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| About Eve's Place |
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| Eve's Place is a non-profit agency that serves victims of domestic violence in Surprise, Arizona and the surrounding communities.
Eve's Place filed its Articles of Incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission in March 2004. After developing an initial plan for growth, finding an office, beginning support groups and expanding the number of board members, the agency acquired 501(c)3 non-profit status from the Internal Revenue Service in January 2005.
Since that time Eve's Place obtained a Business and Professional License from the City of Surprise and has been growing ever since.
The end of 2005 saw an exciting opportunity to obtain a
residence to fill the need for a crisis shelter in our area-so
we jumped at the chance. Since we opened our doors,
the Safe House has provided over 3,000 bednights of safety
to women and children. |
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| Board of Directors |
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| Margaret (Marge) Pruitt Clark, PhD - Founder |
Marge Clark, the first President of the Eve's Place has had an eclectic career. After receiving her PhD in sociology she taught at several universities in the Washington D.C. area before moving to Brunswick, ME and teaching at Bowdoin College. After she left academia, she worked as a divorce mediator and a volunteer lobbyist. She was elected to three terms in the Maine House of Representatives, serving on the Human Resources Committee.
While in the House, she worked as the Executive Director for the Adolescent Pregnancy Coalition. In 1992 she became the CEO of Advocates for Youth, a Washington D.C. based advocacy organization. Since moving to Arizona, she has worked as a realtor for Ken Meade Realty.
Marge has a long history of working for women. She was Maine state coordinator and national "small state" coordinator for the National Organization for Women, and has served on the boards of the Family Planning Association, the Maine Women's Fund, and at the Arlington (VA) Home for Recovering Women. She is one of the contributors to the "Woman's Watch" column that appears monthly in the Daily News Sun.
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| Velda K. King - President |
Ms. King is an experienced Publishing and marketing executive with a background in accounting and finance. She is the owner and C.E.O. of Publishers Management Corp., a niche marketing and publishing company, and also the president of Double K Publishing Inc., a marketing company specializing in investment companies. She is also on the Board of Directors for several other Corporations.
Ms. King is married to Ron King, who is also very active in Eve's Place. She has two sons and three grandchildren. |
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| Vernadene Loveland - Secretary |
Vernadene Loveland was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada before moving to the United States in 1973.
She retired from Luke Air Force Base (where she was Civilian of the Year in 1998) where she assisted military families at the Family Support Center. Since her retirement in 2000 she has been a community activitist in both the military and civilian communities. |
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| Leatha Martin - Cimarron Spa |
Leatha Martin is a native of California. She moved to Arizona in 2006 and is the owner of Cimarron Day Spa in Sun City Grand which opened in April 2003.
Leatha is a certified yoga instructor and massage therapist. Leatha spent three years in Saudi Arabia. She is the President –Elect for Soroptimist International, Valley of the Sun and very active in the West Valley Chamber of Commerce, where she is active in many committees including the annual Spring Fundraiser, the ADA committee, POWER Women in Business and chairing the Safety Committee.
Leatha is married to Steve Martin and has one daughter and two grandchildren. She enjoys traveling, reading and painting but most of all her grandchildren. |
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| Dorothea Boothe - Board Member |
Dorothea Boothe is a seasoned printing/public affairs specialist for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. She serves as a key media relations liaison and buyer of printed materials, including high profile brochures, maps and promotional products. Dorothea brings a wealth of communications experience and special events planning to the board.
Previously, Dorothea served on the boards of the Epilepsy Foundation of Arizona and Valley Youth Theatre. She is also a member of the Black Board of Directors Project, an advanced leadership program in Phoenix, Ariz.
A native Washingtonian (DC), Dorothea relocated to Arizona in 1992, and hasn't looked back. She is married with one child. She enjoys theatre, writing, community service and family vacations. |
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| Mary Lou Stevens - Vice President |
Mary Lou Stevens is the President of Perpetual Marketing, Inc., which specializes in promotional products. Perpetual Marketing, Inc. is a Certified Woman Owned Business, Small Business Enterprise and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise through the City of Phoenix and Maricopa County. It is also a member of the Peoria Chamber of Commerce and the Buckeye Chamber of Commerce and has served on the Board of Directors for the Buckeye Chamber for 2 years as Secretary of the Board.
Mary Lou is a member of the Board of Directors for Sun Valley Lodge in Sun City, Arizona, a member of the Business & Professional Women's Group for the past 7 years, holding offices of President in 2002, Program Chairman, and currently is Vice President for 2005/2006. She is former President of the White Tanks Rotary Club and is also a Licensed Distributor of the Rotary International products through her business. She is also a member of Human Service Professionals West, a member of the West Valley Business Connections networking group, a member of E-Women Network, and she is a member of the Dynamite Dolls Red Hat Society in Sun City, Arizona. |
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| Jewel Melin, CMA - Treasurer |
Jewel Melin has lived in Peoria since 2002. She moved to AZ after retiring from 3M Corporation as a Financial Manager. She is a Certified Management Accountant and served as Treasurer for Eve's Place for the first two years of the board's existence. Jewel enjoys golf and traveling.
She spends several weeks each summer traveling back to MN and WI to visit family and friends. |
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The Reverend Barbara Bengtson
Associate Pastor - Lord of Life Lutheran Church |
Rev. Barbara A. Bengtson is a graduate of Arizona State University and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. She earned her Masters in Divinity degree in 1993 and has served as a pastor for the past 14 years. She is currently Associate Pastor at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Sun City West where she has served since 1997 with an emphasis on care ministries.
Prior to her seminary education, Rev. Bengtson worked at Good Samaritan Medical Center and Phoenix Children’s Hospital in the pediatric residency training program for 16 years. She is a native of Fargo, North Dakota and has lived in Arizona since the age of 13. She was on the Board of Directors of a Safe House in Safford, Arizona in its early stages and is committed to raising awareness about the tragedy of domestic violence through her work on the Board of Directors of Eve’s Place. |
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| David Lesnick - Board Member |
David Lesnick is a Certified Financial Planner and Principal of Sound Advice Financial Planning with offices in Goodyear, Arizona. Mr. Lesnick has been helping clients to realize their financial goals since 1978. He specializes in retirement and estate planning, and serves a diverse client base from young couples just starting out to great-grandparents.
Mr. Lesnick is a member of and has served on the board of directors of the Phoenix chapter of the Financial Planning Association, and has served on various industry boards for more than 12 years. David is a member of Rotary International, and serves on the board of directors for the White Tanks Rotary Club, District 5490. He also serves on the board of managers for the West Valley YMCA.
David's passions include hiking, oil painting, and spending time with his grandchildren. He and his wife Barbara have three children and eight grandchildren, five of which live in the greater Phoenix area. |
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| Herme Sherry - Board Member |
Herme grew up the oldest of 7 children, in a small town in the central valley of California. Married to Ken, her high school sweetheart, she has 3 children, 6 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and 6 surrogate grandchildren. Living in California for most of her life, she moved to Arizona in 1986 from Sacramento, California.
She was crowned “Ms. Senior Arizona” in February 2004, and with the help of the Ms. Senior Arizona Organization, she organized and chaired the very first Annual Alzheimer’s Black Tie “Cameo Ball” in January 2005. She continues to serve as Co-Chairman of the Annual Alzheimer’s Ball. She is the Ms. Senior Arizona Pageant Media Director as well as the Media Director for the Ms. Senior Arizona Follies Variety Shows and for the Arizona Cameo Club. She serves on the Alzheimer’s Central Arizona Region Development Committee and logged over 2000 hours of volunteer work in 2006 for the Alzheimer’ Association Desert Southwest Chapter.
She currently spends many hours performing with the Arizona Cameo Club “Ladies of Elegance” in Assisted Living and Care Homes, hospitals, and various community organizations. |
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LOCAL 24 HOUR CRISIS HOTLINE: 623-537-5380 | NATIONAL HOTLINE: 1-800-799-7233 | IN AN EMERGENCY DIAL 911
Eve's Place | P.O. Box 8331 | Surprise, Arizona 85374
© 2006 Eve's Place. All Rights Reserved. Eve's Place is a non-profit 501(c)(3) agency. |
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