President
Bob Hernandez

Bob Hernandez has always been a person who enjoys challenges, big or small and takes them on with great passion. As a California Institute of the Arts student and graduate Bob took great joy in discovering his unique gifts as an artist, designer and later in his career as a communicator of ideas and vision.

Bob has been a Design Director at KCBS, Fox Sports Network, Telemundo and has directed teams of creative people.

His multi-media work on The Amazon Jungle and Animals of the world has been on display at The Smithsonian Institute.

Though Bob has won an Emmy, and various National and International awards during his career, Bob confesses that his true joy is seeing a child or adults face at the moment they create something.

Secretary Education Chair
Dianne Foderaro

Dianne Foderaro is an artist and a teacher. She has a Master of Arts degree in education with an emphasis on art, and have completed research proving the importance of drawing in the development of visual perceptual skills. Her grant-funded projects include guiding students to complete movable murals as well as the development of video projects with 5th grade students. She creates welded metal art, breathing new life into discarded metal objects. All of her pieces include recycled materials.

Fund Raising Chair
Andy Tyzbir

Andy has been a Valencia resident since 1984. He’s married with two daughters, is a Realtor Commercial and Residential with Pinnacle Estate Properties (covering Santa Clarita, Los Angeles and Ventura areas). Andy is a retiree from the Chevron Corporation (having worked for Unocal 76, which was acquired by Chevron). There he managed the administration of all benefit programs for the corporation such as Retirement, 401(k), Medical, Life, Workers’ Compensation, Disability, etc. He also sits on the Board of Directors for the Valencia HOA.

Press and Publicity
Mary Lynch

Mary works as a patient advocate for medical device manufacturer. She has lived here in the Santa Clarita Valley for 5 years and has two grown sons. In her free time, photography is her main passion. Through her photography, she seeks to document her own personal experiences, to capture scenes and events as she see them and to share with others the beauty and diversity of the world. Also a wood turner, she values the freedom from strict form in her wood turnings. Mary’s turnings are infused with a sense of freedom incorporating traditional shapes with a contemporary flair.

Noel Bermudez

Noel Bermudez has a passion for communication and learning. He is married, with two adult sons, and has worked in the entertainment industry for over 30 years, currently as a production accountant. With a B.A. in communication and theater from Oklahoma City University (where he also served in the Air Force), he is now getting his masters in communication and leadership studies. Noel’s desire is to use these skills to contribute to the artistic growth of Santa Clarita, where he has lived since 1981. Noel, and his entire family, enjoys attending concerts, strolling museums, hosting parties, and traveling when time and budgets allow. You might also see him running in the valley wearing his signature sushi-chef headband.

Melissa Lackman

Melissa got her undergrad degree in art and then went to do other things for a while. She’s picked up her paints again in recent years. She is a member of the bar of the State of California (since 1981) and has a long history of working with nonprofit and community organizations in both fundraising and teaching and implementing skills in influencing public policy. She enjoyed teaching with the ARTree at the Newhall Community Center in 2011 and looks forward to more projects!