President – Greg Peck

Greg is a retired Engineering Manager and worked as an employee of several Silicon Valley tech companies since 1965. He has lived in Los Paseos neighborhood since 1973 as original owner. Greg is a Board member (Secretary, Videographer and Newsletter) of Silicon Valley Woodturners, svwoodturners.com. He is the Vice-Chair of the District 10 Leadership Coalition, sjd10leadership.org . He is President of the San Jose All District Leadership Group. His wife, Joan, was a Board member of Live Oak Foundation in Morgan Hill for 30 years. Greg’s interests include woodturning, gardening with native plants, and photography of flowers and clouds.

Vice President – Karen Lattin

Karen has lived in Los Paseos for 20 years with her husband, Wayne. They have a 17 year old son who is a senior at Ann Sobrato High School. Karen works as an Office Manager & Executive Admin for a nonprofit in the Social Services sector. Prior to moving to Los Paseos, she worked as an office manager for a nearby family-owned manufacturing software company and before that was an IT Manager for an investment banking firm in Foster City. Besides involvement with LPNA, Karen is also active advocating for solutions to San Jose’s housing crisis and homelessness, as well as advocating for the Los Paseos community as a member of the California High Speed Rail’s San Jose Community Working Group and is a graduate of Green Foothill’s CALA (Community Advocacy Leadership Academy). She serves on the Community Advisory Committee for the two EIH sites (Emergency Interim Housing) in the vicinity of Los Paseos. Karen’s other interests include kayaking, camping, hiking, biking on her e-bike, photography, art and crafts.

Treasurer – Barbara Canup (gardener@lospaseosneighbors.com)

Barbara is a retired Certified Public Accountant and worked for Silicon Valley tech companies as an employee and a consultant. She has lived in Los Paseos for more than 25 years. For LPNA, she manages the bank and San Jose grant relationships and heads the native plant garden project in Los Paseos Park. Barbara is also a member of San Jose RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service) and has received CERT training. Her other interests include travel, archaeology, and Mediterranean and Indian cooking

Secretary – Lynne Steele

Lynne, a San Jose native, is a retired marketing manager, graphic artist and book production editor. Lynne and husband, Jerry, have lived on Avenida Espana for more than 30 years, raising a son and a daughter. Lynne and Jerry were both active members of Home and School Club at both Los Paseos and Encinal. Lynne currently volunteers for Vitas HealthCare, Assistance League of Los Gatos/Saratoga and Christmas in the Park. Lynne’s other interests include reading, sewing and traveling.

Member at Large – Alan Chan

Alan is a business owner/entrepreneur/consultant specializing in Information Technologies (IT) with an emphasis on Systems and Networking, Security, and Surveillance. Since 1995 his efforts focused on assisting individuals and Fortune 500 businesses alike select and implement budget effective solutions. When not engaged in business operations, he volunteers his skills to various non-profits.

Member at Large – Herb Bowen

Herb has lived in the Los Paseos community since 1983. He spent most of his career working for IBM. During his career at IBM, he supported the local schools by installing computer labs and internet infrastructure.

In the past five years Herb has been focusing on the Los Paseos community and Los Paseo Park, renovating the picnic area, and updating lighting throughout the park, working with the Parks Department to maintain and upgrade the park. He has recruited the local community and churches to help in this effort. He also supports LPNA and District 2 and 10 events.

He has started SJNCERT to support the San Jose CERT community with the mission in recruiting training emergency preparedness throughout the city. SJNCERT.org is a nonprofit to help the city’s Office of Emergency Management prepare our neighborhoods.