Jim Light - President
Jim Light was a founding Director of the SBPC and has been very active in the community for many years. 

Irene Kurata - Treasurer
 

Dave Wiggins - Secretary
Dave Wiggins is a founding Director of the South Bay Parkland Conservancy and currently serves as the Secretary to the corporation. Dave grew up in the South Bay and has lived in Redondo Beach since 1991. He has been active in conservation and land development issues throughout his adult life.

After a seven year career as a teacher, Dave began practicing law in 1985. He holds a B.A. degree in History from Pomona College, an M.A. degree in Education from Claremont Graduate University, and a law degree from the University of California Hastings College of the Law.

Dave periodically serves as a Judge pro tem for the Los Angeles Superior Court. He also teaches law classes in the paralegal programs at UCLA and Cal. State Los Angeles. From 1999 to 2003, Dave served as a member of the Board of Education of the Redondo Beach Unified School District. He was elected by fellow boardmembers to serve as their President from 2001 to 2002. 

Jillaine Force - Board Member
Jillaine Force is a founding director of the SBPC and grew up in the South Bay. She attended the former Aviation High School in Redondo Beach and has lived and worked in the area for most of her life.

Jillaine is married with two school age boys and has been very involved in their education by volunteering in the classroom and assisting with the book fair, yearbook and landscaping committees. Jillaine is an entrepreneur, having patented a line of nursing brassiere wear she designed and now manufacturers for her web site and maternity retailers. In addition, Jillaine makes and sells jewelry using amber, sterling silver, leather and 14K gold. She enjoys camping, volleyball and the ocean. Family is most important to Jillaine and the environment comes a close second.

Jillaine attended the round table meetings at the Crown Plaza regarding “the Heart of the City” and became concerned with the density that was proposed. She became involved with SBPC where she learned of the feasibility of open space along California’s coastline and became inspired about the potential for the South Bay area. 

Dave Sundstrom - Board Member
 

Florence 'Flo' Swiger - Board Member
Flo works in the health care field and sees first hand what happens in an unhealthy environment and how people's health is affected.

Flo is an RN with a degree in Education Majoring in Public Health. In the past she has worked as an RN in Critical Care and also has taught in a community college. She has set up several Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs. She currently does Cardiology Research working with cardiology patients as they come through the hospital. She clearly sees the need for the public to understand how to lead a healthy life before getting sick.

Flo has an interest in good health and an advocate of bettering the environment we live in. Because of this, she became interested in the SBPC as one good way to give our citizens, our children, and wildlife a better chance in this world by advocating more open space as a start to cleaning up our environment.

Flo has volunteered many hours to the Wayfarers Chapel in PV. She was on the Board of Directors for the Chapel for seven years. During that time, she attended many Palos Verdes City council meetings to convince the council that Wayfarers should be allowed to rebuild their Visitors Center in the northern most location instead of the southern most area where the land had slipped down the hill causing the old VC to be condemned by the city. She subscribes to the Wayfarers philosophy that the beauty of nature celebrates the presence of God in all things; therefore all of nature has its place on this earth & must be taken care of.

She has been an avid tennis and volleyball player as well as cyclist & skier. She loves the out of doors and has done a lot of camping in our great national parks. She is a member of several Ski and Tennis clubs as well as the Sierra Club. She supports several organizations that advocate preserving our environment, such as Rails to Trails, The National Park Foundation and the National Wildlife Federation. 

Don Vangeloff - Board Member
 

Christine Wike - Board Member