Scott was recently elected to serve as the President of the Friends Board of Directors, following two years as the Chief Financial Officer. He has also co-chaired the Friends Performing Arts scholarship committee and served on the Golf Committee. Scott recently retired after 33 years with Boeing and Rockwell International. He has a master’s degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University. Additional Executive level education has been completed at UCLA, Carnegie Mellon and the Boeing Executive Program.  Scott is married with two adult sons and resides in Huntington Beach. He was awarded the Silver Knight of Management Award from the National Management Association and is active in industry associations, the Boy Scouts and his alma maters. Scott has also served on the board of the El Segundo Educational Foundation.

Joy serves as the Friends Chief Financial Officer. She has served on the Board since 1999 and implemented the Albertsons Community Partner program as well as the New York and London theater fundraising tours. She has served as co-chair of the Family Arts Festival and co-chair of the Gala twice. She also served as the Secretary of the Community Family Guidance Center, is an active member of Soroptimist International for 23 years, volunteers for the Salvation Army Training Center, and served on the Cerritos Prayer Breakfast Committee. She was previously on the Board of the Girl Scout Council of Greater Long Beach. She is a Wellesley College graduate and a resident of Cerritos for 30 years. Joy is married and has three adult children.

Bev Ray recently completed two years of service as the President of the Friends Board of Directors. She has been very active with the Friends, serving on several committees for the Board. She co-chaired the Gala in 2006, has been a member of the Gala Committee for the last five years, and has served on the Family Arts Festival Committee for the last four.  Bev and her husband George have lived and been active in the Cerritos Community for the past 30 years. They have two grown daughters and two beautiful granddaughters.

Nick has recently joined the Friends Board and has been a long-time supporter.  He also serves on the athletic board at the University of La Verne and he is President of his homeowners association.  Nick worked in  the packaging field for thirty-five years, including ownership of a firm for twenty years.  He sold his business in 2000 and is happily retired.  He has been married for forty years to his lovely wife, Nancy.  They have two married daughters and three grandchildren.  He is a native Californian and resides in Glendora.

Don was elected to the Board of Directors in August of 2005 after having served on the develpoment committee for the prior year. He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in engineering. He had a long career with the Northrop Grumman Corporation and has also done consulting for major corporations and the United States Army. While his children were growing up, Don was very active with the Boy Scouts of America. Don and his wife are 30 year residents of Cerritos, have three adult children and three grandchildren.

Michael is the South California District Controller for UPS, which is a major supporter of the Friends and the largest employer in Cerritos. He was appointed to the Friends Board of Directors in 2007.  Michael earned a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Rockhurst College in Kansas City, MO and an MBA from Baker University in Overland Park, KS.  He has been employed by UPS since 1986.  Michael and his wife Sonya reside in Orange County with their four children.