Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is the club's leadership and governmental body. The board meets once a month to discuss issues at hand and make decisions that benefit the club. We are always looking for volunteers to help out with club duties and/or people interested in joining the board of directors to help nurture and grow the Ladera running community. If you would like to sit in on the general session of the meeting or have an idea or concern you would like to address to the board at the monthly meeting, please email laderalegs@cox.net.

2007 Board Members

Jodi Miller – President – Running Director
Jena Schuster – Treasurer
Shannon Lowe – Communications Director
Jessica Hendrix – Training Director
Jen Fischel – Membership Director
Charlie Nickell – New Member Director (recruiter)

We have a great story to tell about how we got started. One day I got an idea to run a half marathon. I decided to recruit some friends to make it more enjoyable and to be able to share in the pain. An email went out to a group of 100 women to see if I had any takers. I was pleasantly surprised with the response and five girls from this group joined me and a couple of their friends too. Most of us had never run more than a few miles. We joined team in training and trained with an amazing group of people. We had to rely on one another through 4 months of early morning runs and by being accountable to each other we turned into runners and not only ran an average of 10 to 15 miles per week but finished a half marathon. We looked forward to running and being together as we participated and trained for our first race, so that is why we formed this group. We want people to have others to count on others to rely on and a group to look forward to being with. It may be for a mid day walk or training for something they never thought possible and sharing it with new friends.

Jodi Miller