I have lived in Tarzana for 13 years with my husband Ron of 29 years. We have two daughters and two grandsons. I have served on the Board of Directors for the Tarzana Property Owners Association for two years. My focus has been on restoring blighted areas by utilizing City resources.
I have served on both the Tarzana Neighborhood Council Land Use Committee since 2004 as Secretary and the Subcommittee to Review Topham /Oxnard Corridor as Secretary. I was appointed to the Tarzana Board Of Governors in December 2005 and elected to the board in November of 2006. I was appointed as Chairman of the Outreach Committee and Election Committee.
I am cofounder of the organization Tarzana Residents Against Poor Property Development which formed in 2003. The organization is actively involved in fighting undesirable projects that do not serve the neighborhood and community. We advocate voicing your opinions and being involved in the decision making process. We believe that preservation and proper planning are the key elements in maintaining a balanced community.
Irma Dobbyn
We moved to Tarzana in 1963 after 23 years of many moves while my husband was in the US Navy. I am a retired teacher and taught in Massachusetts, Illinois, and Virginia.
I was invited to a TPOA Board Meeting in 1967 and was immediately “hooked” with the goals of the organization and its drive to keep Tarzana a very special community. We had found our ideal home site and after all those years still feel it is a wonderful place to live. I have been on the TPOA board since 1968, having served as the Membership Chairman, as Planning and Zoning co-chair with Louise Frankel, as Vice President and as President, having held that office for 7-1/2 years.
TPOA has consistently defended the residential zoning in Tarzana and today’s quality of life attests to our success. We must remain ever vigilant as many of the proposals we helped defeat would have meant a very different Tarzana. Working (volunteering) with TPOA has opened the doors to lasting friendships and gives me great satisfaction in knowing I am doing my part for Tarzana and LA as well. I urge all homeowners to get involved. You will enjoy it and it’s never dull.
Teri Pall
I have lived in Tarzana for 30 years and have been a member of the TPOA Board of Directors for 29 years. As a resident of this lovely community I have always tried to give something back. I am involved with the Friends of the Library, the American Association of University Women, the Inventors Workshop International Education Foundation, and am a contributing member of the Los Angeles County Museum.
I have a Ph. D from London University and am a paleontologist, behavioral scientist, educator, author, and inventor. I am an enthusiastic bibliophile, lover of music, and philatelist.
Michael Povar
I grew up in Tarzana and I went to Tarzana Elementary School and Portoal Junior High. I joined TPOA and have been on the Board of Directors TPOA for three years. I joined the TPOA Board of Directors to work with the city to help beautify our public areas in Tarzana with trees and plants. I always felt that we should volunteer to serve our community to make it better for all of us. In the past, I have worked with the Junior Chamber of Commence teach business classes to high school students in Los Angeles as part of their economic classes. I have owned a television production company in Burbank for twenty years and produce celebrity documentaries for cable channels. I also produced video for major corporations for internal purposes. I now live close to Tarzana Elementary School and have two daughters that are in college.
Stanton Saucier
We have been Tarzana residents and property owners for nearly twenty years and are recent additions to the TPOA Board. We live in Melody acres with our two children ages ten and twelve and our chickens, dogs, cats, fish and a big red thoroughbred horse named Anna. We both value the importance of community involvement and are dedicated to helping preserve the unique qualities of our neighborhood and Tarzana.
Stanton has been active in the community for several years as a youth sports coach and as a member of the landscape committee, through the Melody Acres Neighborhood Association, for the MTA Orange Line bus way project. He is Vice President and General Manager of the Ricon Corporation, a division of the Wabtec Corporation and the premier supplier of wheelchair accessibility systems for the rail and bus industries. He is registered as a professional engineer in the State of California, received his Bachelors of Science in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from the University of Connecticut and his Master in Business Administration from the University of California at Los Angeles. When not working, he enjoys soccer, sailing, scuba diving and hiking.
