People

Board of Directors

Loretta O'Brien, DC

Loretta O'Brien, Board President, Project Director and Garden Manager - Loretta has been the Garden Manager and a part of the Pacifica Gardens leadership since it broke ground in 2008. She was a member of the original design team in 2006 and a founding member of the advisory board. Loretta has been an avid gardener for most of her life having grown up with annual backyard vegetable gardens. She has urban gardening training in Permaculture Design from S.F. Botanical Gardens and Biointensive Mini-Farming from Ecology Action (Willits, CA). She was a founding member of the Coastside Edible Garden Club in 2004. Loretta has a BA in Philosophy, a Doctorate in Chiropractic and was a professor at Life West Chiropractic College.

Marj Davis

Marj Davis, Board Treasurer/Business Manager - Marj has been a resident of Pacifica for over 30 years. She shares a love of nature and the outdoors with stewardship of the environment. She returned to Pacifica Gardens leadership as the Treasurer in Fall 2019. Marj is an avid gardener and has extensive experience in non-profit management having served in the past as President and Treasurer of Pacifica's Environmental Family. Marj is also a Board Member at the Pacifica Resource Center, a member of Tree City Pacifica, and is a founding member of Pacifica Gardens. She has a BS in Business Management.

Fred Bové

Fred Bové, Board Secretary - Fred is a lifelong gardener. During his tenure as Education Director at the SF Botanical Garden, he facilitated the first Permaculture Certification course in San Francisco and taught permaculture design classes at UC Berkeley Extension. Fred was a founding member of the Corona Heights Community Garden, and has volunteered at the Tenderloin Peoples’ Garden, Alemany Farm, and Double Rock Garden among others. Fred has been a UC Master Gardener since 2007.

Ann Mason, LCSW

Ann Mason, Board Member, Volunteer Coordinator and Education Program Manager - Ann was born and raised in the Bay Area and has lived in Pacifica, CA for over 15 years. She has been part of the Pacifica Gardens project from its inception and loves dirt. In the past, Ann has served on the Pacifica Gardens Board as the CEO, and is currently the garden's Volunteer Coordinator. She received her MSW from UC Berkeley and is a clinical social worker in private practice in San Mateo.

Debbie Kane

Debbie Kane, Board Member

Past Leadership

Pacifica Gardens is grateful to these individuals for their past leadership:



Volunteers

Some of Our Volunteers - Past & Present

AmeriCorps NCCC

During March 8-20, 2015, AmeriCorps NCCC - Green Team 5 helped to implement a large infrastructure project at Pacifica Gardens.

Alicia (California) 

Ariana (Texas) 

Daniel (Tennessee)

James (Oregon) 

Joshua (Maine) 

Kaitlyn (Illinois)

Kevin (Missouri) 

Laura (Colorado) 

Miesha (Wash, DC)

Thomas (North Carolina)