Leadership History

Junior Charity League
Founded October 30, 1931
Incorporated September 19, 1932
Founding Members
Mrs. Glen Carpenter Mrs. Helen Zimmerman Zvara
Mrs. Joseph Tiernan Mrs. Frances Settle
Mrs. James Wood Mrs. John Lounsbury
Miss Betty Crawford Mrs. H. Milton Van Dyke
Past Presidents
1931-32 Helen Dutton Newcomb*
1932-33 Helen Hauge Pillsbury*
1932-33 (APR-SEPT) Betsy Clare Taubman*
1933-34 Betsy Clare Taubman*
1934-35 Betsy Clare Taubman*
1935-36 Effie Jane Launsbury*
1936-37 Mrs. Herbert E. Waite*
1937-38 Virginia Drake Davis*
1938-39 Eleanor Embree Taylor*
1939-1940 Betty Lewis Bixby*
1940-41 Betty Lewis Bixby*
1941-42 Marjorie Townsend Conley*
1942-43 Mrs. Fred Miller*
1943-44 Mrs. Arthur Wilson*
1944-45 Lois Person Osborn*
1945-46 Ruth Barlow Hubbell*
1946-47 Nelle Newton Loder Richards*
Junior League of Long Beach
Admitted to the Association of Junior Leagues of America, Inc.
February 3, 1948

Past Presidents
1947-48 Nelle Newton Loder Richards*     
1948-49 Helen Morgan Fielding*
1949-1950                   Helen Morgan Fielding*
1950-51 Virginia Roulstone Benedict*
1951-52 Avis Neal Roemer*
1952-53 Helene Colesie Drown*
1953-54 Barbara Callahan Davis*
1954-55 Virginia Little Todd
1955-56 Virginia Mozingo Waters*
1956-57 Margaret Curry Sully*
1957-58 Betty Taylor Godwin*
1958-59 Dorothy Stenehjem Wiltse*
1959-1960 Jean Steele Burdge
1960-61 Dorothy Wagner Wise
1961-62 Carolyn Closson Raney*
1962-63 Jane Waldvoge Kresl*
1963-64 Elizabeth Wailes Wallace*
1964-65 Phyllis Carlson Miller
1965-66 Mary Lou Kramer Moorhead
1966-67 Barbara Hamman Ivey
1967-68 Helen Newcomb Carter*
1968-69 Jane Began Sagehorn
1969-1970 Dwanda Lael Can Dyke*
1970-71 Mary Kikura Klingensmith
1971-72 Margaret Ann Buckley Wallace*
1972-73 Zoe Thompson Bergquist*
1973-74 Alice Harvey Wallace
1974-75 Donna Traylor Gibbs
1975-76 Jean Bixby Smith
1976-77 Aubrey Dean Mason Porter
1977-78 Gayle Clock
1978-79 Denise Piccinno Severson-Hobbs
1979-1980 Ruth Neel Noble
1980-81 Nancy Keating Wellard
1981-82 Linda Sully McCullough
1982-83 Cheryl Lane Jones
1983-84 Charlotte Dusenberry Lesser
1984-85 Pamela Henning Spoo
1985-86 Luciann Esposito Maulhardt
1986-87 Paula McEachran Bloeser
1987-88 Judy Harris Ross
1988-89 Karen Palos Willer
1989-1990 Regina Holding Rushing Maguire
1990-91 Avalon Sperry Hill
1991-92 Virginia Wright Wilky
1992-93 Candice Miller Stacy
1993-94 Cheryl Trimmer Moland
1994-95 Jane Roeder
1995-96 Janice Moss Merriweather
1996-97 Dona Syes Ponepinto
1997-98 Holly Tillman Carpenter
1998-99 Paula Thompson Workman*
1999-2000 Christina Pizzaro Winting
2000-01 Kimberly Erickson Neipling
2001-02 Nancy Freelander-Paice
2002-03 Shelly Everson Horvath
2003-04 Janine Schott
2004-05 Christine Burton Manvi
2005-06 Leslie A.M. Smith
2006-07 Anne Hoskins Johnson
2007-08 Anne C. Miller
2008-09 Juliet Carroll Acuff
2009-2010 Jennifer Johnson Blanchard
2010-11 Darlene Baker
2011-12 Samantha Baker Fabrigas
2012-13 Trinka Rowsell
*Deceased
Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc.
Former Board of Directors' Members
Jean Steele Burdge       Region XII Nominating Chair 1960-62
Barbara Hamman Ivey Region XII Nominating Committee 1968-70
Mrs. Alexander Van Dyke           Test Area 1-Council Representative 1970-71
Donna Traylor Gibbs Area Council 1976-77
Aubrey Dean Mason Porter          Area Council 1977-78
Ruth Neel Noble Area Council 1982-84
Jennifer Clark McDonnell Resolutions Committee 1995-96
Dona Syes Ponepinto Area VI Nominating Committee 2003-05
Dona Syes Ponepinto Area IV Director 2011-14