Lorraine Rowden Neenan has been elected to serve a second one-year term as the President of the Board of Directors of Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People (PHP). Ms. Neenan has been a PHP board member for the past four years. Prior to serving PHP as President she served as Board Secretary.

Neenan is currently the Children’s Service Director at the Community Action Commission where she oversees the Head Start Program. She holds an Associate of Science Degree in Early Childhood Education and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena.

She grew up in Santa Barbara and moved to the Santa Ynez Valley in 1986 where she and her husband Chef Tim Neenan raised two sons. She has been an active volunteer with the National Association for the Education of Young Children, First 5 of Santa Barbara County, and the Santa Barbara County Mental Health Commission.

PHP also re-elected its other 2015-16 officers to serve an additional one-year term. officers Serving in 2016-17 are Greg Paraskou, Vice President; Becky Barieau, Treasurer; and Francisca Escobar, Secretary.

PHP is an organization dedicated to improving the lives of men, women and children in the Santa Ynez Valley, Los Alamos and adjacent communities by addressing emergency and basic needs, furnishing comprehensive integrated family and individual support services, and acting as a catalyst for positive community change. For more information about PHP, visit www.syvphp.org or call 686-0295.