LWVC Nominating Committee
Chair - Kate Quick, LWV Alameda
Kate is a sixth generation Californian from Sacramento. She is married, has one daughter, and has lived in Alameda for thirty-five years. She has been a member of the League of Women Voters for over thirty years.
She served her first presidency of the Alameda League of Women Voters in 1981, and another two terms recently. She served as the Communications Director on the LWVC board from 2005-2007. She has done State workshop and Convention training in the areas of Communications and Change Management.
She retired in 2003 from the County Office of the Auditor-Controller, Clerk-Recorder, where she was the Administrative and Financial Services Manager. In that capacity, she was responsible for personnel, training, budget, and office infrastructure duties. She was the team leader of the design and implementation group tasked with building the new Clerk-Recorder’s office in Oakland in 1999, the first “green building” with on-site day care built by the County. She is a certified trainer for sexual harassment, supervision/leadership, diversity and change management courses.
As a past and current member of many boards, Kate recognizes the need to seek active, interested persons with both specific “portfolio” skills and the ability to work well with others. She believes we need to create an effective, balanced group that can assist our grass roots organization to set and implement policies which will both strengthen and move our League forward.
As a past and current member of many boards, Kate recognizes the need to seek active, interested persons with both specific “portfolio” skills and the ability to work well with others. She believes we need to create an effective, balanced group that can assist our grass roots organization to set and implement policies which will both strengthen and move our League forward.
Committee Member - Helen Hutchison, LWV Oakland
Helen Hutchison has been President of the LWV Oakland since 2005. She has served in a variety of portfolios on the Oakland Board including VOTER editor and Vice President for Action. She has been a League member since 1969. She and her family have moved around the country, providing many opportunities to join Leagues in different cities: Claremont, California; Newton, Massachusetts; Los Angeles; Claremont (again); Clackamas County, Oregon; DeKalb County, Georgia; and Oakland. She served on the Boards of the Claremont, Clackamas County and Oakland Leagues in a variety of portfolios. Each League has provided new areas to learn about and get active in.
Professionally Helen is a retired computer systems analyst. She is an active member of Montclair Presbyterian Church in Oakland, where she chairs the Building Renovation Committee.
Committee Member - Sharon Mullenix, LWV Pasadena Area
Sharon Mullenix has been a member of the League of Women Voters, Pasadena Area for eighteen years. She has served as President, Past President, Membership Director, and Voter Service Director. She is a member of the Speakers Bureau and is completing a two-year term on the LWVC 2009-11 Nominating Committee. After graduating from San Diego State, Sharon joined IBM where most of her career was spent in first and second line management. Since taking early retirement, she happily pursues a variety of interests; along with LWV and community volunteer activities, she enjoys walking, reading, cooking, and is an avid tennis and LA Lakers fan.
Committee Member - Caroline deLlamas, LWV East San Gabriel Valley
Caroline has been a League Member since 1968 and has held most portfolios at the Local League level, including that of President, and currently serves on the board of the East San Gabriel Valley League, as well as the Secretary of the LWV California board.
At the state level, she now serves as the Southern Coordinator for the LWVC Management Training Advisor Program (MTAs) and is the Management Training Advisor for three Local Leagues. During this past year, she was one of the state coordinators for the LWVUS Membership Recruitment Initiative Program (MRI, or as we call it in California, MGIK!) responsible for five Local League participants.
A retired Professional City Clerk/Treasurer, she has a consulting business to provide Interim Municipal Clerk Services to California cities. She is a past president of the City Clerks Association of California and holds membership in various professional organizations, including the National Association of Parliamentarians and Soroptimist International.
Caroline resides in Covina with her husband Lloyd deLlamas. They have two adult daughters.
Committee Member - Charolette Fox, LWV State Member
Charolette Fox is the current Natural Resources Director for the League of Women Voters of California and has served on both the program committee and the legislation committee. Since its inception she has been the LWVC representative to Green California, a collaboration of 65 nonprofit organizations and state agencies actively engaged in environmental legislation.
She is a past president of the LWV North San Diego County and also of the LWV Southwest Riverside County. In 2008 she was honored as Woman of the Year by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. Her civic activities include appointments to the Temecula Community Services Commission and the Riverside County Historical Commission, and she holds a current certificate of completion for AB 1234, California Ethics Training. She serves on-call in an advisory capacity to several local and regional groups working on land use and clean and green issues, and is the public member elected to the board of directors for the Water Education Foundation.
Charolette is a member of the Riverside County Court-Community Committee, a group under the auspices of the Riverside County Superior Court concerned about juvenile justice, selection and appointment of state judges, judicial independence, and the security of courts, jurors, defendants and plaintiffs. She is a member of California Women Lead (formerly known as California Elected Women), and a graduate and member of CORO of Southern California.
Charolette attended San Diego State University, with a double major in Art and Business. A mother and grandmother, her interests include promoting school gardens, ushering for community theatre performances, and judging the National History Day Contest for Riverside County.