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Meet the LWV of North County San Diego Board

Officers & Directors 2025-26


Officers



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President 

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Marian Vega Clancy


Born in Los Angeles, CA, Marian lived in six other states before returning and settling in Carlsbad in 2021. After graduating from Georgia Institute of Technology, Marian's engineering career led her to work in manufacturing, tech service, quality, and marketing. Later while homeschooling her three children, Marian discovered a passion for community volunteering.

As a second generation Cuban-Mexican, Marian stands strongly with the Leagues in solidarity with immigrants and fair immigration policies. She hopes to help the League membership grow while focusing on voter education, inclusion and diversity.

Marian was elected to the Board for a two-year term ending in June 2027. 
Marian
can be reached at: president(at)lwvncsd.org



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Vice President, Advocacy


Cathy Greene

Cathy has been a member of the League since 1980,  serving on the Board in a small town in northwestern Pennsylvania, where she participated in the 1982 to 1984 National Security Study and chaired the local committee to host the LWV Pennsylvania State Convention.  She joined the LWV San Diego in 1988 and served as the Rancho Bernardo unit chair.  In 2000 she moved to Carlsbad and became a member of the LWVNCSD. She served as Voter Service Chair (2010-16), the heart of the League; Co-President ( 2014-2015) and as a member of the Steering Committee (2015-2016).
 
Cathy received a B.A. in Art History from the Pennsylvania State University, returned to school in the mid 90’s and earned a masters degree in Library Science. She held positions at the Poway and Oceanside Public Library and has volunteered with various other organizations and clubs. She is now retired and enjoys reading, gardening, traveling, theater, and spending time with her husband of 51 years, children, and our two grandchildren.  

Cathy is serving a two-year term ending in June 2026. Cathy can be reached at vpadvacacy(at)lwvncsd.or


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Secretary



Carol Parker
 
Carol was trained as a molecular biologist (UCLA) and worked in biotech, but now volunteers for several organizations.  In addition to being the Natural Resources Director for League of Women Voters, North County San Diego, she is also the San Diego North Liaison for the Citizens Climate Lobby for CA 49, an Environmental Commissioner for the City of Encinitas, and a member of the Encinitas Urban Forest Advisory Committee.

Carol Parker was elected to the Board for a two-year term ending in June 2027.

Carol can be reached at secretary(at)lwvncsd.org


Ginny Hallner, Treasurer

Treasurer



Ginny Hallner

A lifelong resident of California, Ginny grew up in Los Angeles, graduated from SDSU with an accounting degree and has worked in public, private and non-profit accounting for over forty years.  She graduated from CSUSM Leadership North County, earned the designation of certified director from UCLA, and has served as a director and treasurer on several community, national and nonprofit boards, including Encinitas Educational Foundation, National Charity League and WomenHeart.

Ginny was elected to serve a two-year term through June 2026.

Ginny can be reached at: treasurer(at)lwvncsd.org




Directors


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Voter Service Chair


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Program Director & Observer Chair



Connie Ulrich

Connie grew up in the Air Force and lived in French Morocco, England’s constable country, among many other locales, and attended eight schools including four high schools before enrolling at Indiana University.  As a flight attendant, based alternately in Chicago, Newark, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, she was able to satisfy her love of travel and continue the family tradition of moving often. Marriage to a Marine Corps officer brought her to Camp Pendleton and upon retirement they made Carlsbad their permanent home.

Connie joined LWVNCSD in 2004, impressed by her first Pros & Cons presentation. She is proud of the League's Voter Service and advocacy work and appreciates League’s deliberative approach to issues; focus on inclusion and equity; support for civil discourse; and especially, its strict non-partisan stance. A long-time chair of the Observer Corps, she looks forward to serving as a member of the Board.

Connie was elected for a two-year term ending in 2026.

Connie can be reached at: program(at)lwvncsd.org


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Events Chair


Mona Pastor

Mona Pastor grew up around the Great Lakes, in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Indiana. Her high school debate teams taught the importance of research and seeing different sides to issues. Participating in the League of Women Voters is rewarding to Mona because of this and also her studies in Sociology and American History in college where she developed strong interests in voting rights.

Her career includes stints at an upstate New York public radio station as a host, interviewer and music librarian while completing a Masters in Library Science. In the Los Angeles area she was a reference/audiovisual librarian and a researcher at a television network and a Burbank production company. She has volunteered at a Boys & Girls Club, a Newcomers Club, and Jewish Family Services and was a member of LWV Ventura County before moving to North County. She and her husband of 4 years moved here to be near two of four adult children in their blended family.


Mona was elected for a two-year term ending in June 2026.

Mona can be reached at: events(at)lwvncsd.org


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Director at Large


Roni Seay
 

Roni Seay joined the LWV Concord MA in 1975 and the LWV North County in 1980. She has served as local League President, was VOTER editor for more than 20 years, and most recently served as Program VP.  Roni has also served many years on the board and as president of the Community Resource Center in Encinitas.  Her interests/loves are family, friends, travel, reading and nature.  She enjoys working with active, interesting League members.

Roni was elected for a two-year term ending in June 2026.


Roni can be reached at: roniseay(at)lwvncsd.org

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Webmaster/Communications


Susan Connell

Susan joined LWVNCSD as Webmaster in 2019 when she was looking for a productive way to contribute her digital communications skills to positive civic solutions that improve our community, country and environment. Susan was particularly motivated to work with LWV because her parents had always emphasized the importance of voting – to the point where they had polling places in their garage until they were in their 80s!

A native Californian, Susan grew up in Los Angeles and moved to San Diego in high school. She attended UC Berkeley as an English major but returned to San Diego to graduate from UCSD with a BA in Communications. After a career in high-tech manufacturing where she was VP of Marketing for Exide Electronics as well as at several clean-tech startups, she returned to school to study for an MA in Learning Design & Technology at SDSU. She served as an adjunct professor there, teaching web development, multimedia and social media courses for a decade. She continues to consult in technology marketing and training primarily for high-tech and clean-tech companies. 


Susan can be reached at: webmasters(at)lwvncsd.org



Committees, Interest Groups & Units


Membership - Chris Harris
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Book Group
- Carol Jensen
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Natural Resources & Climate Change Interest Group - Rachel Heussenstamm
Email Carol

Housing & Homelessness Interest Group - Mary Thompson
Email Mary

VOTER SERVICES - Rosette Garcia
Email Rosette  

Email Candidate Forums
Susan Kobara & Kathy Nahman

Email Pros & Cons
Mandy Butler & Christine Dicken

Email About Youth Voter Initiative
Marcia Wylie, Carol Jensen, & Jill Cooper

VOTE411 - Julie Ann Sih of LWV San Diego

Voter Outreach, Registration, and Education - OPEN

Water Interest Group
-
Anne Omsted
Email Anne

The VOTER Newsletter
- Kris Stewart & Anne Omsted, Co-Editors

Units: 


Carlsbad Unit
- Connie Ulrich
Email Connie
Inland Unit  (San Marcos, Escondido, Fallbrook) - Barb Sulier
Email Barb


Oceanside - Vista Unit
- Marsha Johansen
Email Marsha

San Dieguito Unit - Anne Omsted
Email Anne


The League of Women Voters of North County San Diego is a 501(c)(3) organization under the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent permissible under law. Our federal tax ID is 95-3389795



P.O. Box 131272
Carlsbad, CA. 92013-1272
email: webmasters@lwvncsd.org
phone: (760) 736-1608