Board

President
Miriam is a native of North Carolina and attended Lenoir Rhyne College. She and husband Rick married in 1973 and moved to Chapel Hill where they lived and raised their daughter.

She retired from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with 27 years of service in educational logistics support to students and faculty focusing in basic medical sciences followed by 3 years as the business manager in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. For many years, Miriam coordinated the United Fund efforts for her department personnel.

In 2008, Miriam and Rick discovered Trilogy at Power Ranch as a vacation location while looking for a base for spring and fall baseball seasons. They rented homes in the fall and spring months for several seasons. The experience was outstanding as the community offered a friendly atmosphere. Finally, in 2010 they purchased their home in Trilogy maintaining the vacation schedule until the permanent move in 2015.

Since moving into Trilogy as a permanent resident, Miriam has been very active in the Trilogy Niners’ Golf Club and is currently president of the group. She enjoys spending time with her friends playing golf, participating in the exercise classes offered at Trilogy, cooking, reading and other social activities.

Secretary
Before getting married, Linda worked as a legal secretary for a firm that handled all cases for Lloyds of London. She then worked in a small hospital in Brooklyn, NY, for 10 years, first as an admitting clerk and then as the secretary to the Director of Fiscal Affairs. She went back to what she loved to do and that was to work in the legal field in Intellectual Property for 10 years in NYC. Linda moved to Arizona in1996 where she became a paralegal and worked in the Intellectual Property field for 19 years until retiring in 2015. While working at the firm here she volunteered at St. Mary’s Food Bank.

She met her husband Jim in 2001 and they have been happily married ever since. They moved to Trilogy in 2017 to enjoy retirement and also to donate time to some great causes. She belongs to the Band of Angels where she delivers cards and angels to Trilogy residents who are experiencing illnesses, surgeries, loss of a loved one, etc. She is a member of the Trilogy Niners, Fun Savors, Wine and Dine and enjoy a lot of the activities that this community has to offer. She is also a social member of the Mahjong and Bocce clubs and served as co-Treasurer for Fun Savors for 2 years.

Treasurer
Lisa was born and raised in Flint, Michigan. After attending Mott Community College she was hired by a mortgage company. She spent five years in the industry, processing and preparing closing documents for government and conventional mortgages. After leaving the workforce in 1976 to start a family, she joined a title insurance company in 1985 and then managed the direct operation office of LandAmerica Financial Group until retiring in 2007.

She and her husband lived as snowbirds from 2013 to 2019 when they bought a house in Trilogy and moved there full time. They have two daughters and two granddaughters all living in Michigan.

Director
Like many young women of her generation, Barb married young and had three children at an early age. She finished an undergraduate degree from Pacific Lutheran University in 2.5 years; she then earned a master’s in education at the University of Puget Sound. For the next 10 years, Barb taught school and earned her K-12 Administrative certification, became a Junior High School Vice Principal and then an Elementary School Principal.

She then earned an MBA in Computer Science and Marketing allowing for a move to industry. The next 15 years were spent doing two things: developing/buying new products or developing and leading sales and marketing organizations for small to mid-sized companies. She was recruited to become an SAP consultant with Whittman Hart, a Chicago based consulting firm. For the next 10 years, she managed all phases of SAP projects from module implementation to engagement management. She was hired by my final client, a Fortune 500 company, to run their global e-business which she did until I retired the first time.

In retirement, Barb returned to her first love, teaching. It was pure joy and she taught 8th graders Algebra until a final retirement and move to Trilogy. She has always been involved and supports the TPR Foundation because she believes in the mission and because it supports a community of citizens who are spread across the southeast valley.

Director
Don is a North Dakota native who, along with his wife Marcia, splits time between Trilogy and Minnesota. A former TPR Foundation Board member, Don served in an Associate’s role while guiding the development of a new website for the Foundation. A lifelong educator, Don taught elementary education for a few years before moving into higher education administration, and eventually into private business as a research and evaluation consultant. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of North Dakota and a PhD from Arizona State University.

Don previously served on the Board of Storer Camps (Toledo YMCA) and participated in annual volunteer efforts after working summers there during his college years. Now fully retired, Don is looking forward to contributing to the Foundation’s efforts to support seniors in in the Southeast Valley. Much of his leisure time is spent on the golf course.

Director
Mike was born in Kansas City, Mo and is a graduate of Kansas State University with a degree in economics. After college he worked for several major corporations before starting a residential mortgage company which he owned until retirement in 2007. He previously served on the board of the foundation as president for 2 years. He also volunteers as a writer for The San Tan Press and is a resident of Trilogy. He has been happily married to Kay Larson for 40 years.