Your Boardmembers
Doug has served as President since November, 2008. In that time, he's helped build the Board into one of the City’s most successful and effective Councils.
He's proudest of the Board's strengthening of ties to the Neighborhood Associations and local organizations; its fight for Police and Fire resources; its vocal opposition to the poorly- considered freeway-ification of Pico and Olympic; its campaign for City regulation of marijuana dispensaries and billboards, its revitalization planning for the Robertson, Venice, and Pico business corridors; and its efforts to build pride and identity within the community.
Occupation: Interactive Creative Director & Strategist
He's proudest of the Board's strengthening of ties to the Neighborhood Associations and local organizations; its fight for Police and Fire resources; its vocal opposition to the poorly- considered freeway-ification of Pico and Olympic; its campaign for City regulation of marijuana dispensaries and billboards, its revitalization planning for the Robertson, Venice, and Pico business corridors; and its efforts to build pride and identity within the community.
Occupation: Interactive Creative Director & Strategist
I have lived in this neighborhood all of my 60 plus years and have been a community activist for most of my adult life. I attended Canfield Elementary school, Palms Junior High and Hamilton High School. I have an AA degree in photography from Santa Monica College. I have worked as a photographer here on the Westside for over thirty five years. By working in the community, I believe, we can make this a better neighborhood to live in for all of us.
Occupation: Photographer - events, architecture and portraits
Occupation: Photographer - events, architecture and portraits
Paula Waxman most recently was a LAUSD teacher of art history and world history at University High School in West Los Angeles. Prior to that she was the Director of the Douglas S. Cramer Art Foundation, curator for the Norton Simon Museum, and Vice President for Sothebys, Dept. of Prints, Los Angeles branch.
Occupation: Currently retired LAUSD high school history teacher.
Occupation: Currently retired LAUSD high school history teacher.
Marj is the chair of SORO NC's Outreach Committee because, for the most part, she loves connecting people. She has been the driving force behind the banners on Robertson, the SOROCard program and community outreach and town hall events. She's naive enough to still believe that people really can make a difference.
Occupation: Documentary Filmmaker
Occupation: Documentary Filmmaker
Kimber Smith is a native of South Central Los Angeles and a beneficiary of California’s public schools and performing arts programs. Early ambition to be a diplomat led her to study International Relations & Anthropology at Tufts University (Medford, MA), the Tufts European Center (Talloires, France), and the University of Paris (Paris, France).Convinced that the arts are a powerful catalyst for global social and economic development, she created a unique concentration in Arts & Entertainment Policy for her Master of Public Policy degree at the University of Southern California where she studied as a Woodrow Wilson/Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Fellow. Kimber is an appointed member of the California Department of Education and California Arts Council’s CREATE CA Joint Arts Education Taskforce established to produce and implement theBlueprint for Creative Schools: How the Arts and Creative Education Can Transform California Classroomsto be released in spring 2013. She has over a dozen years experience in film and media development, production and marketing; and is a Film Independent Project:Involve Creative Producer Fellow.She resides in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of SORO West Los Angeles with her husband, visual artist and educator Jeffry D. Miller.
I am a lifetime resident of Soro.
From 2004 – 2010 I served as a member of the South Robertson Neighborhoods Council. I served 5 years as Vice President or Acting President. For that period I was Chairman of the following committees: Executive, Public Safety & By-Laws. I was also a member of the Land Use Committee and the Outreach Committee.
I was re-elected to the Board in October, 2012. My focus for the next four years will be quality of life in our community. Specifically Public Safety, programs for both young people and for retirees, and the economic revitalization of the Soro Business Community.
From 2004 – 2010 I served as a member of the South Robertson Neighborhoods Council. I served 5 years as Vice President or Acting President. For that period I was Chairman of the following committees: Executive, Public Safety & By-Laws. I was also a member of the Land Use Committee and the Outreach Committee.
I was re-elected to the Board in October, 2012. My focus for the next four years will be quality of life in our community. Specifically Public Safety, programs for both young people and for retirees, and the economic revitalization of the Soro Business Community.
Resident, property owner in SORO for 30 years. Worked and taught at UCLA for 37 years. Background in health care, education and political science. SORO NC board member for seven years. Participates in Outreach, Public Safety, Green Team and Land Use committees. SORO festival committee member for the last five years. Committed to preserving and enhancing the diverse interests of our community.
Erick Morales is a student at Hamilton High School’s Humanities Magnet, graduating with the Class of 2013. Erick has been on the neighborhood council since December of 2010 and has accomplished much with the council since then. His most important effort has been, he believes, the creation of a club between the SORO Education Committee and Palms NC, the City Club, which focuses on public and community service. Erick serves on a number of committees, including Education, Transportation, Outreach, and Board Development. He is honored to serve the City and the neighborhood in this position.