Milpitas, CA (April 12) -- Members of the City Council led by Mayor Jose Esteves will recognize 156 community volunteers/commissioners who have been helping the city government implement various services to the residents of Milpitas.
The recognition for the city commissioners will be held on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the Milpitas City Hall from 6:00 p.m., immediately after the council's regular session. A consolidated power point presentation of the accomplishments of all 16 commissions will be presented to highlight the affair, according to Dale Flunoy who is coordinating the event.
"The commissioners are a major component of the city's management team. I would say that without them, it will be hard for the city council and the staff of the city to extend all the services to the residents of Milpitas," Mayor Esteves said.
The following are the ever-dedicated volunteers of the 16 city commissions: Arts - Harriett McGuire, chair; Becky Strauss, vice chair; Bill Foulk, Marcella Anthony, Robert Gill, Robin Hays, Tess Santos, and Nicole Phan, commissioners;
Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory - Nawal Stanojevic, chair; Rene Briones, vice chair; Aaron Faupell, Antonio Pablo, Jr, Jose Leon, Christine Sanchez, and Chris Lee, commissioners;
Community Advisory - Samantha Beard, chair; Mia Bradway Winter, vice chair; Edna Andres, Janice Bobay, Jenifer Lind, Jose Rosario, Michelle Manassau, Phong Nguyen, Sayed Mohsin, Thelma Batilo, Mayvid Maclay, and Eva Ferguson, commissioners;
Economic Development - Donald Peoples, chair; Dhaval Brahmbhatt, vice chair; Cat Nguyen, Chandru Bhambhra, Charlene Tsao, Marsha Grilli, Minh Nguyen, Preeti Suri, Ricardo Ablaza, Tom McEvoy, Warren Wettenstein, Sumeet Ahuya, and Dinna Bayangos, commissioners.
Emergency Preparedness - Michael Berryhill, chair; Timothy Howard, vice chair; Arlyn Swiger, Brian Shreve, Don Clendenin, Mercedes Albana, Michael Caulkins, Stephen Strauss, Pamela Wells, Charlotte Torres Ronquillo, and Betty Reutter, commissioners;
Library Advisory Commission - Elpidio R. Estioko, chair; Carmen Montano, vice chair; Trining Aoalin, Margie Stephens, Marilyn Hay, Sonny Wang, Yu-lan Chu, Ha Phan, and Marie Pham, commissioners;
Mobile Home Park Rental Review Board - Demetrio Nitafan, Huy Bui, Mila Garcia, and Arthur Sana, board members;
Parks Recreation & Cultural Resources - Steve Munzel, chair; Vishnu Mathur, vice chair; George Baltazar, Naomi Matau, Rebecca Villalobos, Rohit Sharma, Stephanie Fong, Evelyn Ramirez, and Gerome Guerrero, commissioners;
Planning - Sudhir Mandal, chair; Lawrence Ciardella, vice chair; Gurdev Sandhu, John Luk, Rajeev Madnawat, Steve Tao, Zeya Mohsin, and Gary Barbadillo, commissioners;
Public Art Committee - Bill Foulk, chair; Rocky Strauss, vice chair; Cyd Mathias, Donine Ettinger, Harriett McGuire, Larry Voellger, Marcella Anthony, Robert Gill, Robin Hays, Tess Santos, Van Phan Nguyen, and Nicole Phan, commissioners;
Recycling & Source Reduction Advisory - Edward Blake Jr.,chair; Christopher Salian,, Echo Arthur, Garrette Dye, Joe Kwong, John Cimino, Steve Ybarra, Kashmir Gill, and Madan Arora, commissioners;
Senior Advisory - Barbara Ebright, chair; Melba Holliday, vice chair; Amanda Santos, Bal Daguigan, Bernice Wrinkle, Denny Weisgerber, Estrella Gilana, Karen Adams, Mary Banik, Deborah Langley, and Moo Jin Choi, commissioners;
Sister Cities - Dennis Grilli, chair; Massoud Arefi, vice chair; Brenda Su, Dana Arbaugh, Karen Serpa, Maria Magdalena Ortega, Marina Binh Tran, Roselda Mateo, Miriam Hardin, and German Silva, commissioners;
Telecommunications - Albert Alcorn, chair; Dinesh Gupta, vice chair; Hoi Tran, Kurt Bohan, M. Idrees Munir, Niranjan Gupta, William Lam, Debra Lax, and Sukhi Singh, commissioners;
Veterans - Danny Weisgerber, chair; Juan Samano, vice chair; Dana Arbaugh, Bruce Choy, Arthur Erbright, David Grundstrom, Mel Hinshaw, Liliana Ramos, and Eladio Aoalin, commissioners;
Youth Advisory - Veenu King, chair; Monica La, vice chair; Brian Leon, Isaiah Rigmaiden-Daniels, Jose Alejero 111, Pilar Ferguson, Randolph Abaya, Sahil Sandhu, Vicky Tu, Cindy Wang, Sahil Hansalia, Veronica Wang, and Arjun Goyal, commissioners.
