CHAIRMAN

Barry Kielsmeier is a 34 year resident of Huntington Beach. He is a graduate of USC and UC Berkeley and the former head of the Department of Harbor, Business and Transit for the City of Redondo Beach. Barry has been active in non profit causes and has been on the Board of Directors of Circulo De Amigas and Congregation B’nai Tzedek.

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TREASURER

John Heeren is retired professor from the California State University. With a PhD from Duke University, he taught Sociology for 36 years. Since retiring he has been active in various nonprofit and charitable organizations.

SECRETARY

Linda Rose is a retired HS chemistry/anatomy physiology teacher. She became a member of the BCIS Board in 2014. She has been collecting and distributing mail for those without permanent housing since 2018, in cooperation with St Peters by the Sea Presbyterian Church.

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Barbara K Robinson earned an MS in Psychology/Counseling from California State University at Fullerton. After a 40+ year career in the California’s service delivery system for individuals with a developmental disability, she has retired to a life of volunteer work: as President of the Board for HOPE-Homes in Long Beach and as Secretary for the Board of Literacy Volunteers of Huntington Valley, and works with Heifer International. She is committed to the BCIS mission of preventing homelessness. In her spare time, she enjoys leisure time with her husband of 43 years, their children and grandchildren plus their one dog and two cats, and has published seven novels in the last eight years.

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