Big Brothers Big Sisters announces board members

Posted: 8:09 am, October 29, 2014 by Publisher Scott Brennan

Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo announced new members of its board of directors for 2014. New Board Members include the following: Bill Filippin of Heritage Oaks Bank, Holly Holliday of Create Promotions, Steve Holtzman of Radiology Associates, Kaitlin King of Etna Interactive, Ryan Miller of Etna Interactive, Phillip Sullivan of Rabobank, and Jason Linker of Quivers International.

New board officers include President Karen Colombo, Vice President Christie Clemons, Secretary Hal Sweasey, and Treasurer Dave Axberg. Continuing board members include Marian Anderson, Monique Carlton, C.M. Florence, Bryan Gingg, Jim Hamari, Mike Hill, Ziyad Naccasha, JED Nicholson, Sunil Patel, and Clint Pearce.

Big Brothers Big Sisters is a donor and volunteer supported organization proven to help vulnerable children of single, low-income and/or incarcerated parents succeed.

For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. Most children they serve are in single-parent and low-income families or households where a parent is incarcerated. As a part of the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, they make meaningful, monitored friendships between adult volunteers and children. Funding provides for a system of ongoing evaluation and support that is proven by independent studies to help families by improving the odds that participating children will perform better in school, avoid violence and illegal activities, and have stronger relationships with their parents and others. For more information on volunteering or contributing to Big Brothers Big Sisters, call 805-781-3226, or log onto www.slobigs.org.