Connie Goertz
President
Represents: El Cajon, CA – Municipio de Comondu, Baja CA Sur, Mexico
Retired from City of San Diego City Attorney ’s office.
Involved with Sister Cities programs & activities since 1975. Current Vice President of San Diego/Leon, Guanajuato Sister Cities Society. Also, member of El Cajon , San Diego
de Alcala, Azusa , Downey & Santa Barbara Sister City Committees.
Volunteer at Hamilton Glaucoma/Shiley Eye Center, Vietnam Veterans of S.D. and Volunteers of America . Junior Partner of Wits II Women’s Investment Club. Member of UCSD Oceanside, International Friends, Garden Club and Winetasters.
Bob Perez
Vice-President
Past President
Director at Large
Represents: San Diego / Leon, Guanajuato
Treasurer
Represents: Santa Barbara
Secretary
Joined -July 1991. Board of Directors since 1997-98.
Recording Secretary all other years. Joined National board in 2004.
Rebecca Amezcua
Director
George Barks
Director
Represents: Redondo Beach.
Hermosa Beach Councilman 1974-1986. Mayor of Hermosa Beach 1975-1980-1985.
US/MSCA Board Member 1987-present Vice President 2003, Hermosa Beach Sister City Association President 1988-1992.
Sister City Involvement 1974-2005. 2 Children, I daughter, 1 son, 1 grandchild. member of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach,
and Redondo beach Sister Cities.
Director
Represents: Paramount / Tepic, Nayarit
Director
Director
Director
Education: graduate of Nurse School in Argentina. Retired from Los Angeles County after 28 years in Health Service Department. Became a member of Downey Sister Cities in 1992 Elected 2.nd Vice President in 1995 in 1998 became cordinator for San Quintin B.C Join Paramount Sister Cities in 1998 and was elected President in 1999 to now.
Director
Represents - Texas for the US/MSCA
I have been involved with sister cities since 1990 as the Sister Cities Liaison for the City of Laredo. I am currently the City Secretary for the City of Laredo. I organized Laredo's first Sister Cities Youth Committee in 2005 andI founded the Laredo International Sister Cities Festival & Exposition in 2002. I was elected to the board of directors of the Associacion Nacional de Cuidades Hermanas - Mexico in 2005 in Ixtapa, Mexico. Received a Bachelors degree in Business Administration at Texas A&I University in Kingsville, Texas which is now known as Texas A&M - Kingsville.
Director
Represents: Mission, Texas
Aida Lerma is a founding member of Mission’s Sister City Committee which was formed in 1994. Aida serves as Secretary for the organization which has partnered with several cities throughout Mexico. Mrs. Lerma has lead the charge with the program of work for each respective community and has organized fundraising events to sustain the Committee’s efforts. The Mission Sister City Committee has donated items that will enhance the quality of life and will ensure the safety of many residents in: Salinas Victoria, Nuevo Leon; Allende, Nuevo Leon; General Escobedo, Nuevo Leon; San Fernando, Tamaulipas; Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. The City of Mission has made commitments to become Sister Cities with Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas and Benito Juarez, Cancun in the very near future.
Director
Represents: Azusa, Sister City - Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico
Member since 1968. President 2003 and 2004, Vice President 2005,Secretary 2006.Chair of Youth Exchanges and Adult Exchanges, Life member. Director, USMSCA board 2007 to date, International Board, Secretary.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Home Economics/Spanish, Master’s degree in Education from Cal Poly University, Pamona; California Retired Teachers Association, 2nd Vice President-Membership; Glendora Seniors' Computer Club-Secretary.
Director
Director
State Coordinator S.E. CA Region SoCal and Member, Strategic Planning Committee SCI, holds her BA from Whittier College and an M.S. in Administration from USC.
Her credentials, too numerous to list here in entirety, include: Member, ACSA, Region XVII, Chair, WASC Accreditation Team, Chair ACSA Region XVII Jr. High School Committee, Chair Newport-Mesa USD Management Team, N-MUSD representative, ACSA Legislative Action Committee, Facilitator, Conference on Academic Excellence, Orange County Dept. of Education, NMUSD Liaison for Business Education Programs, CROP/ROP Steering Committee and Liaison, UC, Irvine/Newport-Mesa USD Student Teacher/Intern Program. Her Community Activities include Orange Co. Real Estate Board and Director & Member of Governmental Business and Education Committees. Her committee work and experience in national and international organizations for Sister Cities Relationships are also far too numerous to mention here.
Director
Represents - Downey and Santa Barbara.
I was Past President of Downey Sister City. I have been in the Sister City program 18 years. I also served as Vice President on
the National Board.
Marjorie Voigt
Historian &
Past President
Director at Large
Director
Represents: San Gabriel, CA
Delia was born in Laredo, Texas but grew up in Chicago. Delia came to California to attend college and decided to major in education, receiving her BA from California State University, Los Angeles and her MA from the University of La Verne. Delia taught for thirty eight years in the Social Studies and English as a Second Language departments at San Gabriel High School located in Alhambra, California. After a few years, Delia was appointed department head for the ESL department, a position Delia held until retirement.
She has been a member of the San Gabriel/Celaya, Guanajuato, Sister City Committee for thirty years. During this time she has served on the USMSCA Board for twelve years with service as Awards Chairperson and Board Secretary. Delia also served on the International Board during Ed Halstead’s tenure. Her primary goal is to increase activities for youth participation and adding to the membership of the organization.
During her teaching career, Delia was recognized as an advocate for the rights of the immigrant student as well as for the curriculum innovations that became standard in the ESL field. As a result, Delia was recognized as the Los Angeles County Bilingual Teacher of the year. In retirement, Delia returned to teach citizenship to migrant students and accompanied a student group to the nation’s capitol.
Today, Delia is focused on raising three grand children as well as participating in the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) through membership in the Duarte Council. Her latest achievement has been one of promoting a greater Diabetes awareness by LULAC. Because of her work in LULAC, Delia was recognized as National LULAC Woman of the Year in Milwaukee (1975). In 2004, in San Antonio, she was inducted into the National LULAC Women’s Hall of Fame and in 2008, inducted into the California Sate LULAC Women’s Hall of Fame.
Greg Pettis
Director at Large
After nearly 15 years in the hospitality industry, Greg ran for and won a seat on the City Council in 1994.
In addition to his duties as a Councilmember, Greg has served as the executive director of the Palm Springs
Youth Center, President of Cathedral City’s Rotary Club and Desert Business Association and board member
of United Cerebral Palsy of the Desert and the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy.
Greg received a BA from Azusa Pacific University in 1977.
Represents: Cathedral City
Director
Represents: Palmdale
Ernesto B. Villegas
Director at Large
Ernesto has been participating in Sister Cities since 1983 and is a member of the Baldwin Park Sister Cities Association where he serves as Vice-President.
He currently serves as: Mexico/US SC International Vice-President, Director of Mexico/US National Association, Director at Laredo of the US/Mexico SC Association, Rotary Club President in 1988-89 and Rotarian since 1984, member of the Board of Trustees for EMU High School District 1993-2002, named Citizen of the Year in 1997 by the EM/SEM Chamber of Commerce. Real Estate Professional since 1976 and owns andn operates Villegas Realty since 1982. He is married to Bertha; daughters: Maritza, Marvella, and Vanessa.
Married with 4 children and 4 grandchildren. Presently serving as Director of the Upper San Gabriel Valley, Municipal Water District. Served 8 years as Director/President of Valley County Water District. Served as President of Baldwin Park/Tototlan Sister Cities for 5 years. Citizen of the year 2003, City of Baldwin Park. Former chair of the 57th District County Central Committee. 27 years with Southern California Edison.
Director at Large
Represents: El Monte / Zamora, Michoacan
Director at Large
Represents: Canoga Park / Taxco, Guerrero
