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 2025 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. This is her second term as BPC Vice President.
Lisa Holly, Secretary
Lisa and her husband Rick moved to the Village of Oak Creek from the Phoenix area in 2020 after she retired from American Express. Her career spanned over 38 years starting in Finance and then moved to Software Engineering. They also spend time in Dolores, CO at their summer home throughout the year. Lisa serves as Treasurer for both the Yavapai Firewise Organization and the La Barranca II HOA and volunteers for the Healing Consciousness Foundation in support of people going through breast cancer journeys. In the rest of her free time, she likes to hike, paddle board, river raft and spend lots of time with her 3 grandchildren, ages 11, 9 and 4 who also live in the Village of Oak Creek.
Carol Murphy, Treasurer
Carol is originally from California, San Fernando Valley. She has lived in the Village for 4 years. Carol volunteers one day a week at Twice Nice and has served at Coffee with a Vet once a month at the Sedona Library. In California she served as Treasurer in the Burbank Junior Woman’s Club, and for the Glendale Youth Orchestra.
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.