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Participant Council Members
 

The following individuals make up the
Center's Participant Council
 
Suzanne Barber
Appointed October 2006
Suzanne recently retired from a career in finance with JPL and the private industry. She has lived in the Pasadena area since 1959. Her hobbies include painting, dancing, traveling, music and art.
 
Gloria Barsic
Appointed September 2006
Gloria holds a BA in Community Arts from Etiera Arts College of Havana Cuba. Since living in the States, Gloria has taught at ESL courses and tutored at Pasadena, Arcadia and Alhambra schools.
 
Joyce Brownfield 
Appointed March 2006
A long time resident of Pasadena (homeowner since 1978), Ms. Brownfield was born in Illinois and moved to Florida in her teens, where she attended the Hilton Leech School of Art. On migrating to California she held various positions prior to her employ by ARCO (corp. headquarters in Los Angeles) from 1977 to 2001. There she was associate editor in Political Affairs, publishing newsletters and alerts on issues critical to the company for employees, retirees and shareholders (circulation: 94,000). She also was involved in organizing political forums for employee and retirees at company facilities around the country, featuring officeholders, candidates for office and issues spokesmen.
 
Cordella Ennis
Appointed February 2006
Cordella Ennis is a retired Counselor at Cal State L.A. and a retired Director of the Foothill Branch of Foothill Valley of Pasadena Y.M.C.A. She received her B.A. from Kansas University and a degree in Social Psychology from Cal State L.A. She has been involved in several community organizations throughout the years. She has been married to her architect husband for 60 years and they have lived in Pasadena for 56 years.
 
Mildred Hawkins
Appointed February 2006
Mildred Hawkins, a resident in the Pasadena area since 1974, was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After high school, she enrolled in Los Angeles City College and majored in Secretarial Science. Hawkins began a career in word processing, which spanned the next 35 years. Her tenure as a technical publications supervisor for a major engineering company ended after 12 years. In 1980, Hawkins jointed First AME Church in Pasadena and has been an active member. Hawkins political and community associations include serving as a member of the 1997 Pasadena Mayoral Celebration Committee, working as a volunteer in many Pasadena-based organizations such as Villa Esperanza, Pasadena Senior Center, and servicing as President of the Pilgrim Tower East Resident Association. Hawkins has also served as a commissioner on the Senior Commission; Parks and Recreations Commission and now serving as a commissioner on the Human Services and Recreation Commission. Hawkins has three adult daughters, five grandchildren, and 6 great grandchildren.
 
Daniel B. Howell
Appointed May 2006
Daniel retired from the Natural History Museum of LA County where he was senior museum technician in the Exhibits Department. He now spends much of his free time as a volunteer. He is a Long Term Care Ombudsman, Friend and Usher of the Pasadena Playhouse and gives his time and energy to many causes - cancer, AIDS and other issues. He is finishing his first of 3 years in ministerial training, focusing on senior issues.
 
Mira Mataric
Appointed April 2006
Born and educated in Serbia and other countries of Europe, Mira has traveled extensively. She has worked in the largest Serbian library for 14 years, taught for 30 years, translated and interpreted for about 50 years. Mira has published 23 bi-lingual books and has two thousand citations in publications including: stories, memories, critiques, translations of the leading poets, writers of America, England, Ireland, India, Serbia, etc. Mira has been living in the United States  since 1982, and is active in the international writers’ activities.
 
Marilyn Pedington 
Appointed February 2006
Born in Toronto Canada, Marilyn attended school there and graduated in Physical Occupational Therapy from University of Toronto. She moved to California in the late 50’s and married. Marilyn volunteered at County USC Pediatrics for 5 years. She also worked at Lee Hansen Travel from ’74 to 2002. Now semi-retired, Marilyn volunteers at the Pasadena Humane Society.
 
Helen Saltman
Appointed September 2006
Helen was the director of Writing Across the Disciplines Program and co-director of the Tutoring Program in English at Cal State University, Northridge, where she also taught American Literature and Writing. After retiring, Helen, and her husband Ben, moved to the San Francisco Bay area, and subsequently settled in Pasadena to be close to their  daughters. Helen is a native of Los Angeles, and holds a Masters and PhD in English and American Literature from UCLA. Her expertise, in addition to teaching, has been planning and conducting workshops for faculty and introducing them to innovative teaching techniques.