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) at Occidental College  

Linda Lucks, Special Events & Community Outreach, Venice Community Housing 

Kerry Olinger, Program Development and Teacher Liaison.Teacher at Mark Twain Middle School

Wendelin Slusser, MD, MS Associate Vice Provost of UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative and Clinical Professor at UCLA School of Medicine and Public Health

Rachel A. Surls, Ph.D., Director of the Los Angeles County Cooperative Extension (Master Gardener Program)

Mitesh Popat, Chief Executive Officer at Venice Family Clinic

Neil O'Hanlon, Attorney and Arbitrator, member of the American Arbitration Association Commercial Arbitration Panel