Upper Valley MEND Board of Directors
John is a retired businessman with a broad background. He has served as the General Manager of Operations for the Microsoft Network and the Executive Director for Information Resources, Human Resources, and Quality Assurance for US West Cellular. He served on the faculty of the Executive Leadership program at Seattle University, and recently rehabilitated a retired military facility in Moses Lake, WA, creating a large internet data center. John also serves on the Board of Directors of Beacon Development Group, which builds 500-600 units of affordable housing annually across Washington, as well as the Sleeping Lady Foundation, which supports a wide range of social and cultural organizations and events in the Upper Wenatchee Valley.
John holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University in the Design and Evaluation of Educational Programs, and a minor in Computer Science and Business. He and his wife Patty Hebert were married 33 years ago in Leavenworth, and have three children and three grand children.
Patty feels blessed to be a resident of the Upper Valley, where she has lived with her husband, John Agnew, since 2004. She is licensed as an RN with experience in primary care, geriatric care, aging research and psychiatric nursing, and is a volunteer nurse and committee member with the with the Upper Valley Free Clinic and Washington Free Clinic Association. She is also a volunteer Health Supervisor for the Apple Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross' Disaster Action Team, and has participated in disaster response for local and national disasters, such as Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Dolly. Her other volunteer duties include working the crisis line for the Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Center in Chelan, Douglas and Grant Counties, and most recently, helping out at the Community Cupboard. She is active with various Spiritual and social activities of Faith Lutheran Church, and loves international travel and learning about other cultures with her husband. She is especially fond of sharing the great outdoors in this "neck of the woods" with family, friends and neighbors.
Steven joined the Upper Valley MEND Board of Directors in 2006 and believes strongly in the mission of MEND to reach out and help others. Steven and his wife, Lila, moved to Leavenworth from the Seattle area in 1997. Steven is a General Contractor and the owner of Abba and Sons, Inc., and Lila works for the Community Foundation of North Central Washington. They love spending time with their four wonderful children and nine super grandchildren, and stay very busy with church activities at Leavenworth Christian Fellowship.
Ron has been involved with the Upper Valley MEND organization for many years. He joined the Community Cupboard in 1997 after retiring from Continental Baking Company, where he was a sales representative for 40 years. Since then, Ron has been both a member of the Cupboard staff as well as a dedicated volunteer, picking up bread donations almost every day, coordinating the holiday food basket give-aways every Thanksgiving and Christmas, and helping to keep the food shelves full and organized. In addition to his role on the MEND Board of Directors, where he has served since 2008, Ron also serves as a Board member for Habitat for Humanity and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and volunteers with the Cascade Medical Center. He is married with three children and three grandchildren.
Theresa has served on the Upper Valley MEND Board of Directors since 2009. Since selling Homefires Bakery, a successful business which she ran with her husband Richard, she has been attending the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, studying Energy and Healing. She also volunteers as the Coordinator and receptionist for the Upper Valley Free Clinic and works part time at A Book For All Seasons. Soon, she will add studies from the HeartMath Institute to be licensed as a 1:1 Provider for training in the HeartMath heart coherence techniques. She loves being outdoors, hiking, walking or skiing, and continuing her passion for baking at home.
Charles B Reppas (“Chuck”) has been in real estate development for over 20 years. He is a CPA by background and learned the real estate development business from his positions as the CFO of two development companies. The first of which was First Western Equities, a developer of large apartment projects in the Seattle area, and the other Henderson Homes, a large home builder in the Seattle area. Since leaving the former in 1998 Chuck initially transitioned the development of Lakeland, a 3,000 unit master planned community, for one year as a consultant. Then he proceeded to develop single-family plats in the Seattle area and Wenatchee area as well as partnering to acquire apartment projects and execute a condominium conversion.
Chuck is a strong believer in establishing a mix of housing components in each community so that those working in the community can live in the community. In particular resort towns have difficulty maintaining permanent living accommodations for those that work in them. Many resort towns falter because of this issue, so it behooves the town officials to support housing for the primary work force. This will also help maintain or grow enrollment in the local schools.
Chuck and his wife Lynn moved to Leavenworth in 2006 after raising three boys in Bothell. Chuck enjoys golfing, skiing and hiking in the beautiful mountains surrounding Leavenworth.
