Candidates for the LBA board -- 2003

Full biographies of our nominees were mailed to Lake residents last month. Election will be at the Annual Meeting, at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Belvedere Elementary School on Columbia Pike at Whispering Lane. Here is a quick look at the nominees for the seven openings in the LBA Board:

URI ARKIN is a second-generation Barcrofter. His parents moved here in 1965. Uri purchased his house on Rusticway Lane in 1997 after graduating from William & Mary and the University of Miami law school. Uri works for the Arlington County Government in real estate acquisitions. At the Lake, Uri is a staff reporter for the new Lake Barcroft Newsletter. Off the Lake, he is an active charter member of both the Bethesda-Potomac Jaycees and Impact DC.

FRANK AUKOFER has served one term on the LBA board. He has served as membership chairman, then as publications chairman. He reorganized the LBA Newsletter in 2002 with a new staff of volunteers. Frank is a newspaperman, who retired in June 2000, after 40 years as a reporter and Washington Bureau Chief for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He was president of the National Press Club in 1978, and president and chairman (1980-1985) and current board member of the National Press Foundation.

JIM BRANHAM has been an active member of the community since his arrival at Lake Barcroft. When the J.E.B. Stuart Crew team lost its coach in 1995, he volunteered to coach the team and became head coach. Jim graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, and he has master's degrees in Engineering Administration from the University of Utah and in Information Science Technology from George Washington University. He works for Internosis, an IT consulting firm.

MAC CANTER has made his home in Lake Barcroft since 1981. He is a lawyer who specializes in representing non-profit organizations. Mac earned his bachelor's degree at Randolph-Macon College and master's degrees from Yale and GWU. He has served on the LBA Board for the past four years, has chaired the Legal Committee, and helped steer the board through a number of legal and tax related issues, including the formation of the Lake Barcroft Foundation and the Parcel A settlement.

DAVID DALE and his wife, Joann, live on Beachway Drive. David is Hospitality chairman of the Newcomers' Club and a member of the Research Committee studying the possibilities of a Lake Barcroft Community Center. He holds MBA and PhD degrees in management and has more than 35 years experience in real estate development and high technology. He has developed more than 18 real estate properties in the DC area, and directed the management of three automation firms.

REGINA DERZON moved to Grass Hill Terrace in June 1999. She has worked for non-profit associations for most of her career and is currently a consultant for Legal Services Corporation. She holds degrees in Business Administration, Business Education and Executive Management. She is active in her daughter's Brownie troop and in projects at the children's schools (Belvedere and Sleepy Hollow). Regina has been involved in the 4th of July fireworks and boat sticker & removal projects.

DAVID FELD is vice president of the LBA. He is also a past president of the LBA, a past chairman of the Environmental Quality committee and a past vice president of the Newcomers' Club. David was the Virginia State engineer for the USDA Rural Housing Service. He has a master's degree in water resource planning/engineering. He is president of Geese Peace, working for humane wildlife management practices, and president of FPS Solutions, a software development company.

STEVE KLEIN and his wife, Burma, have lived in Lake Barcroft since 1981. Steve has an MBA from the University of Chicago, and is employed by the Center for Naval Analyses, where he specializes in program planning and program management for the U.S. Marine Corps. Steve and his wife owned and managed Practical Computer, Inc., in Springfield for six years. He has been active on the Lake's Neighborhood Watch patrols.

JIM SEBOLKA and his wife Karin moved to Lakeview Drive in 1983. Jim holds a master's degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas A & M. Most of Jim's career has been in strategic planning and acquisition management of major U.S. military systems. He has also worked as a senior engineer for a large consulting firm, and three years ago formed his own consulting group. Jim helped charter the Afterburners at the Lake. He is currently chair of the Innovative Concepts Seniors program.

DICK SHRUM and his wife Meg moved to Lake Barcroft in 1985. He is a life-long water enthusiast, fisherman, and outdoorsman. Dick has participated in WID lake and fish management activities and in Newcomers' Club events. He recently re-committed his support to Neighborhood Watch patrols. He has volunteered at Belvedere and Glasgow and has two children attending Stuart High School. Dick retired from U.S. Civil Service in 1998 after 41 years, the last 21 with State Department.

MIKE SPIVEY and his family moved to Crosswoods Circle in 1998. From 1999 to 2001, Mike served as the president of the Lake Barcroft Newcomers' Club. Currently Mike is chairman of the Innovative Concepts sub-committee that is considering the possibility of developing a Lake Barcroft Community Center. He is a lawyer and a health care finance consultant, with degrees from the University of Chicago and Georgetown.

PETE WALKER and his family have been residents of Lake Barcroft since 1981. Pete is a Naval Academy graduate who served in the Navy for 27 years. Since retiring he has been employed by several firms providing services in the areas of ship repair, electronic commerce, and the environment. Pete is chairman of the LBA Security Committee. Previously, he was appointed to the LBA Board to complete the term of a member who left the Lake.

RICHARD WESTEBBE and his family moved to Lakeview in 1969. Richard graduated from Georgetown's Foreign Service School, did his graduate economics work at Harvard and was awarded Fulbright and Harvard Scholarships. He made his career in international development. He retired from the World Bank as lead economist on West Africa in l991. For more than 20 years, Richard has been on the board (and several times president) of Central Fairfax Services, helping handicapped adults.

DOREEN WILLIAMS came to Lake Barcroft nearly 30 years ago when she married the late Carrington Williams. She had been teaching political science at the Northern Virginia Community College, but left to join her husband in his legislative and political endeavors. When Carrington returned to his law practice, Doreen went to law school. She became an Assistant County Attorney before entering private practice. She primarily practiced family law, and retired in the fall.

- Compiled by Carol Donlan, Barcroft News Staff