Rancho Bernardo Community Council 2008-2009

Jay Riordan was born in Chicago and moved to San Diego as a small child in 1968. In 1987 Jay started his own business, Dream Design Builders, a national award winning company which specializes in residential remodeling and is located in Rancho Bernardo. Jay has been very involved in his industry and served two terms as President of the San Diego Chapter of NARI (National Association of the Remodeling Industry). He is currently Chairman of the Board. Jay is a CR (Certified Remodeler) contractor through NARI and a CGR (Certified Graduate Remodeler) through the NAHB (National Association of Home Builders). In 1990 he married Brenda, the love of his life, and soon afterwards had two sons Patrick and Christopher. Brenda is proud to be a 4th generation Californian and has been very involved with their children’s school. Both boys are outstanding students and attend school in Rancho Bernardo. Jay and his family have lived and worked in Rancho Bernardo since 1997. Jay has recently graduated from CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) and he is looking for other ways to benefit his community. As a new member of the community council he is looking forward to giving back to the community that has already given him so much.

I am a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. My education includes a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and a MBA from the Harvard Business School. During World War II, I served in the Navy and was recalled in 1950 to serve during the Korean Emergency.

My work career includes serving on the staff of the General Manager of the Westinghouse Bettis Nuclear Power Division and as a Manufacturing Engineer with the Lockheed Aircraft Company. Later I had executive positions with a trouser manufacturer, a custom drapery manufacturer, Ames Department Stores and Action Industries, a distributor of Housewares and Hardware products.
In 1982, Rena and I moved to San Diego and I started a bookkeeping practice which was expanded to include preparation of income taxes. I sold the practice in 1996 but continue to work part time with the company.

My Community involvement included serving on the Board of Directors of the Marbella HOA, the Oaks North Community Center and Ner Tamid Synagogue. Currently, I am Treasurer of the Bernardo Concert Association and serve on the Rancho Bernardo Community Planning Board.

My wife and I have enjoyed living in Rancho Bernardo for the past 22 years. I have worked with the various Community organizations to try to maintain the Rancho Bernardo life style. In return, I have met many dedicated and hard working residents who share the same objective.

Moving from the Chicago area in 1984 brought Hal & Alethea together with their family … we started as six and are now nineteen. We choose RB as ‘our new Hometown’. Our oldest daughter Dawn Walter owns a private law firm in downtown San Diego …Gayle Grider is Counselor at Vista High School … Diane Jones is Head Nurse of Recovery Room at Alvarado Hospital … John Altenbern owns his Farmer’s Insurance Agency in Carlsbad. Their twenty-three years of college education has paid dividends. My Chicago career involved part-time office work at insurance and real estate offices. Upon arrival to RB, I enrolled in ROP computer courses. This skill lead me to part-time office administration work at two insurance agencies and six years at a Vista manufacturing firm. I then was employed as Office Manager for the RB Continuing Education Center for eleven years under the direction of seven different presidents. Now CEC-RB is an all volunteer program; I am the Volunteer Coordinator and a Member-at-large on their Board and have been the ’RB Alive’ Coordinator for CEC-RB for many years. I am currently in my fifth year on the RB Community Council… Corresponding Secretary for two years and Maintenance Assessment District Chairman for one year (which strives to keep RB beautiful) and continue to be a member of MAD and also the Traffic/Transportation Committee. I also became a volunteer for SHOK (Seniors Helping our Kids) four years ago. Additional activities are proofreading for two RB organizations - Co-chair five Fourth of July parade floats – Member of the Freedom Club – Neighborhood Watch - Senior Services volunteer – Pathway of Pride – Historical Society Board – my husband and I were ticket chairman for ‘Twilight Concert on the Green’. RB has certainly given us a happy ‘American Home’. It has been an honor to give my time and abilities to the Community. It is my intent to continue to do so.

Beverly Judge is an eight-year resident of Rancho Bernardo. She is a graduate of Albert Einstein Medical Center School of Nursing in Philadelphia and holds a certification in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.

Beverly practiced nursing in four states prior to moving to San Diego and has received recognition in each of them for nursing excellence and her advocacy for the mentally ill. In 2004 she received special recognition for excellence in Direct Practice from the San Diego Psychiatric Nursing Society. She was also Nurse of the Year at Aurora Behavioral Health Care that same year. She continues to practice at Aurora.

She worked to reform divorce laws and joint custody awards while living in Pennsylvania and has been active in political issues and campaigns. She has been active in volunteer organizations and received an Outstanding Volunteer award from the Jimmy Fund-Red Sox Organizations while living in Boston. She received a Community Appreciation Award for volunteering in the RB Independence Day Celebration in 2007.

Beverly has a son, Chris; a daughter, Kelly; a son-in-law, Tom; and a granddaughter, Caitlin; all of whom live in Los Angeles. She attributes her interest in giving back to the community to her husband Marty’s years of countless volunteer activities and the positive impact they have made in Rancho Bernardo. She wants to continue to make this community a desirable and safe place to live. She is an avid Chargers fan with the hope they will find a home in a new stadium in San Diego.

Michele Stitzel

Steven M. DeMatteo is a native of Buffalo, NY and was raised in Coral Springs, FL.

Steve graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, earning a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. During this time, he studied abroad at Cambridge University in England and the London School of Economics as part of the Institute of Political Economics. In 2006, he earned a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in Advanced Finance and Management from the University of South Florida.

Following graduation from Tulane, Steve was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps and reported to Quantico, VA for assignment to The Basic School. Steve received his “Wings of Gold” as a Naval Aviator on December 18, 1998 and was designated a CH-53E Helicopter Pilot. He then reported to MCAS Miramar, San Diego, CA for assignment to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, “The Flying Tigers”, where he deployed several times out of Southern California. Following the events of September 11, 2001, Steve deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and flew combat missions out of forward operating bases prosecuting Taliban and Al Qaeda targets. In January 2003, Steve deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom where he monitored and planned combat operations and managed the Group Battle Staff.

Following his second combat tour, Steve served as the first Marine Officer Instructor/Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida NROTC Unit in Tampa, Florida. During this tour, he recruited, trained and instructed over 200 Midshipmen, preparing them for commissions and careers in the United States Navy and Marine Corps.

As a Marine Officer and Aviator, Steve attained the rank of Major and still serves in the Individual Ready Reserve. He has been awarded the Air Medal (w/ three flight sortie device), the Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal (Gold star in lieu of 2nd award), the Navy/Marine Corp Achievement Medal (Gold star in lieu of 2nd award), the Combat Action Ribbon, the Presidential Unit Citation, the Humanitarian Service Medal, and numerous unit and campaign awards.

Steve has been working in the Rancho Bernardo office of Smith Barney since April 2007. He has earned his Series 7 and 66 registrations as well as his life insurance license.

Steve is married to the former Kristine Walker of Norco, California. They have two boys, Nicholas Steven and Dylan Edward.