Introducing Our Board of Directors

Diane Berreth is a leader in the education field and is the former Chief Planning and Policy Officer for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) in Alexandria, Virginia. ASCD is the largest professional development organization in U.S. education serving over 100,000 members. Diane led the Association's planning, policy, government relations, and public information work. She has international expertise in strategic planning and has initiated and guided strategic planning efforts for ASCD, its affiliates, and numerous not-for-profit organizations. She received her doctorate in education policy and leadership from Indiana University. 

Since moving to Orcas Island off the coast of Washington ten years ago, she has served as president of the Orcas Island Community Foundation and sits on several other boards. Diane also consults with non-profit boards both nationally and locally on planning and best board practices. 

Margie and her husband, Bill, have a long history with Orcas Island but 'officially' retired here about 5 years ago. “Community service has been an integral part of my life since high school,” Margie says. She is also currently Co-Treasurer (with her husband) of Emmanuel Parish Church in which they are very active, on the MAG (Music Advocacy Group) Board, and also on the Orcas Island Food Bank Board serving as Treasurer.

Carolyn Morrow Fiscus has lived full time on Orcas Island since May 2014 after retiring from Kaiser Permanente in Portland, Oregon, where she was a Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse Midwife with a practice divided between women’s health, maternity care, and delivering babies in the Kaiser hospitals. 

Before retraining to become a midwife in 1998, Carolyn had a fifteen-year career as a preservation specialist at Southern Illinois University, the Library of Congress, and finally Harvard University Libraries where she administered Harvard’s programs to preserve its library and archival collections. 

Carolyn and her husband Tom began coming to Orcas in 2005 and built their home here in 2010. Carolyn is a member of the San Juan County Human Services Advisory Board since 2014. In 2016 she trained as an EMT and joined Orcas Island Fire and Rescue. She was the prior board chair of the Orcas Community Resource Center. 

Steve Jung has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of New Mexico (1965 and 1967) and a PhD in educational research from Arizona State University (1969). He earned the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) designation from the international Institute of Internal Auditors in 1991. After 22 years of service, he retired in 2008 as Executive Director of Internal Audit and Institutional Compliance Emeritus at Stanford University and the Stanford University Medical Center. 

Steve currently serves on the Boards of the Orcas Island Community Foundation, the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, and the Orcas Community Resource Center. In the past, he has served as a member of the Coffelt Farm Stewards Board and the San Juan County Open Space Advisory Committee. 

Steve lives with his wife, Susan Lea McBain, and West Highland White Terrier, Pippin, near the Orcas Island hamlet of Olga. His hobbies generally involve hiking and travel.

Judy lives in Olga and serves as a senior partner in the DC-based law firm of James & Hoffman. During her 40-year career in labor law, Judy focused on issues such as the national fight to end growing income inequality, problems affecting women and immigrant workers, and the plight of low-wage workers. She has served on various boards of organizations committed to economic and social justice, such as the National Partnership for Women & Families, Alliance for Justice and American Constitution Society. She retired in 2017 as General Counsel of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). 

Over her law career, Judy served as legal counsel to several unions, including the United Auto Workers, AFSCME, Teamsters, and United Mine Workers. She graduated from Wellesley College and Northeastern University School of Law, and previously worked for the Frontier Nursing Service in Hyden, Kentucky. 

Judy and her husband, Don Stillman, a retired union activist and writer, have been coming to Orcas with their now-grown children, Scott and Sarah, for more than 35 years.

Like so many, Lisa's sojourn on Orcas began many years ago with the odd camping or boating stops during vacation. That eventually morphed into the purchase of her home and final move from Portland. 

Lisa's career has immersed her in the technology industry. As a serial entrepreneur she is a partner in a couple small companies: 376Tech providing consumer tech support on Orcas and IOJ Travel, providing group tour production services, primarily for travel to Europe. From time to time she also provides consulting services to tier one industry in software related decision processes. 

Orcas provided Lisa the opportunity to be of service to the non-profit sector. She was invited to serve on the OICF board in 2014, where she continues today. In her neighborhood, the Home Owners Association elected her as their president in 2013. In addition, Lisa has become a volunteer EMT with Orcas Island Fire and Rescue. She is also a board member for the volunteer fire association. 

One of the great things on Orcas is the opportunity to be involved in many different types of activities at once. For Lisa, this has included volunteering for lighting design for plays at Orcas Center and the Grange, facilitating workshops and evenings with the Labyrinth at Emmanuel, sitting in on the VRBO group meetings, and working with Rock Island during its start-up phase in marketing and advertising.