The Board of Directors
Larry Schlenoff (President)
Gary Harris (Vice President) has lived in Belmont for 26 years and has served as Chairman of its Planning Commission, City Council Member, Mayor and Chairman of the Mid-Peninsula Fire Protection District. Gary has served as Chairman of Kollage School for the Arts, a non-profit agency that provided art and music education in the public schools, as Chairman of the Computer Science Advisory Committee and founding Chairman of the College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Committee for Notre Dame de Namur University and as advisor and Board Member for the Center for Healthy Development, a non-profit agency that provided psychological counseling services for children and families referred by the Santa Clara County Family Courts. During Gary’s career, he worked for several high tech companies; his last position was Director, Mergers & Acquisitions for Adobe Systems. Gary holds BS and MS degrees in Physics from the University of Akron.
Lori Silverstein (Treasurer)
Regina Quigley (Secretary) has been involved in local community theatre since 2006. After a thirty year hiatus from stagecraft, she auditioned at Hillbarn and has now appeared in several musicals, and volunteered as an usher for several productions. A “near native” Californian, Regina and her family are long time San Mateo residents. By day, she is an Investment Consultant at TDAmeritrade.
She is actively engaged in her other “outside” hobbies: interior decorating and home staging. Regina has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English/Creative Writing from the State University of New York.
Christine Krolik (Past President) is immediately past Mayor for the Town of Hillsborough. She recently served as Finance Director for CA State Senator Jackie Speier’s campaign for Lieutenant Governor, then as Senator Speier’s District Director. Previously, Ms. Krolik co-chaired the 2002 Measure B Bond campaign for the Town of Hillsborough, and was co-chair of Hillsborough Concours, a fund-raising organization for the Hillsborough City School District. Prior to that, Ms. Krolik worked in professional theatre as an actor, director and producer in San Francisco and New York City. She holds a BA in English and Theatre Arts from Arcadia University, and is a graduate of the conservatory at Circle-in-the-Square School of the Theatre.
Norman Book (Director)
Linda Koelling (Director) is a 39 year resident of Foster City. She served on the Foster City Council from 2003-2011 and served as Mayor in 2006 and again in 2011. She was born and raised in San Francisco, has been married for 40 years, and has three children and four grand children. Linda received Bachelor of Science Degree in Parks and Recreation Management from California State University, Hayward in 1971. She was a Recreation Supervisor for the City of Burlingame and a member of the California Parks and Recreation Society. Linda completed a leadership studies program and graduated in 2003 from the San Mateo-Foster City Chamber of Commerce Leadership. An advocate for high quality education, she was the founder of the original Kids Connection private preschool and elementary school in Foster City. Her involvement in the community spans over a variety of interests including her devotion to the various sports organizations as well as PTA. Linda was President of Pony/Colt Baseball for 2 years and created and coordinated a girl’s softball league. She was a member and chair of the Foster City Parks and Recreation Committee for several years and instrumental in developing a number of parks in the City. While on the City Council she represented Foster City on key San Mateo County Boards and Committees and also served as President of the Peninsula Division of the League of California Cities. She was the League’s Division Campaign Chair to pass State Proposition 22 and recently co-authored a City initiative to increase the TOT tax that overwhelmingly passed by the voters. Linda is a board member of the San Mateo/Foster City Leadership Studies, Foster City’s Hillbarn Theatre and the foster City Chamber of commerce. She is also a member of Board of the San Mateo County chapter of California Women Lead. She now wants to play a more active role in management consulting and provide leadership that will serve in the best interest of her community.
Deborah Wilder (Director) is the former Mayor of Foster City and served on the City Council for 8 years. Deborah is a longtime fan of Hillbarn and a season subscriber. While Deborah admits singing and acting are not her forte, she did spend nearly 20 years taking dance. Having taken ballet, tap, jazz and Polynesian dancing, her favorite remains tap dancing. A little known fact is that she worked her way through law school as a dance instructor. In 2000 some of you may have seen her in a tap duo number with T. Jack Foster Jr. for Hillbarn’s Raising the Roof fundraiser.
