Executive Board
The Big Park Regional Coordinating Council (Big Park Council or BPC) is an Arizona non-profit corporation. The Council of Representatives (Council) serves as the corporation’s Board of Directors. The Council is comprised of Representatives appointed by the corporation’s Member Organizations. Each Member Organization’s Representative has one vote and must be present at a meeting to cast that vote. There is no proxy voting. The Council is the decision maker and approval authority of the corporation.
Each year, the Council elects an Executive Board to handle the day-to-day administration of the corporation and authority is delegated to them to allow this to happen. There are 5 members of the Executive Board. 4 Officers (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer) and the Immediate Past President.
The 2024 Executive Board is comprised of the following individuals.
Susan Barber, President
Susan and her husband Jerry purchased their home in the Village of Oak Creek in December 2018. They were living on their sailing catamaran in the Caribbean since leaving corporate careers in the Seattle area in 2010. On their 2018 summer road trip, they drove through the area for the first time, and immediately knew it would be the perfect place for their next home base. When not working in their small business, they enjoy adventure travel by land, sea and air. Prior to retiring from corporate life, Susan held senior management and executive roles in four different industries.
Pat Robles, Vice President
Pat and her husband Marty Robles moved from Freeport, Maine to the Village in the summer of 2021 after wintering in Green Valley, AZ for many years. Pat worked in executive positions for the National Wildlife Federation in Washington D.C. and for L.L.Bean in Maine. Pat has served on several non-profit boards over the years focusing both on the environment and social services. She is looking forward to helping the Council fulfill its mission to serve the residents of the Village.
Mary Pope, Secretary
Mary and her husband Neil Pope became full time Village residents in 2002. Mary retired as Worldwide Director of Graphics and Trademark for the Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies and is a retired NJ attorney. She has served on several non-profit and Sedona City boards over the years and is enjoying her fourth and final term as Secretary for the Big Park Council
Patricia (Patty) Reski, Treasurer
After teaching chemistry for 35 years in the Minnesota/North Dakota area at both university and high school levels, Patty left for the Caribbean for eight years, thence to Arizona in 2006, and to the Village in 2014.She works with other Sedona nonprofits, has represented Firecliff Community Association for several years, and has been BPC Treasurer since March 2021.
John Wichert, Immediate Past President
John and Laurie Wichert moved to the Village of Oak Creek from Lake Oswego, Oregon in early 2021 after vacationing in the Sedona area several times. John’s career includes practice as an obstetrician/gynecologist in Galesburg, IL, twenty years as Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Michigan State University, and practice on Kauai and on the Oregon coast.