by Balboa Park Conservancy | Dec 17, 2018 | Enhance, Envision, Volunteers, Board Members
Earlier this year, founding board member Dr. Joyce Gattas stepped into the role of Chair of the Balboa Park Conservancy’s Board of Trustees. Over the past two decades, Dr. Gattas has served on numerous boards for organizations impacting San Diego’s arts and culture...
by Balboa Park Conservancy | Jul 31, 2018 | Sustain, Enhance, Envision, Volunteers, Board Members
Members of the Conservancy’s Board of Trustees represent a wide range of backgrounds, professions, and communities of San Diego. Roger Conlee, a longtime board member, recently surveyed his fellow Trustees to learn more about who they are, their skills and experience,...
by Balboa Park Conservancy | Jul 5, 2018 | Enhance, Envision, Board Members
After six fruitful years, Carol Littlejohn Chang is stepping down as Chair of the Balboa Park Conservancy Board of Trustees, having served two full terms in that capacity. Her tenure on the Conservancy Board, which began as founding Vice Chair, saw the creation of the...
by Balboa Park Conservancy | Nov 21, 2017 | Sustain, Enhance, Envision, Volunteers, Board Members, Park History
Volunteers are the lifeblood of any nonprofit organization. The Balboa Park Conservancy is no different. In fact, until the late 1980s, the organization that operated the House of Hospitality building (and eventually merged with the Conservancy*) had very few paid...
by Balboa Park Conservancy | Oct 27, 2017 | Envision, Partners, Volunteers, Board Members
November 14 is National Philanthropy Day, and this year, the Balboa Park Conservancy has a very special reason to celebrate. The Conservancy’s Board of Trustees Vice Chair Connie Matsui was named Outstanding Organizational Volunteer by the Association of Fundraising...
by Balboa Park Conservancy | Aug 21, 2017 | Sustain, Board Members, Park History, Studies and Reports
The original formal entrance to Balboa Park was located at Eighth Avenue and Date Street. But wait…there is no such address? Unfortunately, this entrance disappeared under the I-5 decades ago. Earlier this summer, I—along with several thousand other...
