About

John Agnew

A retired businessman with a broad background, John Agnew served as general manager of worldwide operations for the Microsoft Network, director of executive and management development at Microsoft, and executive director for information resources, human resources and quality assurance for US West Cellular. He also was a founding board member of Beacon Development Group, one of the state of Washington’s most respected developers of affordable housing, now owned by HumanGood. Agnew holds his doctorate in the design and evaluation of educational programs with a minor focused on data analytics and business from Stanford University.

Donna Benton

Donna Benton is an associate research professor of gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, as well as the director of the USC Family Caregiver Support Center/Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center. She has more than 30 years of experience in working to improve services and support to persons with dementia. She received her graduate training in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology and was a gero-psychological postdoctoral fellow at USC/Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center.

Mary Bihr

Mary Bihr is a business executive who oversaw worldwide sales and marketing for LucasArts, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd., where she grew the startup operation to revenues in excess of several hundred million dollars and established the Star Wars and Indiana Jones brands in interactive entertainment. After more than 20 years of service, she retired and is now active on several boards and charitable institutions. She conducted her undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Ken Bose

Ken Bose is an accomplished nonprofit executive and a long-serving Harborview Properties board member. Under his leadership, the board partnered with HumanGood in overseeing a multi-million-dollar transformation of the community into one positioned to serve generations of seniors for many years to come.

Walter J. Clarke

Walter J. Clarke has held policy development and operational-level management positions, working with property developers, investors and major lending institutions, as well as local, state and federal agencies involved in financing and producing housing for a broad spectrum of the population of Los Angeles. He retired from the Los Angeles Housing Department in 2004 after serving as a division chief; director of citywide housing services for the elderly and low- and moderate-income owners and tenants; directed the citywide commercial area and mixed-use housing interface program; and served as senior planner for the County of Los Angeles Area Agency on Aging. He received his master’s degrees in business administration and urban planning and development from Pepperdine University, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the City College of New York.

Albert W. Kelley

Al Kelley joined the be.group Board of Directors in 2008 and became its chair in 2011. Kelley’s career spanned 37 years in commercial bank lending to large national and international companies. He received his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Southern California and his bachelor’s degree from California Western University.

Bruce Laycook, Chair

Bruce Laycook previously served as vice chair on the ABHOW Board of Directors. He is an IT consultant with more than 30 years of experience in information systems in the health care industry. Laycook received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Redlands. He is a lifetime member of the First Baptist Church of Redlands.

Gloria Meads, Secretary

Gloria Meads is a licensed registered nurse working in several health-related fields, including the medial/surgical field as an evening supervisor at Merritt Hospital in Oakland. She also has worked in the public health and psychiatric areas of health services. Meads earned her master’s degree in nursing from the University of California, San Francisco, and her RN and bachelor’s degree in nursing from Columbia University.

Lynn Melby

Lynn Melby is a principal of a company that manages community associations and, therefore, knows how to expertly run productive board meetings. He was instrumental in facilitating the donation of land by Good Shepherd Baptist Church, which made possible the dream that is Shepherd's Garden. He recently stepped down as chair of Shepherd's Garden but remains as board member.

Mike Reynolds

Mike Reynolds is a long-time Plymouth Village board member, keenly familiar with senior-housing issues in the San Bernardino area. Reynolds also is the current board chair of Redlands Senior Housing and Redlands Senior Housing II.

Sue Roderick

Sue Schock Roderick has worked in the field of aging and senior services for more than 40 years. She has experience in long-term health care, mental health, senior living, recreation, education and training. As a consultant on aging with the state Department on Aging, she was responsible for establishment of the statewide information and referral network for seniors. Early on in her career, Roderick was responsible for establishing local commissions on aging in areas not yet serving older persons. Prior to her retirement, Roderick was senior vice president and chief administrative officer for ABHOW. She received her doctorate and master’s degree in public administration from the University of Southern California, as well as master’s and bachelor’s degrees from San Jose State University. Roderick also maintains a lifetime secondary education teaching credential.

Randall L. Stamper, Vice Chair

The previous chair of the Cornerstone and ABHOW boards of directors, Randy Stamper brings unique expertise to the organization, providing counsel on CCRC financing and planning. As the former managing partner with Stamper Rubens, P.S., a law firm in Spokane, Washington, his practice was 90 percent health care-related. Stamper is a member of the Spokane County, Washington State, Idaho State and American bar associations and authorized to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He has served on the board and as general counsel for the Inland Northwest Council, Boy Scouts of America. He is a former board member of St. George’s School, a private K–12 school in Spokane and a former board member of the Shrine Hospital in Spokane. He has served on several other boards and was active in numerous community service organizations in Spokane. He recently relocated to Boise, Idaho. Stamper holds a law degree from the University of Notre Dame and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Idaho.

Bob Crist

Mr. Crist has more than 40 years of experience in professional management consulting and in senior executive positions. Over the course of his career, Mr. Crist has consulted with more than 200 organizations in various industries. His positions included serving as Chief Financial and Operating Officer for Community Health Plan of Washington, and 23 years as a partner with the international accounting and consulting firm of Ernst & Young, most recently as the partner in charge of services to both the health care and natural resources industries. In this role, several of his clients were retirement communities. In the final years of his professional career he served as Chief Administrative Officer of Bellevue Presbyterian Church, a 4000 member congregation. Mr. Crist has a long and continuous commitment to serving not for profit organizations.
 
These include serving as Board Chair of Emerald Communities and each of its related facilities, Emerald Heights and Heron's Key, Samaritan Health Services, and the Learning Disability Association of Washington. Furthermore, he has served as Board Treasurer of Eastside Catholic High School, Jubilee Reach, the John 14:2 Foundation, the Health Care Purchasers Association, and the Agros Foundation. He also served on the investment committee of the national Presbyterian Church (USA.) Foundation. Other Board positions include Medical Teams International, the Legacy Foundation and the Health Care Financial Management Association. Mr. Crist is a graduate of the University of Redlands with a degree in Economics.