Board of Directors

Meet the Leadership of the Association.

All Board members are residents of Cheviot Hills and serve voluntarily without compensation.

The Association, through its elected Board of Directors, addresses various community issues, including:

Encroaching development, crime and safety, and traffic.
Supporting beautification projects and neighborhood gatherings.
Support for local schools, police, and firefighters.
Maintaining close relationships with elected officials at the federal, state, county, and city levels who make decisions that affect our way of life in Cheviot Hills.

You don’t have to be a Board member to join our committees. If you want to help us preserve the special qualities of Cheviot Hills, contact us or come to a board meeting and get involved.

Board meetings are open to all residents of Cheviot Hills. There is a General Meeting at least once a year that is open to all residents within the CHNA boundaries. Only paid Association members may cast votes.

Read the lastest announcements for more information.

Read past Agendas & Minutes.

The Board of Directors meets the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Check the announcements for the location.

Residents are encouraged to attend if they have questions or concerns. If you would like an issue to be discussed during the Board meeting, please contact us.

The CHNA Board of Directors

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Bob Keehn

President

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Jim Gilbert

Vice President

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Marty Bischoff

Treasurer

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Cindy Kane

Secretary

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Gigi Decavalles- Hughes

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Renée Dernburg

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Ellen Doyle

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Margaret Gillespie

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Steve Herman

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Michael Mandel

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Marcie Newby

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Andrew Oelz

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Greg Pulis

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Mark Sedlander

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Larry Tabb

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Bob has been a resident of Cheviot Hills since 1994, and a resident of the Westside since 1984. He has been a member of the Cheviot Hills HOA Board of Directors since 2011, and currently serves as the Board’s president. He received his undergraduate degree from UCLA, and received a law degree from USC. Bob and his wife, Pam, have two children who attended local schools, including Overland Elementary School. He is an attorney with a practice based in Century City.

Jim has lived in Cheviot Hills for over 20 years. He is a real estate attorney on the westside. He has two daughters. James loves the architectural features of the homes in Cheviot, the walkability of the neighborhood, its proximity to restaurants, shopping and cultural amenities, but most of all, the friendliness of our fellow Cheviot residents. His work on the board is devoted to addressing traffic issues, enhancing the landscaped medians in Cheviot, and working with cellular telephone companies to address issues related to cellular telephone installations in Cheviot.

Marty has lived in Cheviot Hills for 48 years. He is a CPA and has been treasurer of the Cheviot Hills Homeowners for many years. His main areas of focus as part of the Cheviot Hills Board are crime, traffic, development, and rezoning as these issues currently present big challenges to the community.

Cindy is a native of Los Angeles. She has lived in Cheviot Hills since 1991 with her husband Michael. She has raised her two children in Cheviot Hills and was an active member of the Overland Elementary, Palms Middle School, Pali High and Marlborough School communities. She joined the CHHOA board in 2016 and has been secretary since 2017. She is a member of the LAPD WLA Community-Police Advisory Board. She volunteers her time at The People Concern and is a team member of the Los Angeles Safety and Preparedness Fair.

Gigi has lived in Cheviot Hills with her husband Kevin since 1998. During this time, Gigi and Kevin raised their son and daughter, benefitting from all that the neighborhood has to offer, from the kids going to Overland Elementary, Palms Park camps, and the many sports activities at Palms and Rancho Park. Gigi recently retired from a 26 year career with the City of Santa Monica, where she served as Chief Financial Officer and previously worked in the administration of community and youth programs, homeless services, affordable housing programs, and economic development.

Renée came of age in a 400-unit apartment complex in New York City. Cheviot Hills has been her home since 1974. She and her husband Michael raised their three daughters in the neighborhood and have witnessed many local changes. Renée is a speech pathologist and audiologist whose early career focused on hard of hearing adults. Later she transitioned to wear multiple hats in the family business that distributed industrial food processing and packaging equipment. Michael and Renée sold their business and retired in 2013. In recent years she has served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for foster youth, a PPLA Guild member and treasurer of her congregation’s sisterhood.

Ellen Doyle and her family have lived in Cheviot Hills since 2014. Ellen is a former animation writer and is now a substitute teacher. Ellen resides in a 1925 Spanish (built by and lived in by Walter Roland McConnell) and loves the charm of Cheviot Hill’s historic homes and beautiful tree-lined streets. She is interested in historic preservation and fostering a sense of community in the neighborhood.

Margaret has been a resident of Cheviot Hills since 1995, and a resident of the Westside since 1987. She received her undergraduate degree from Stanford, and received a law degree from UCLA. Margaret is active in community organizations, and volunteers for a homeless outreach program and a program to read to disadvantaged elementary school children. She has two children who attended neighborhood schools, including the Lycée Français. She is an attorney with a practice based in Century City.

Steve has been a resident of Cheviot Hills since 2004 and is a current CHHOA Board member. He has been active in the community as past President and Board Chair of Friends of Overland (10 years), a volunteer coach and Board member for AYSO West LA Region 70 (15 years) and the Sister Stella Foundation (St. Paul the Apostle School) Board member (5 years). Steve also serves on the Board of Directors for various nonprofit organizations focused on community development and affordable housing in Los Angeles and California. Professionally, he is a Senior Vice President of the Community Development Financing Division for California Bank & Trust Century City. He resides in Cheviot Hills with wife, Danielle Prunier, and four children, Olivia, Ava, Steven and Gabriel.

Michael has lived in Cheviot Hills with his wife and two children since 2009 and has been on the Board since 2013. He is an attorney specializing in employment law while his wife is an IT Project Manager. His kids are both alumni of Overland Avenue Elementary and they spend countless hours at Palms Park and the Cheviot Hills Recreation Center. His primary interest in serving on the Board has been to address the safety of the neighborhood, as he has experienced firsthand the effects of being a victim of crime. He is a Neighborhood Watch block captain and can be regularly spotted walking their dog Gracie around the neighborhood.

Marcie is a native of West Los Angeles. She has lived in Cheviot Hills since 1998 with her husband Jon where they raised their two children. Marcie has served one term on the CHHOA board. During that term, she worked on redesigning and launching our updated CHHOA website, headed the 2024 membership drive and chaired the Centennial Celebration Committee.

Andrew has lived in Cheviot Hills (on Dunleer Drive) for over thirteen years and has lived in West Los Angeles for more than two decades. During this time, he has been actively involved in land use and environmental issues throughout the Los Angeles region as an environmental-land use attorney at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Andrew and his wife, Rebekah, are raising one son, who currently attends ASTEME Academy. He is actively involved in land use and filming issues in the neighborhood.

Greg has been a resident of Cheviot Hills since 1995 and a member of the Board of the Cheviot Hills Home Owners’ Association for over a decade. He has been involved in many CHHOA activities over the years and hopes to continue to address and represent the needs and concerns of the community.

Mark has been on the Cheviot Hills HOA Board since his family moved to the neighborhood, and loves working with his neighbors to make sure Cheviot Hills remains the best neighborhood in Los Angeles. He is an attorney based in Century City with his wife and two sons and a golden retriever named Sunny.

Larry and his wife, Teri, along with their two daughters, have lived in Cheviot Hills since 1998. Larry has been a member of the CHHOA board since 2013. He is an attorney specializing in insurance related disputes and an avid baseball fan.

Brandon is a Cheviot Hills resident since 2011. His children attend the neighborhood schools, and he volunteers to make a difference in the neighborhood. Brandon is a trial attorney with a practice located in Century City.

Eugene was raised in the suburbs of Boston and moved to L.A. in 2004 to teach in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He attended graduate school at UCLA and Loyola Marymount and has lived in West L.A. for the better part of the past twenty years. He moved to Cheviot Hills in 2021 with his wife (Iris) when their daughter (Rei) was born. They love riding bikes to Cheviot Hills Park and taking walks with their Bernedoodle, Augi. They think Cheviot Hills is the best neighborhood in L.A. and look forward to getting to know more of their neighbors.

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