A little about the Progressive Operatives (l-r):

Cari Marshall
has been an arts professional for more than
15 years. She and her husband, fellow progressive operative
Eric de Valpine, have lived in Long Beach since 2000

Donna Hilbert is a poet and writer whose latest book is
Traveler in Paradise: New and Selected Poems, Pearl
Editions, 2004. She has lived in Long Beach since 1998.
Read more about Donna at
www.donnahilbert.com.

Eric de Valpine was a founder of the Social Responsibility
Initiative at the Paul Merage School of Business, University
of California, Irvine, and now serves as Director of Finance at
E22.
Click here to read more about the Social
Responsibility Initiative.

Tere Sievers - originally a Jersey Girl - moved in 1971 to
Long Beach, where she and her husband Ron raised their
two daughters. A long-time volunteer and community
activist, she works as a Marriage and Family Therapist in
private practice.

Lenore Brown, who has lived in Long Beach for over 20
years, is a Marriage and Family Therapist. She and her
husband Don (an active PDP member) are recent “empty-
nesters” whose daughter attends Stanford University.

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