We stand on
the shoulders of giants.
Just as NSA members stand on the shoulders of Cavett Robert, NSA SoCal members stand on the shoulders of our past presidents — the working speakers who built this chapter, year by year, for more than four decades.
That expression dates back nearly 1,000 years — and it still describes how a chapter like ours endures.
Thank you for your great service over the years.
Sara Safari
Past-President 2025–26
A tribute
Voices that built
this chapter.
A short tribute to the leaders who carried NSA SoCal through forty-plus years of programming, mentorship, and growth — and the legacy that comes with being part of one of NSA's longest-running chapters.
40+
Years of
chapter leadership
43
Past presidents
since 1980
The lineage
Every president,
every year.
From the founding cohort of the early 1980s through the present-day board — every leader who has held the gavel of NSA SoCal.
Modern Era · 2010 – Today
A.J. MacQuarrie
2023-24
Dave Rosenberg
2022-23
Karine LeBlanc
2021-22
Robert Grossman
2020-21
Dwight Holcomb
2019-2020
Deborah Johnson
2018-19
Joel Block
2017-2018
Tod Novak
2016-2017
Connie Pheiff
2015-2016
Terry Hawkins
2014-2015
Tom Oser
2013-2014
Kevin Graham
2012-13
Gary Hankins
2011-12
Liz de Clifford
2010-11
Growth Years · 1990 – 2009
Gideon Grunfeld
2009-10
Kelly Hill-Greenwade
2008-9
Judith Parker Harris
2007-08
Edward Poll
2006-07
Marianne Matheis
2005-06
Lynda Curtin
2004-05
David Markovitz
2003-04
Nancy Miller
2001-03
George Hedley
2000-01
Robert Davis
1999-2000
Maryellen Lipinski
1998-99
Bonnie Dean
1997-98
Steven Kaye
1996-97
Mike Rounds
1995-96
Suzanne Podany
1994-95
Robert Chesney
1993-94
Tom Callister
1992-93
Ralph DiDonato
1991-92
Lola Gillebaard
1990-91
Founding Decade · 1980 – 1989
Lynn Banker-Ryan
1989-90
John Dolan
1988-89
Constance Yambert
1987-88
Russell Seeley
1986-87
John Hall
1985-86
Virgil Beasley
1984-85
William Wolff
1983-84
—
1982-83
Charles Salisbury
1981-82
Jacob Weisberg
1980-81
Help us fill the gaps
Can you help complete
the photo album?
A few past presidents in our archive are missing photos, or are represented by placeholders. If you have an image — or know how to reach them — please send it our way at admin@nsasocal.org.