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Symes only candidate for GVCCC presidency Board to select officers March 15
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| Green Valley News 2006 Russ Symes serves as second vice president for the Green Valley Community Coordinating Council. |
By Jim Lamb
Russ Symes, second vice president for the Green Valley Community Coordinating Council, is the lone candidate for president of that organization.
On Thursday, March 15, members of the council’s board of representatives will elect officers for two-year terms.
Current president, Dick Roberts, is not seeking re-election.
The council’s nominating committee also proposed candidates Bill Copeland and Tom Ward for the two vice president posts, Barbara Plummer for secretary and Stan Riddle for treasurer.
The council consists of 64 homeowners’ associations, representing more than 90 percent of the residents.
Symes came to Green Valley in October 1998. He was director and president of the Greens homeowners’ association, and was director, president and executive secretary of the Santa Rita Springs master homeowners’ association.
Before coming to Green Valley, he was an educator and school administrator in Detroit and Wisconsin.
Vice president candidate Bill Copeland came to Green Valley in October 2002 after being with the Boy Scouts of America for 43 years, most of it in the Midwest.
Copeland has been a Rotarian for 28 years and is president of Canoa Seca Estates II homeowners’ association. He has been on the GVCCC board of representatives since 2005.
The other vice president candidate is Tom Ward, who came to Green Valley in 2003, after a career largely centered in economic development.
He was consultant to governors of Pennsylvania and New York and was consultant to the office of U.S. vice president.
With GVCCC, Ward was chair of the Planning and Zoning Committee, public utilities liaison and a member of the Community Plan Committee.
He’s a Pima County small business commissioner.
Secretary candidate Barbara A. Plummer has lived in Green Valley since 1999 after a career in higher education administration at the Johns Hopkins University, J. F. Kennedy Institute, on the adult education council of St. Louis and at Colorado Mountain College.
Plummer has a Ph.D. from St. Louis University and other degrees from the University of Colorado and Northwestern University.
Treasurer candidate Stan Riddle is just completing a term on the board of Green Valley Recreation where he also served as president.
He spent 40 years in corporate real estate development.
He has been in Green Valley since 1995.
Riddle was president of the San Ignacio Ridge Estates homeowners’ association, a board member of the Desert Hills golf course and has been a member of the board and treasurer for the Greater Green Valley Community Foundation.
The GVCCC’s board will meet at 9 a.m., March 15, at Canoa Hills Center.
jlamb@gvnews.com | 547-9749
On Thursday, March 15, members of the council’s board of representatives will elect officers for two-year terms.
Current president, Dick Roberts, is not seeking re-election.
The council’s nominating committee also proposed candidates Bill Copeland and Tom Ward for the two vice president posts, Barbara Plummer for secretary and Stan Riddle for treasurer.
The council consists of 64 homeowners’ associations, representing more than 90 percent of the residents.
Symes came to Green Valley in October 1998. He was director and president of the Greens homeowners’ association, and was director, president and executive secretary of the Santa Rita Springs master homeowners’ association.
Before coming to Green Valley, he was an educator and school administrator in Detroit and Wisconsin.
Vice president candidate Bill Copeland came to Green Valley in October 2002 after being with the Boy Scouts of America for 43 years, most of it in the Midwest.
Copeland has been a Rotarian for 28 years and is president of Canoa Seca Estates II homeowners’ association. He has been on the GVCCC board of representatives since 2005.
The other vice president candidate is Tom Ward, who came to Green Valley in 2003, after a career largely centered in economic development.
He was consultant to governors of Pennsylvania and New York and was consultant to the office of U.S. vice president.
With GVCCC, Ward was chair of the Planning and Zoning Committee, public utilities liaison and a member of the Community Plan Committee.
He’s a Pima County small business commissioner.
Secretary candidate Barbara A. Plummer has lived in Green Valley since 1999 after a career in higher education administration at the Johns Hopkins University, J. F. Kennedy Institute, on the adult education council of St. Louis and at Colorado Mountain College.
Plummer has a Ph.D. from St. Louis University and other degrees from the University of Colorado and Northwestern University.
Treasurer candidate Stan Riddle is just completing a term on the board of Green Valley Recreation where he also served as president.
He spent 40 years in corporate real estate development.
He has been in Green Valley since 1995.
Riddle was president of the San Ignacio Ridge Estates homeowners’ association, a board member of the Desert Hills golf course and has been a member of the board and treasurer for the Greater Green Valley Community Foundation.
The GVCCC’s board will meet at 9 a.m., March 15, at Canoa Hills Center.
jlamb@gvnews.com | 547-9749
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